Months of the year
Thirty days has September
April, June and November.
All the rest have 31
Except February, it’s a different one
It has 28 days clear, and 29 each leap year.
I before e except after c and some weird exceptions!
Q&u = BFF
Q&U&i/e = 3 amigos
mnemonic
Rhythm – Rhythm helps your two hips move – Rhyme
Physics – Phone home you said I could stay
Double doors
Dessert – dessert is super sweet
Halloween – Hallow – een
accommodate – accommodation – so big it can accommodate two sets of double doors
committee – THREE sets of double doors!
dilemma – a situation offering a difficult choice between two or more choices – Emma is in a dilemma Dil – Emma
cemetery – a place where the dead buried – 3 es
village – vill +age
A desert has sand – one s
accept – to agree to take something acc-ept (double doors)
exception = except-ion – unlike the rest
weird – an exception to our rule!
principal – Múinteoir Seán is your pal! – princ – i – pal
principle – general truth or law – princ – i ple
unique – uni – que (3 amigos!)
prescription – a doctor’s written instruction for preparing medicine – PRE – scription
fiery — like fire – i before e
gauge – to make a guess, a measuring device – U must Gauge – ga – u – ge
Foreign – belonging to another country – weird exception
miniature – mini – a – ture – mini
minuscule – min – us – cule – minus
occasionally – double doors occasion – ally
mischievous – mis – chiev – ous – i before e
experience – ex – per – ience – i before e
equipment – equip – ment – qui (3 amigos)
bouquet – u need a bouquet! – Mrs. Bouquet – que ( 3 amigos) – french ending
ballet – french ending
lieutenant – lie- u – ten – ant
Colonel – Colonel Mustard – Colony Colonel
indispensable – in – dis – pens – able
grateful – no double doors – done forget the e
guarantee – U need a guarantee – u and double doors
conscience – con – science – weird exception
island – ” There is land” said Colonel Mustard – is – land
isle = Isle of Man – is -le
I’ll – I will be back! said the terminator!
aisle – of a shop or church etc. a+is+le
manoeuvre – man+oeu+vre
mnemonic – m – nem – onic
pneumonia – p+neu+mon+ia
Misspell – Miss Pell ( a teacher in Newbridge) never misspells words!
Column – silent n
Conscience = con + science
Acquire – q+u+i (three amigos)– silent c – ac+qui=re
Argument – no e in argue in argument
Acceptable – double doors – accept + able
Experience – i before e- ex+per+ience
equipment – q+u+I (three amigos) – equip+ment
Definite – two is – def-in-ite
Definitely – two is, two es – def-in-ite-ly
Disciple – ends in le – soft c – dis – cip – le
embarrassment – two sets of double doors – em – barr – ass-ment
Equipment – q + u+I (three amigos) – equip+ment
Fiery – i before e
fierce – i before e
Height – weird exception
Hierarchy – hier – arch – y i before e
humorous – no u in humour in humorous – when adding a suffix to words that end with our drop the u from our! humorous – glamorous – honorary
Ignorance – ig – nor-ance
Intelligence double doors three es
Jewellery – double doors three es
Library – lib -rary
Kernal – ker+nal
Pronunciation – pro -nun-CIA-tion
accommodation – this word is big enough to accommodate two sets of double doors
assessment – two sets of double doors – ass-ess-ment
autumn – silent n like column
cemetery – 3 es
embarrass – two sets of double doors – em-barr – ass
Caribbean – one set of double doors – Carib – bean
maintenance – main – ten – ance
manoeuvre – man – oeu – vre
mischievous – mis – ch-iev – ous – i before e
questionnaire – quest – ion – naire – double doors
weird – a weird exception to the i before e rule