might (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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is great advertising Fred at
Fred is great at advertising
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but he successful is not in that more honest You some might people less is as honest as he imagine fact
You might imagine that he is not as honest as some less successful people but in fact he is more honest
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saw truth He did the other increase and advertisers watched he not sales twisting that
He watched other advertisers and he saw that twisting the truth did not increase sales
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Then decided as as be he well could he might that honest he as
Then he decided that he might as well be as honest as he could
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all people Where some them advertisements his told otherwise might all the not he facts tell in
Where some people might otherwise not tell all the facts he told them all in his advertisements
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open it genuine more honest that did if and appear he felt He and might
He felt it might appear more genuine and honest and open if he did that
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In fact was he right
In fact he was right
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and products more bought his ads People trusted more his
People trusted his ads more and bought his products more
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great is That's at he why advertising
That's why he is great at advertising
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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