Words containing ‘-ie’ and ‘ cei’ Can you group the following words and make observations as to any patterns you observe?

Here they are • • • • • • • • • • receive niece wield relieve chief ceiling belief thief believe retrieve • • • • • • • • • achieve deceit field friend grief grieve deceive shield piece

There is an old spelling rule

i before e except after c

Did you find any exceptions to this rule?

What phonemes do these graphemes represent?

ei cei