shoot (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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shoot Dan to anything about just liked at
Dan liked to shoot at just about anything
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very practice always He but wanted was he to good
He was very good but he always wanted to practice
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would shoot small at and mice He at rodents like signs shoot
He would shoot at signs and shoot at small rodents like mice
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plants at sometimes even He shot
He even shot at plants sometimes
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His to liked range him go help he to better tips and them to shoot even give with them since shooting could the friends
His friends liked to go with him to the shooting range since he could help them and give them tips to shoot even better
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was just a natural He
He was just a natural
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that's this things much well shoot that he and was that always loved it could he he mean shooting practising doesn't course he means so was but why at so always Of so good
Of course this doesn't mean he could always shoot so well but it means that he loved shooting at things so much that he was always practising and that's why he was so good
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One day a to he gun went safety clinic
One day he went to a gun safety clinic
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shooting demonstrate anyone could instructor asked proper if The technique
The instructor asked if anyone could demonstrate proper shooting technique
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volunteer Dan's first was the he up course Of shot and to hand
Of course Dan's hand shot up and he was the first to volunteer
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did And he job an course of excellent
And of course he did an excellent job
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when there was gun town shop ordered the Then another in gun time new a
Then there was another time when the gun shop in town ordered a new gun
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firing gun try private let Dan range it their in was and he They fine said it out a
They let Dan try it out in their private firing range and he said it was a fine gun
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for that word new for liked sales up as two After the spread Dan gun shot that gun the almost weeks
After that sales shot up for the new gun for almost two weeks as word spread that Dan liked the gun
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locally Dan famous becoming was
Dan was becoming famous locally
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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