shoot (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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to at about Dan just liked anything shoot
Dan liked to shoot at just about anything
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was He good always to very wanted but practice he
He was very good but he always wanted to practice
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small shoot at signs mice and would like at shoot rodents He
He would shoot at signs and shoot at small rodents like mice
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even sometimes shot He plants at
He even shot at plants sometimes
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to go range to them and shooting him he with to give better His liked help them friends since shoot the tips even could
His friends liked to go with him to the shooting range since he could help them and give them tips to shoot even better
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was a He natural just
He was just a natural
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he and that's practising shoot he things why so it shooting he was much that this means good loved always he Of so was doesn't well course mean could that but at always so
Of course this doesn't mean he could always shoot so well but it means that he loved shooting at things so much that he was always practising and that's why he was so good
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safety day he to gun One clinic went a
One day he went to a gun safety clinic
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shooting instructor could anyone demonstrate technique The if proper asked
The instructor asked if anyone could demonstrate proper shooting technique
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volunteer course shot hand Of to Dan's he the was and first up
Of course Dan's hand shot up and he was the first to volunteer
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course an excellent job did he And of
And of course he did an excellent job
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shop gun the Then a was ordered new time town when another gun there in
Then there was another time when the gun shop in town ordered a new gun
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Dan They he try was in it it said gun firing let their fine private out and range a
They let Dan try it out in their private firing range and he said it was a fine gun
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gun for that as shot two Dan sales weeks the almost gun that After liked new spread word up for the
After that sales shot up for the new gun for almost two weeks as word spread that Dan liked the gun
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was becoming famous Dan locally
Dan was becoming famous locally
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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