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GRADE 4 SPELLING BEE #3 WORD LIST

WILL BE CONDUCTED on 21st Jul, 2020

Words SPELLING RULE ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

WORDS
Sight words, silent
rule

1. achieve SPELLING RULE 1: Rule Words from the current study

for -ie and -ei content:
2. believe
Write i before e Except Students learn them as sight-
3. fiery
after c Or when words.
4. grief sounds like ā As in
neighbour and weigh
5. mischief
You can avoid most
6. sleigh 1. inhaler
misspellings of words
2. insulin
7. freight that contain the -ie or -
3. symptoms
ei vowel combination
8. perceive 4. humorous
by learning the rule
5. diabetes
9. receipt that is summarized in
6. muscles
the jingle. The rule for
10.conceited 7. contraction
ie and ei is in three
8. allergy
parts:
9. invertebrates
• Usually spell the 10. glucose
combination -ie, as in
believe.

• However, spell -ei

when the combination
follows the letter -c, as
in receive.
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• Also, spell -ei when

the combination has
the sound of a long ā,
as in weigh (wā).
Exceptions to this rule
• There are a few
words that should be
spelled -ie but are

• There is also a group

of words in which the
combination follows -c
but is spelled -ie. In
these words, -cie is
pronounced -shə:
ancient, conscience,
deficient, efficient,
proficient, and
sufficient. Just
remember to spell -ie
rather than -ei after c
when c spells the
sound of -sh.