let (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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a she road as out let sigh on back walked the Rebeccah
Rebeccah let out a sigh as she walked back on the road
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safe She was
She was safe
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heart for now fear minutes ago but was few her her past A been had and fast so she life in it beating was
A few minutes ago she was in fear for her life and her heart had been beating so fast but it was past now
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wrote She was home she after the walking test
She was walking home after the test she wrote
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university The it let the after been out was had test but already students dark
The university students had been let out after the test but it was already dark
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down road narrow walk to had a dark Rebeccah
Rebeccah had to walk down a narrow dark road
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out road the person suddenly a another ahead towards of her whoop let and ran On her
On the road ahead of her another person let out a whoop and ran towards her suddenly
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panicked She
She panicked
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herself the she let scared was out so a ground scream She because to dropped and
She herself let out a scream and dropped to the ground because she was so scared
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street at to with her The slapped person hands the other someone past ran the entrance and
The other person ran past her and slapped hands with someone at the entrance to the street
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it happy were test They was seemed the finished just that
They were just happy that the test was finished it seemed
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Rebeccah was safe
Rebeccah was safe
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two long in sigh her away out as a walked let the others slow She breath
She let out her breath in a long slow sigh as the two others walked away
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home up walking Then slowly started and she again got
Then she got up and slowly started walking home again
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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