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