When the sound is e write ie except after c.
When the sound is other than e usually write ei
except after c.
-And there are always exceptions!
friend, mischief, seize, sheik, weird, either, neither, financier, leisure, seize, species, ancient, fierce,
lieutenant
Now write the right combination of –ei or ie:
rel__ __ ve
2. c __ __ ling
3. f __ __ ld
4. for __ __gn
5. bel __ __ ve
6. th __ __ f
7. anc __ __ nt
8. cash __ __ r
9. s __ __ ze
10. w __ __ ght
11. br __ __ f
12. h __ __ r
13. p __ __ce
14. y __ __ld
15. rec__ __ pt
16. ch __ __ ftain
17. v __ __ l
18. __ __ ght
19. f __ __ rce
20. perc __ __ ve
21. pr __ __st
22. w __ __rd
23. n __ __ther
24. r __ __n
25. l __ __utenant
26. l __ __ sure
27. th __ __r
28. dec __ __ ve
29. sl __ __gh
30. s __ __ ge
31. br __ __ fs
32. eer __ __
33. w__ __ rdo
34. caff __ __ne
35. impat __ __ nt
36. al __ __n
1.
“I gotta “A” in spelling,”
Tony told his father.
”You dope!” he replied. There
isn’t any ”A” in spelling!”
Key:
relieve
2) ceiling
3) field
4) foreign
5) believe
6) thief
7) ancient
8) cashier
9) seize
10) weight
11) brief
12) heir
13) pjece
14) yield
15) receipt
16) chieftain
17) veil
18) eight
19) fierce
20) perceive
21) priest
22) weird
23) neither
24) rein
25) lieutenant
26) leisure
27) their
28) deceive
29) sleigh
30) siege
31) briefs
32) eerie
33) weirdo
34) caffeine
35) impatient
36) alien
37)
1)