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GRADE 4 SPELLING BEE #4 WORD LIST

WILL BE CONDUCTED on 28th Jul, 2020

Words SPELLING RULE ACADEMIC

VOCABULARY
Sight words, silent rule
WORDS

1. grievance SPELLING RULE 1: Rule for -ie and -ei Words from the
current study
2. counterfeit Write i before e Except after c Or
content:
when sounds like ā As in neighbour
3. piece
and weigh Students learn them
4. sovereign as sight-words.
You can avoid most misspellings of
5. relief words that contain the -ie or -ei vowel 1. secondary
combination by learning the rule that 2. microprocessor
6. inconceivable 3. business
is summarized in the jingle. The rule
7. deceit for ie and ei is in three parts: 4. integrated
5. mechanism
8. beige • Usually spell the combination -ie, as 6. intelligence
in believe. 7. transistor
9. fierce
8. circuit
• However, spell -ei when the
10.sieve 9. auxiliary
combination follows the letter -c, as in
10. versatile
receive.

• 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, -ie is
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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.