Syntax (C++ Grammar) development

Learning the basics of C++ is not hard but figuring out how to apply it to useful situations while remembering the overwhelming amount of syntax is a little difficult. The Basic functions I have learned today are do/while loops and the syntax for if/else statements, both are used for almost the same thing, getting a program to do something one way or the other, the do/while loop is a loop though so it gets the program to repeat a set of code until an outcome is reached from input. I think i may start with a text based Pokemon introduction to apply my skills. I also learned how to replace strings with input, which is useful for multiple outcomes.