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Any - Any Nice Yoghurts
By Ros Smith

Any - Ants Never Yawn
By Ashley Morris Age 12

Accommodation - Accommodation has 2 double beds (2 Cs and 2 Ms)
By Pauline Cope

Accommodation - Accommodation - two Cats, two Mice and a dog = (2 Cs and 2 Ms and a D)
By Jennifer Anderson

Acid - A Chemical Is Dangerous
By Jean Craig age 49

Adidas - All Day I Dream About Sweets
By Christopher Surtees

After - All Fat Teachers Eat Rolos
By Joe Nichol, age 9

After - A Fat Tiger Eats Rabbits
By Linda Telfer

Almost - All Loud Mothers Only Shout Tea
By Jess, Helena, Jeannie & Ruth who are 11,12,12,13

Already - A Little Rat Eats The Dumpling - Yum
By Jessica and Matthew at Parsons Down Junior School

April - All People Read In Libraries
By Rebecca Thompson age 13

Arithmetic - A Red Indian Thought He Might Eat Toffee In Class
By Pip age 10

Arithmetic - A Rat In The House Might Eat The Ice Cream
By April Triplett

August - All Ugly Girls Use Spot Treatment.
By Rebecca Thompson age 13

Battle - Be Alert To The Large Enemy
By Miranda from Leighton Buzzard

Beautiful: - Say to yourself "Why not BE A UTI FUL person each day"
By Ian Prothero

Beautiful: - Big Elephants Always Use Trunks In Finding Unusual Lakes
By Christopher Hallam age 11

Beautiful: - Big Elephants Are Useful To Indians For Uplifting Logs
By Kristofer Bell age 9

Because: - I have had so many suggestions for this that I decided to make a new page with them all on. Please click on Because to see them.

Bed: - Bed looks like a bed with the b is the headboard and the e is the mattress and the d is the foot board. When I say the word bed the sounds of the letters b and d help me to remember which is which too. By Derek Mitchell

Bed: - bed It's a pictorial way to remember b and d.
Hold up your left hand and make a circle with your thumb and first finger, then hold your other 3 fingers in a straight line behind your circle = b
Now do the same thing with your right hand, and hey presto it makes d
By Alison Mason

Before: - Big Elephants Fight Over Rotten Eggs
By Ben Cullem

Business - You get the BUS INto your BUSINESS

Caused - Think of 'because' and then take away the 'b'and the 'e' and keep the rest the same. Then add a 'd' at the end to spell Caused
By Emma Keith

Chihuahua - This is pronounced in my head as 'Chee-hooa-hooa'
By Kathy Zelaya in the States

Chocolate - Computers Have One C One L And T, E
By Lauren

Chocolate -Don't be late for Choc o late
By Janice

Committee - 2 'M's, 2 'T's and 2 'E's - Mutter Mutter Talk Talk Eat Eat
By Ros Smith

Computer - Com - put - er

Could - Cats Only Use Lemon Deodorant
By Linda Jefferson

Could - C ould Old Uncles Like Dancing
By Joe Nichol, age 9

Diarrhoea - Dash In A Rush Run Hard Or Else Accidents
By Janet Guy

Diarrhoea - Diarrhoea Is A Really Runny Heap Of Endless Amounts
By Tony Pearson

Difficulty - Mrs.D. Mrs.I. Mrs.F.F.I.,Mrs.C. Mrs.U. Mrs.L.T.Y
By Carol, Mum of a dyslexic 8 year old

Does - DO Eat Sweets
By Chris Hendy (ash Manor School)

Does - Does Oliver Eat Sweets
By Elizabeth Ainley who suggests that it is a good idea to start with the word that is trying to be learnt.

