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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: Select the word that is incorrectly spelled.
beleive
field
relief
neighbor

 Q 2: 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
conscience
conschence
consceince

Q 3: Select the word that is incorrectly spelled.
deceit
recieve
ceiling
field

 Q 4: Select the word that is incorrectly spelled.
efficient
anceint
sufficient
proficient

Q 5: 'i before e, except after c' means, you should use 'ei' after c. Select the choice with correct spelling.
deciive
deceive
decieve
deceeve

 Q 6: Select the word that is incorrectly spelled.
cieling
receiver
deceit
conceive

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

 Q 8: Select the word that is incorrectly spelled.
hygiene
greif
shield
flies

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