shut (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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her Sarah up brother yelled Shut at
Shut up Sarah yelled at her brother
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again hated her teasing He and was she it
He was teasing her again and she hated it
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shut him door keep out She a just to wanted a
She wanted to just shut a door a keep him out
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turned He TV then teasing on he her with his words the stopped but
He stopped teasing her with his words but then he turned on the TV
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It loud was very
It was very loud
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think her She some difficult done and was made to for trying to it from the noise TV work get the
She was trying to get some work done and the noise from the TV made it difficult for her to think
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Can off shut it you
Can you shut it off
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done need I to work this get
I need to get this work done
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want he replied watch to I No TV
No I want to watch TV he replied
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got She over to and the walked TV up
She got up and walked over to the TV
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Don't shut off TV the brother yelled her
Don't shut off the TV her brother yelled
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want that I to watch
I want to watch that
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watch least record later at Well and it then it
Well then at least record it and watch it later
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shut the TV work done Right and to I now want my get off
Right now I want to shut off the TV and get my work done
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agreed off Finally shut and the TV he
Finally he agreed and shut off the TV
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room he the left Then
Then he left the room
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without At Sarah work could her having to last the out shut noise around
At last Sarah could work without having to shut out the noise around her
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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