Does - Does Oliver Eat Sausages
By Linda Telfer

Dyslexic - Dyslexic Young Students Learn EXcept In Class
By Oliver Warburton age 12

Edinburgh - Edward Died In November Burried Under Robert Grahams House
By Scott Robertson in Scotland

Egypt - Ever Got Your Pigtails Trapped
By Victoria Hennessy

Eight - Eight Indain Girls Have Toys
By Mez

Eight - Eight Indains Go Home Tonight
By Ros Smith

Enough - Elephants never own ugly great houses
By Max Prior, age 12

Father - FAT - HER
By Karl, age 10 & Rith Hassall

Father - Father is FAT
By Ros Smith

February - Frogs Enjoy Bouncing Round Umbrellas And Relaxing Yoga.
By Rebecca Thompson age 13

Foreign - FOR England I Go Nuts
By Jean Craig age 49

Forget - Forget is FOR GET
By Ruth Hassall

Friend - FRI the END of your FRIEND

Friend - If you're a friEND you're a friEND to the END
By Kat Armstrong age 30

Friend - Five Raed Insects Eat Nine Donuts
By Jess Evans

Geography - George Eat O'Gray Rat At Papa's House Yesterday
By April Triplett

Geography - George Edwards Old Grandfather Rode A Pig Home Yesterday
By MJR from Ipswich

Goes - Goats Only Eat Sausages
By Valerie Nason

Hear - You HEAR with your EAR

Island - An ISLAND IS some LAND.

Island - You can spell it IS-LAND
By Linda Blackmore

Ipswich - I Put Some Water In Charlies Hat.
By Matthew

January - Jelly And Nuts Usually Are Really Yummy.
By Rebecca Thompson age 13

Language - Look Amazing Now Grow Up And Get Educated
By Helen Beynon age 17

Lathe: - LA (French for 'the') THE (then 'the' in English)
By Valerie Schicker, West Herts College (especially for Dyslexic Engineering Students)

Laugh - Laughing Alligators Use Green Hats
By Bernice Dickenson, mum to Joshua.

Laugh - Laugh And U Get Happy
By Ros Smith

Laugh - Look At Ugly Girls Hopping
By Caroline Dunn

Laugh - Little Angels Usually Giggle Happily
By Lucy Hobson

Leicester - Lucy Eats Ice Cream Every Saturday Then Eats Rasprerries
By Sophie A dyslexic age 14

Leicester - Lucy Eats Ice Cream Every Saturday Teachers Eat Rubbish
By Christopher Hallam age 11

Little: - Lazy Indians Told Terrible Lies + an extra E
By Rachel Watson

Love - Little Old Vegitarian Elephant
By Miranda from Leighton Buzzard

Macaroni - split it up into Ma Car On I

Many - Mice Are Never Yellow
By Jessica and Matthew at Parsons Down Junior School

Minutes - Many Intelligent Nuts Use Time Extremely Sensibly
By Jessica Clifford age 11

Naughty - Naughty And Ugly Girls Hate Toads, Yuk!
By Leah Barrett age 10

Necessary: - I have had so many suggestions for this that I decided to make a new page with them all on. Please click on Necessary to see them.

Ought - OH U Great Hairy Twit
By Garreth Bell age 9

Once - One Naughty Cold Eskimo
By Evelyn Campbell Smith (Private Dyslexic Tutur)

Parliament - has liam surrouded by Par ent
By Jean Craig age 49

People - Pink Elephants On Planes Like Eggs
By Tom Wiggett age 10

People - Pink Elephants Only Push Little Elephants
By Lydia Bray

People - People Eat Oranges Pears Lemons Eagerly
By Bernice Dickenson, mum to Joshua.

People - People Eat Orange Pips Like Eggs
By Linda Telfer

People - People Eat Only Pretty Lemon Eggs
By Yasmin King

Piano - Play In A Noisy Orchestra
By Jean Craig age 49

Piece - You eat a PIECE of PIE.

