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Intermediate English
Lesson 3 - People
Spelling

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Spelling in English

I before E except after C

In school children learn a famous phrase to help with a common spelling problem.

"I before E except after C"

In words that have a combination of i and e, usually the i comes before the e, except after the letter c.

ie ei (after c)
believe ceiling
friend deceive
belief        receive
piece perceive
chief deceit

Unfortunately, there are many exceptions to this rule. In words where the combination of letters has a long a sound, e comes before i even if there is no c.

eight
weigh
freight

Some words don't follow any of the rules from above.

weird
neither
foreign

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Practice
Select "Correct" if the word is spelled correctly, and "Incorrect" if it is not spelled correctly.

1. belief

2. nieghbor

3. freind

4. peice

5. perceive

6. ceiling

7. chief

8. believe

9. eight

10. conceive

 

 

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