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About half the irregular verbs are in pronunciation groups
 
Click on the group map below for details 35 of these verbs, in 5 groups. Click here for details. More than 60 of these, in 7 groups. Click here for more details 20 verbs, click here for details

Click on the phonemic symbols to see tables of the top 100 verbs in groups according to the pronunciation of the final sound in the 2nd form
(updated 17/12/05)

click for verbs which are pronounced with a final /d/ sound
click for verbs which are pronounced with a final /t/ sound
click for verbs which are pronounced with a final /id/ sound

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AcME updated 17/12/05
4 of these; find, grind, wind, bind. Click for details. 6 of these; get, lose, shit, shoot, sit, spit. Click here for details. 13 verbs; cling, dig, fling, sling, slink, spin, stick, sting, stink, string, swing, win, wring. Click for details. 8 verbs; bring, buy, catch, fight, seek, teach, think, wreak. Click for details. 8 verbs; bleed, breed, feed, flee, lead, mislead, read, speed. Click for details. 11 verbs; creep, deal, dream, feel, keep, kneel, leap, leave, mean, meet, sleep, sweep, weep. Click for details. There are 13 of these verbs; bend, build, burn, dwell, learn, lend, rend, send, smell, spell, spend, spill, spoil. Click for details. 3 verbs; forsake, shake, take 4 verbs; fly, grow, know, throw 8 verbs; begin, drink, ring, sing, sink, spring, stink, swim, 9 verbs; arise, drive, ride, rise, shrive, smite, stride, thrive, write 8 verbs; awake, break, choose, freeze, speak, steal, wake, weave