Piece - This is a pie and I want a PIEce of PIE.
By Jane Blyth

Plaque - Purple Letters Are QUite Easy
By Lydia Bray

Police - To remember how to spell POLICE picture a policeman (full uniform and helmet!) sitting on an ICEberg at the North POLe
By Marion Seymour

Principle and Principal - To distinguish the difference remember that The PrinciPAL is your PAL
By Patsy Gemini

Realise - REAL Idiots Sing Equations
By Sam Clifford Age 12

Rhythm - Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving
By Elizabeth Parker

Said: - I have had so many suggestions for this that I decided to make a new page with them all on. Please click on Said to see them.

School - S chool is not cool

School - School Can Help Ollie Owl Learn
By Chatloote Maskell age 8

Secretary - SECRETARY's keep their SECRET's

Separate -There is A RAT in separate
By Sophie a dyslexic age 14

Separate - You can't seperate a PARA from his partachute
By Jan Williams age 56

Should - Smelly Horses Only Use Lemon Deodorant
By Linda Jefferson

Soldier - A Soldier can die

Soldier - Sold/i/er - Just break it down into 3 bits.

Soldiers - Soldiers can die
By Siobhan Miller

Television - TELE- VI- Switch It On Now
By Marion Seymour

Temperature - To spell temperature think of a book called "Temper at Ure"

They - They Hate Eating Yohurt
By Harry Schofield age 10

Through - The Horse Ran Over Uncle George's Hat
By Jacob Howes age 7

Thursday - Two Huge Ugly Rats Sat
By Margaret Hall

Together - TO GET HER put it together and you will have together
By Louis Penrose age 10

Toilet - Toilet is TO I LET
By Ruth Hassall

Tuesday - Tuesday - U Eat Sweets DAY
By Margaret Hall
By Jill Walkington

Two - Two Wet Otters
By Elizabeth Ainley who suggests that it is a good idea to start with the word that is trying to be learnt.

Two - Two Wiggly Octipuses
By sarah age 10

Want - Want A New Toy?
By Bernice Dickenson, mum to Joshua.

Was - Wasps Always Sting
By Andrew Chadle, age 11

Was - Wild Animals Snore
By Anthony Tithecott-John age 8

Wednesday - WE Do Not Eat Sweets DAY
By Jill Walkington

Were - Were Elephants Really Exciting?
By Bernice Dickenson, mum to Joshua.

What - Wally's HAT
By Bernice Dickenson, mum to Joshua.

Who - Who hurt Oscar?
By Bernice Dickenson, mum to Joshua.

Who - White Hunting Owls
By Miranda from Leighton Buzzard

Who - William Hates Oranges
By Gabrielle Smith age 8

Would - Wolves Only Use Lemon Deodorant
By Linda Jefferson

Would - Would Old Uncles Like Dancing
By Joe Nichol, age 9

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I before E except after C but only when the sound is 'EEE'
By Jill Baird

Add to this tip - 'or when it says "ay" as in neighbour and weigh'
By Luke Jenkins age 13

With a word ending Y with a constanent before the Y change the Y to an I and add ES

O U Great Hunk - are you r ough and T ough En ough
By Christine

Words that end in GHT can be called Great Hairy Twit words

E.G:-

• night
• bright
• flight

O / U / Lovely / Duck
O / U / Lonely / Duck

Should - has OULD in it
Would - has OULD in it
Could - has OULD in it
By Joe Fenton age 8 Gilnow Primary School, Bolton
and Rachel Dalgety age 10

We can also call these words 'O U Little Devil' words
Should - has OULD in it
Would - has OULD in it
Could - has OULD in it
By Margaret Hall

We can also remember these words by''Only Ugly Ladies Dance'
Should - has OULD in it
Would - has OULD in it
Could - has OULD in it
By Marion Seymour

When 2 vowels go walking the 1st does the talking.E.G:- Br ead
By Miles

the rule(s): To double or not to double?
?run is it runing or running? runer or runner; runy or runny?
Ask yourself these questions: