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Illustration for Arabic speakers: English irregular verb forms be, was, and been for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Arabic speakers

English irregular verbs for Arabic speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Brazilian learners: English irregular verb forms know, knew, and known for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Brazilian learners

English irregular verbs for Brazilian learners of English in Brazil: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Chinese speakers: English irregular verb forms do, did, and done for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Chinese speakers

English irregular verbs for Chinese speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Danish learners: English irregular verb forms go, went, and gone for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Danish learners

English irregular verbs for Danish learners of English in Denmark: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for French speakers: English irregular verb forms take, took, and taken for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for French speakers

English irregular verbs for French speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for German speakers: English irregular verb forms go, went, and gone for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for German speakers

English irregular verbs for German speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Hindi speakers: English irregular verb forms do, did, and done for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Hindi speakers

English irregular verbs for Hindi speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Italian speakers: English irregular verb forms go, went, and gone for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Italian speakers

English irregular verbs for Italian speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Mexican learners: English irregular verb forms read, read, and read for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Mexican learners

English irregular verbs for Mexican learners of English in Mexico: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Polish speakers: English irregular verb forms bring, brought, and brought for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Polish speakers

English irregular verbs for Polish speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Portuguese speakers: English irregular verb forms be, was, and been for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Portuguese speakers

English irregular verbs for Portuguese speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Russian speakers: English irregular verb forms do, did, and done for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Russian speakers

English irregular verbs for Russian speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Spanish speakers: English irregular verb forms be, was, and been for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Spanish speakers

English irregular verbs for Spanish speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Turkish speakers: English irregular verb forms go, went, and gone for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Turkish speakers

English irregular verbs for Turkish speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration for Ukrainian speakers: English irregular verb forms bring, brought, and brought for audio-first practice.

Learn irregular verbs for Ukrainian speakers

English irregular verbs for Ukrainian speakers: why tables fail, which verbs trip you up, and how listening drills fix pronunciation.

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Illustration of a verb audio player focused on listening practice, deliberately without a gamified streak counter.

Why we didn't build a streak counter

Streaks measure whether you opened an app, not whether you learned anything. Here's why DigDug tracks something else instead.

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Illustration of three irregular verbs sharing an i-a-u vowel shift pattern across base, past, and participle forms.

The vowel families hiding inside irregular verbs

English's 200 most common irregular verbs aren't random — most cluster into families that share a single vowel shift across base, past, and participle.

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Illustration of sound waves linking the spoken forms go, went, and gone — irregular verbs learned by ear, not spelling.

Why “go, went, gone” isn't a spelling problem

Irregular verbs are taught as a spelling exercise, but the actual difficulty is pronunciation — and that only gets fixed by hearing the words.

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