might (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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Fred is at great advertising
Fred is great at advertising
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he less some people as You might successful not imagine honest honest is that in as more but he is fact
You might imagine that he is not as honest as some less successful people but in fact he is more honest
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advertisers sales He truth the that watched and increase not twisting he saw other did
He watched other advertisers and he saw that twisting the truth did not increase sales
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might decided well he as as as that honest be could he Then he
Then he decided that he might as well be as honest as he could
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them he not in some Where advertisements might tell all otherwise the told facts his all people
Where some people might otherwise not tell all the facts he told them all in his advertisements
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and more genuine might if he felt He open that it did honest appear and
He felt it might appear more genuine and honest and open if he did that
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In fact he right was
In fact he was right
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his more his People trusted and more ads products bought
People trusted his ads more and bought his products more
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is at advertising he That's great why
That's why he is great at advertising
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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