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