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