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Vocabulary - SAT, TOEFL, GRE Test Preparation
3.24 Spelling Rule - i before e

Rule:
i before e, except after c
or when sounded like "ay"
as in neighbor and weigh
drop this rule when -c sounds as -sh

Examples:
IE words: believe, field, relief
CEI words: ceiling, deceit, receive
EI words: freight, reign, sleigh

Exceptions:
EI words: either, neither, foreign, height, leisure, protein, weird, neither, sovereign, seized, counterfeit, forfeited
CIEN words: science, ancient, efficient (in these words, -c is pronounced -sh)

Directions: Answer the following questions. On a sheet of a paper, write examples for the rules (& exceptions to the rules) given above.
Q 1: When -c sound as -sh, you should drop this rule -- it means use 'cie' rather than 'cei' if -c sounds as -sh. Select the choice with correct spelling.
conshence
consceince
conscience
conschence

 Q 2: Select the word that is incorrectly spelled.
alien
field
belief
acheive

Q 3: 'i before e, except after c' means, you should use 'ei' after c. Select the choice with correct spelling.
decieve
deceive
deciive
deceeve

 Q 4: Select the word that is incorrectly spelled.
deceitful
inconceivable
preconceive
reciept

Q 5: Select the word that is incorrectly spelled.
proficient
anceint
efficient
sufficient

 Q 6: Select the word that is incorrectly spelled.
hygiene
flies
greif
shield

Q 7: Select the word that is incorrectly spelled.
ancient
efficient
sufficient
proficeint

 Q 8: Select the word that is incorrectly spelled.
deceit
recieve
ceiling
field

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