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     Below are some of the most common words that are exceptions to the "i"
before "e" rule.  There's no easy way to learn these words.  You could
begin by looking at them until they "look" right to you!

                science
                height
                weird
                neither
                either
                foreign
                leisure
                conscience
                ancient
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1.  There are ________ exceptions to the "i" before "e" rule.

    (A) no
    (B) some
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B
Correct.
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B
(B) This rule has several exceptions.
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B
Type the letter of the list of words that are in correct alphabetical
order.
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2.  (A) height, science, neither, weird
    (B) height, neither, science, weird
    (C) height, neither, weird, science
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2
Correct.
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(B) These words are listed according to alphabetical order.
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3.  (A) ancient, conscience, either, foreign, leisure, neither
    (B) ancient, either, leisure, neither, conscience, foreign
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C
Correct.
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C
(A) These words are listed according to alphabetical order.
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C
Type the letter of the correct spelling.
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4.  (A) science
    (B) sceince
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2
Correct.
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2
(A) This is an exception to the "i" before "e" word.
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5.  (A) belief
    (B) beleif
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3
Correct.
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(A) This word follows the "i" before "e" rule.
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6.  (A) peice
    (B) piece
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4
Correct.
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(B) This word follows the "i" before "e" rule.
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7.  (A) sleigh
    (B) sliegh
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5
Correct.
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(A) This is an "e" before "i" word (as in "neighbor" and "weigh").
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8.  (A) weigh
    (B) wiegh
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6
Correct.
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(A) This is an "e" before "i" word (as in "neighbor").
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9.  (A) wierd
    (B) weird
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7
Correct.
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(B) This word is an exception to the "i" before "e" rule.
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10.  (A) foriegn
     (B) foreign
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8
Correct.
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(B) This word is an exception to the "i" before "e" rule.
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11.  (A) niether
     (B) neither
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D
Correct.
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D
(B) This word is an exception to the "i" before "e" rule.
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D
Type the letter of the correct spelling.
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12.  (A) freind
     (B) friend
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2
Correct.
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2
(B) This word follows the "i" before "e" rule.
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13.  (A) receive
     (B) recieve
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3
Correct.
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3
(A) This is an "e" before "i" word since these letters follow a "c."
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14.  (A) feirce
     (B) fierce
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4
Correct.
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(B) This word follows the "i" before "e" rule.
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15.  (A) relief
     (B) releif
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5
Correct.
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(A) This word follows the "i" before "e" rule.
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16.  (A) riegn
     (B) reign
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6
Correct.
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(B) This is an "e" before "i" word (as in "neighbor" and "weigh").
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17.  (A) shield
     (B) sheild
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7
Correct.
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7
(A) This word follows the "i" before "e" rule.
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18.  (A) relieve
     (B) releive
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8
Correct.
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8
(A) This word follows the "i" before "e" rule.
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19.  (A) brief
     (B) breif
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E
Correct.
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E
(A) This word is follows the "i" before "e" rule.
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