get (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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Mathilda and were Bruno fighting
Mathilda and Bruno were fighting
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get along never could They
They could never get along
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the it toy If one wanted a other got
If one got a toy the other wanted it
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the person toy they would the from take other First
First they would take the toy from the other person
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would run before the other get Then could they hit away to
Then they would run to get away before the other could hit
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the a get After it few would mother in end and fight minutes
After a few minutes mother would get in the fight and end it
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got When mother bad involved it was
When mother got involved it was bad
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got involved father But when was serious it really
But when father got involved it was really serious
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would the is rules them in to don't you get he house it Fighting against say do this just You
You just don't get it do you he would say to them Fighting is against the rules in this house
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go had separate rooms After to that they to
After that they had to go to separate rooms
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with or to new some get would activity they ask on outside Then sometimes they go would
Then they would get on with some new activity or sometimes they would ask to go outside
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got run the sitting through they would where If and faces was make they the window window the to out other
If they got out they would run to the window where the other was sitting and make faces through the window
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they Their get if this ever parents over behaviour would wondered
Their parents wondered if they would ever get over this behaviour
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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