hit (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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baseball playing nine for years been has Billy
Billy has been playing baseball for nine years
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He a very outfield well hit he the likes into especially and can batting ball
He especially likes batting and he can hit a ball into the outfield very well
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enough coach But good says not his that's
But his coach says that's not good enough
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You ball hit a want more but I far can
You can hit a ball far but I want more
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a not to want hit the too anywhere target you said I coach hit his ball just
I want you to hit a target too not just hit the ball anywhere said his coach
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Billy The foul that balls often problem was hit
The problem was that Billy often hit foul balls
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coach hit set Billy to His target a for up
His coach set up a target for Billy to hit
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easy difficult target was that be it hitting than turned to complained too the out but more Billy thought Billy
Billy complained that it was too easy but hitting the target turned out to be more difficult than Billy thought
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make to of After mental that a started practice target Billy picture the
After that practice Billy started to make a mental picture of the target
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was his wanted practices in ball he the hitting Soon he wherever
Soon in his practices he was hitting the ball wherever he wanted
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Billy coach much why so his That's likes
That's why Billy likes his coach so much
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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