When to put i before e
Sometimes it’s really difficult to know in what order to put the letters in a word. The letters i and e are often put in the wrong order.
The letter i goes before the letter e except after c – but only when the word sound is an ee sound.
ee sounds (i before e) achieve believe piece
receipt deceit receive
If you hear a or i, you need the letters ei.
a or i sounds (e before i) eight height weight
their weird feisty
Write some more examples here.
i before e
e before i
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Putting i and e in the correct order
Each of these sentences has one or more words with letters missing.
Decide whether the missing letters are ‘ie’ or ‘ei’.
1 It was a great rel f to rec ve a phone call from her.
2 “How can I bel ve you? You’re always trying to dec ve me!”
3 From my window I could see across the f ld to the river.
4 She looked closely at his face and perc ved a tear drop running down his cheek. He might be a th f, but he could still feel gr f.
5 It was w rd; she felt she could really ach ve something.
6 He stepped on to the w ghing scales first and then had his h ght measured by the doctor.
7 At school, she really liked sc nce but hated her teacher.
8 She bought p ces of material for £2.99 and kept her rec pt in case it was the wrong colour.
9 He sat astride the horse and held its dark leather r gns tightly in his hands.
10 At the picnic, Jo and Gale ate th__r cheese sandwiches and drank _ght glasses of squash between them.
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