hurt (fast english)

Word Order Practice

Listen to each sentence and arrange the words in the correct order. Click on words to move them to your answer area.

Green checkmark (✓) means your current word order is correct so far. Red X (✗) means there's an error in the order.

Why Word Order Matters in English

Word order is crucial in English because it affects meaning. Unlike some languages that use case endings or particles to show word relationships, English relies heavily on word order to convey meaning.

This exercise helps you:

  • Internalize English sentence patterns
  • Recognize how natural speed speech fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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gentle very Davin is
Davin is very gentle
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fly He hurt a would never
He would never hurt a fly
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live live in He let believes and
He believes in live and let live
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play he some rough the of never too was he to anybody When even used though kids hurt younger
When he was younger too he never hurt anybody even though some of the kids used to play rough
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peaceful he sometimes hurt but that more grownups life course still other grown Now up each his of is is
Now that he is grown up of course his life is more peaceful but grownups still hurt each other sometimes
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do cheat things and bad like lie They
They do bad things like lie and cheat
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Davin But not
But not Davin
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hurt to thinks plain its just wrong other people He
He thinks its just plain wrong to hurt other people
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people That's so him why much trust
That's why people trust him so much
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bad they And never do him to things
And they never do bad things to him
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gets But still hurt he sometimes
But he still gets hurt sometimes
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few playing ago and instance in For ear ball him was hit the weeks a racquetball the he
For instance a few weeks ago he was playing racquetball and the ball hit him in the ear
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not had said serious few but days He a a doctor ear it the was hurt for
He had a hurt ear for a few days but the doctor said it was not serious
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His not he hurt and he ear is be because better get even more will careful again will probably now
His ear is better now and he probably will not get hurt again because he will be even more careful
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But thing gentle he that is the is best
But the best thing is that he is gentle
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other get will he not means probably hurt by That people
That means he will probably not get hurt by other people
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Tips for Effective Practice

  1. Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
  2. Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
  3. Notice how natural speed speech are positioned in sentences
  4. If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
  5. After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence