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Lesson Thirty-two

The <l> Before <E> Rule and Spelling and ${\displaystyle }$

It's ${\displaystyle <i>}$ before ${\displaystyle <e>}$ , except after ${\displaystyle <c>}$ Or when spelling , as in neighbor or weigh.

1 You've seen that when you are spelling long ${\displaystyle <e>}$ the first line of the jingle is a good guide. The second line of the jingle is a good guide when you are spelling long <a>. Long ${\displaystyle <a>}$ is never spelled ${\displaystyle <ie>}$ . So far as the choice between ${\displaystyle <ie>}$ and ${\displaystyle <ei>}$ is concerned, when spelling always choose ${\displaystyle <ei>}$ . Underline the letters that are spelling long <a> in the following words. Do not underline ${\displaystyle <gh>}$ as part of the spelling of long ${\displaystyle <a>}$ :

2 Sort the words into these two groups:

Words in which the <ei> ...

3 We can make the l-Before-E Rule even more useful if we add something about spelling long ${\displaystyle <i>}$ to it. Underline the letters that spell long ${\displaystyle <i>}$ in the following words. Again, don't underline any silent <gh> after long ${\displaystyle <i>}$ ::

eiderdown height feisty poltergeist kaleidoscope untie seismic either magpie neither sleight underlie

4 Sort the words into these two groups:

Words in which the ${\displaystyle }$ is. ..

at the beginning of the word in the middle of the word at the end of the word

5 Among these words, is ${\displaystyle }$ at the end of the word spelled <ei> or <ie>? _________

At the beginning or in the middle of words ${\displaystyle }$ is spelled_________.

6 In the previous lesson you saw that the <ie> spelling of long ${\displaystyle <e>}$ often occurs when a stem that ends in ${\displaystyle <y>}$ has a suffix added to it that starts with ${\displaystyle <e>}$ : gallery+es = gallerimage00-00.jpg+i+es = galleries. The <ie> spelling of long ${\displaystyle <i>}$ sometimes occurs in the same way: sky+es = skimage00-00.jpg+i+es = skies, with ${\displaystyle }$ spelled <ie>. Combine the following stems and suffixes and underline the letters that spell${\displaystyle }$ :

Free Stem+Suffix = Analysis Word

sky+es = skimage00-00.jpg+i+es = skies ally+es = = dignify+ed = = satisfy + ed = = modify + es = = terrify + ed = = multiply + ed = = testify + es = = qualify+ed = =

Free Stem+Suffix = Analysis

Word

dry+es

7 Notice that this <ie> spelling of long ${\displaystyle <i>}$ also comes at the end of the free stem, just as it does in words like untie and magpie. So now our l-Before-E Rule can tell us the following things:

a.When we're spelling long ${\displaystyle <e>}$ , it's ${\displaystyle <i>}$ before ${\displaystyle <e>}$ except after ${\displaystyle <c>}$ .

b.When we're spelling long <a> it's ${\displaystyle <e>}$ before ${\displaystyle <i>}$ . → c.When we're spelling long ${\displaystyle <i>}$ , it's ${\displaystyle <i>}$ before ${\displaystyle <e>}$ at the end of free stems, but it's ${\displaystyle <e>}$ before ${\displaystyle <i>}$ everyplace else.