hurt (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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Davin is very gentle
Davin is very gentle
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He hurt fly would a never
He would never hurt a fly
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let live He believes and live in
He believes in live and let live
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was even younger rough never to he anybody hurt though of some When too kids play used he the
When he was younger too he never hurt anybody even though some of the kids used to play rough
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is course is still up other his grown sometimes more of hurt peaceful he life each Now that but grownups
Now that he is grown up of course his life is more peaceful but grownups still hurt each other sometimes
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do cheat things and lie like bad They
They do bad things like lie and cheat
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But Davin not
But not Davin
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thinks wrong hurt to its just people He other plain
He thinks its just plain wrong to hurt other people
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trust That's people why much so him
That's why people trust him so much
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him bad things to they And never do
And they never do bad things to him
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hurt gets still he sometimes But
But he still gets hurt sometimes
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few playing ear in he For ball instance and the racquetball ago was him a weeks the hit
For instance a few weeks ago he was playing racquetball and the ball hit him in the ear
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was serious for ear said He a few but had a not doctor the it hurt days
He had a hurt ear for a few days but the doctor said it was not serious
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more get will now and hurt he His even probably again better be ear is careful because not he will
His ear is better now and he probably will not get hurt again because he will be even more careful
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gentle is But best he thing the is that
But the best thing is that he is gentle
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That not by hurt probably other people he means get will
That means he will probably not get hurt by other people
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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