piece
believe
achieve
RULE to REMEMBER:
"i before e, except after c"
But there are some very common every day words that use ei. And many of them follow a C.
examples:
receipt
conceit
deceive
ceiling
It rhymes right? these rhymes can be helpful for you to identify the correct spelling of these words.
Actually the rule "i before e, except after c" usually is ONLY relevant, when the vowel sound represented by the ie is the long e sound.
EXCEPTIONS:
Words like:
ancient
efficient
sufficient and
science
Because the vowel sound represented by ie is not a long e sound.
Happy learning!
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