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