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