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Cover the right-hand column and test yourself, then read the memory trick.
Paginepagineapp.com| Word | Memory trick |
|---|---|
| accommodate | It is big enough to accommodate two c’s and two m’s. |
| achieve | I before e: achIEve. |
| address | Add a double d and a double s. |
| a lot | Two words, just like “a little”. |
| argument | Argue loses its e: argu-ment. |
| beginning | Begin + n + ing: the stress is on “gin”, so double the n. |
| believe | Never believe a lie: beLIEve. |
| business | It is a BUSy-ness: bus-i-ness. |
| calendar | The calendAR has days in the yeAR. |
| cemetery | Only e’s: cEmEtEry. |
| conscience | Con + science: your conscience is the science of right and wrong. |
| definitely | There is finite inside: de-FINITE-ly. |
| embarrass | You turn Really Red and feel So Silly: double r, double s. |
| environment | There is iron in the envIRONment. |
| exaggerate | It is a double-g exaggeration. |
| February | Say the hidden r: Feb-RU-ary. |
| friend | A friend is there to the end: fri-END. |
| government | You govern a government: govern + ment. |
| grammar | Do not mar your grammAR. |
| guarantee | A guard gives a guarantee: GUAR. |
| independent | An independENT person pays rENT. |
| knowledge | Know + ledge: you stand on a ledge of knowledge. |
| library | Say both r’s: li-BRAR-y. |
| license | C before s: li-C-en-S-e. |
| maintenance | Main-ten-ance: the ten is in the middle. |
| millennium | Double l, double n: a thousand years deserve double letters. |
| necessary | One collar and two sleeves: one c, two s’s. |
| noticeable | Keep the e to keep the c soft. |
| occasion | Two c’s, one s: oCCaSion. |
| occurrence | Double c, double r: o-cc-u-rr-ence. |
| parallel | The two l’s in the middle are parallel lines. |
| privilege | It is vile to lose your privilege: pri-VI-lege. |
| receive | E before i after c: reCEIve. |
| recommend | One c, two m’s: re-co-MM-end. |
| restaurant | Rest + au + rant: you rest, then rant about the food. |
| rhythm | Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move. |
| schedule | S + chedule: it ends in -dule. |
| separate | There is a rat in sepARATe. |
| successful | Double c, double s, single l at the end. |
| surprise | SURprise: say the first r. |
| tomorrow | One m, two r’s: to-mo-RR-ow. |
| until | Until has one l (but till has two). |
| weird | Weird is weird: it breaks the i-before-e rule. |
| which | Which witch? Which has an h after the w. |
| writing | Write drops its e: writ-ing, one t. |