let (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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the on sigh let back out walked Rebeccah a road she as
Rebeccah let out a sigh as she walked back on the road
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safe She was
She was safe
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was she in but had life minutes beating now ago been past few was and so her fast her heart A it fear for
A few minutes ago she was in fear for her life and her heart had been beating so fast but it was past now
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She was after the she test home walking wrote
She was walking home after the test she wrote
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dark was it The but had test been after university already let students out the
The university students had been let out after the test but it was already dark
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road narrow down had dark a walk to Rebeccah
Rebeccah had to walk down a narrow dark road
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On whoop person another of road let ran and the suddenly her towards out ahead a her
On the road ahead of her another person let out a whoop and ran towards her suddenly
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panicked She
She panicked
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herself dropped was so scared scream the let because ground out a She she and to
She herself let out a scream and dropped to the ground because she was so scared
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with The other to her ran entrance someone at the hands the person past slapped and street
The other person ran past her and slapped hands with someone at the entrance to the street
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just it that finished seemed They test the happy was were
They were just happy that the test was finished it seemed
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was Rebeccah safe
Rebeccah was safe
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as her in sigh let away long others out the breath two slow She walked a
She let out her breath in a long slow sigh as the two others walked away
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walking home Then and slowly started she got again up
Then she got up and slowly started walking home again
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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