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2006-10-09
Follow the Rules! Spelling Rules
Who can trust the rules of life? You really can go swimming right after you eat; men do buy the cow even after they've gotten the milk for free. Spelling, fortunately, has some valid rules. Here are three nifty ones that will serve you well.
1.The -ceed/-cede rule. There are only three verbs in English that end in -ceed: succeed, proceed, and exceed. All the other verbs with that sound end in -cede. For example:
secede
intercede
concede
accede
cede
precede
2.The -ful rule. Remember that the sound full at the end of a word is spelled with only one l. For example:
careful
graceful
healthful
hopeful
3.i before e except after c … Remember this baby from the eighth grade? (Or were you too busy putting Clearasil on your nose and ogling the teacher to pay attention to something as mundane as spelling?) Here's the rule (and it even has a bouncy rhyme to it):
i before e except after c or when sounded as a as in neighbor and weigh
Here are some words that fit the rule.
i before e:
achieve
believe
siege
relief
grief
chief
fierce
fiend
piece
shriek
except after c:
ceilt
conceiing
receive
conceive
deceit
deceive
perceive
sounded as a:
neighbor
weigh
freight
reign
sleigh
vein
weight
receipt
receive
And here are some words that don't:
either
neither
foreign
height
leisure
seize
weird
(Hey, is anything perfect? I never promised you a rose garden, only some neat-o spelling rules.)
ieeeeeeeeeeeee!
Add ie or ei to complete each word
1. f__rce 7. n__ghbor
2. s__ge 8. c__ling
3. bel__ve 9. for__gn
4. rec__pt 10. rel__f
5. conc__t 11. w__rd
6. dec__ve 12. v__n
ANSWER BELOW!
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Answers
1. fierce 7. neighbor
2. siege 8. ceiling
3. believe 9. foreign
4. receipt 10. relief
5. conceit 11. weird
6. deceive 12. vein
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