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| List | Examples | Items | Category | Image | |
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| Adjectives ending in y | sorry, ready, only, necessary, military, likely, happy, easy, early | 1000 | Words with a certain ending | ||
| Words beginning with a vowel but don't use the "an" article | user, use, usage, university, universe, unity, unit, union, uniform | 145 | Special words | ||
| Most common verbs in English | would, will, see, may, know, have, do, can, be | 1000 | Combined data | ||
| Words ending in -ly that are not adverbs | unlikely, supply, only, lovely, likely, family, early, daily, apply | 2159 | Words with a certain ending | ||
| Adjectives ending in -er | proper, other, lower, latter, later, higher, further, former, better | 970 | Words with a certain ending | ||
| Nouns whose plural doesn't end in -s | woman, media, man, foot, fish, fig., child, chairman, aircraft | 500 | Words with a certain ending | ||
| Words with a silent h | human, huge, hour, hotel, honest, home, historic, himself, herself | 58 | Words with a particular phonetical beginning | ||
| Adverbs not ending in -ly | well, up, then, so, out, now, not, more, just | 500 | Words with a certain ending | ||
| Most common nouns in English | year, world, work, way, time, man, life, government, day | 1000 | Words of a certain type | ||
| Verbs ending in -en | widen, weaken, tighten, threaten, strengthen, open, listen, happen, frighten | 544 | Words with a certain ending | ||
| Words ending in -tion that are not nouns | sanction, question, position, petition, mention, function, caution, apportion, anti-abortion | 759 | Words with a certain ending | ||
| Verbs ending in -ss | press, pass, miss, guess, express, discuss, cross, assess, address | 397 | Words with a certain ending |
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