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I don't think there's an exercise for that, but I play the Inversions Champ contest a lot, and here are my findings for Aug and Dim chords

Aug chords don't really have inversions, since the inversion of the Aug chord is just another Aug chord starting from a different location e.g C Aug (C E G#) at root position, sounds like E Aug (E G# (C)) at its 1st inversion, and only perfect pitch will solve this issue.

I'm personally confident with most chord inversions, but I still struggle with diminished chords in the Inversions Champ. Usually, I just listen for two things: The interval between the lowest and highest note (if it's a tritone, it's automatically root position), and whether or not the middle note is closer to the top or the bottom of the chord (closer to the bottom = 1st inversion, closer to the top = 2nd inversion)

If you can do the other chords though, it's about all you need. By far, the best practice I've found is to play them on an instrument and hear the nuances myself.

I have found the Chord Player on this site a helpful tool. https://www.tonegym.co/tool/item?id=chord-analyser&root=C&chord=major&inversion=0

@John Huang Thanks, John. Want is your approach to sus2 chords?

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I've been relying on my intuition for the most part. It's a lot harder for me to focus on the right answer than it is to just assign a feeling to each sound and take my best guess.

The root sounds settled and final, the 1st sound wonky or off somehow, the 2nd sounds like the root but with a touch more bite or air to it?

Maybe there's a better way, I just started but that's what's worked for me so far!

@Kinsey Nietzsche way to stick with it though!
@J K I think just doing what works for each of our individual brains the best is the way to go!

I use the Chord Inversions section in the interactive music theory course as a reference. What I found useful is that with no inversion, there is 2 seminotes between the 1st and 2nd note and 3 seminotones between 2nd and 3rd. In the 1st inversion, they are 3 and and 4 semitones and in the 2nd inversion, they are 4 and 2 seminotes. So focusing on this difference helped me achieve better result. It is a bit difficult to explain but if you just look at how the inversions are shown, you'll probably understand what I mean:
https://www.tonegym.co/course/chords?id=chord-inversions