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