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