Mnemonics - ways of remembering spellings

said Silly ants in dresses

could
would O u lucky duck
should
Big elephants can't always use small exits
because
Big elephants can add up sums easily
I fried my friend on Friday and that was the end
friend of him.
Friends never end.
decide I decided to join the C.I.D.
again
It is raining in Britain again.
britain
knew
know Pronounce all silent letters.
answer
I often listen when you fasten the gate at
listen number ten.
fasten
any
many
anything Learning and practising these words provided
anybody over-learning of the unusual spelling of any.
anywhere
anyone
brought
thought
bought
fought Are you rough enough and tough enough to
rough spell ough words?
tough
enough

threw
The boy threw the ball through the window.
through

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light
sight
might
right I go home tonight
fight
frightened

minute A minute is minute fraction of a year

hear
heard
nearly
You hear with your ear
year
nearby
search
here
there Place words
where
young You are young.
Big elephants are ugly
beautiful
Big elephants always use taxis in Fulham
birthday
first
The dirty girl got a bird for her first birthday.
bird
dirty
together We're going to get her together.
police
There was a police notice to say it was not ice.
notice
sure
Be sure to measure it properly.
measure
old
cold I told the old, cold man.
told

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Caught
taught
naughty I caught my naughty daughter and told her not
daughter to laugh.
laugh

Warm
Onwards Use war as the basic spelling.
forwards
George Evans' Old Grandma Rode A Pig Home
geography
Yesterday
Never eat cake, eat salmon sandwiches and
necessary
remain young.
Desert (a
dry barren
One or two s's? A desert has one but a dessert
region) and
has two because you always want two desserts
dessert (a
pudding)
people People eat orange peel like elephants

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