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