i before e except after c - an English spelling rule
cを除くeの前のi-英語のスペル規則
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Let’s face it.
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English spelling is crazy.
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The way we write words is often nothing like
they sound.
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But maybe there are some rules we follow.
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We’ve collaborated on this video with our
good friend Clare from English at Home.
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Clare is British like me, and she has a YouTube
channel too.
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Make sure you subscribe to her channel so
you can see all her great lessons.
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Yeah.
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In this lesson we’re going to take you to
a spelling competition.
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Or a spelling bee as we call them in American
English.
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While you watch, try to work out what spelling
rule we’re following.
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome
to the Tiddly on Thames spelling competition.
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Let’s meet our two finalists: Jay and Vicki.
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OK.
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The first word is for Vicki.
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Chief.
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For example, global warming is one of the
chief problems we face today.
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Chief.
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CHIEF.
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Correct.
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Now Jay, your word is believe.
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For example: I don’t believe in ghosts.
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Don’t you?
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I do.
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Please spell the word, Jay.
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BELIEVE.
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Correct.
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Vicki, your next word is brief.
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For example, there was a brief pause in the
conversation.
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BRIEF.
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Excellent.
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OK, Jay your next word is receive.
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For example: They posted the letter but we
didn’t receive it.
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So they mailed it but we didn’t get it?
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Just spell the word ‘receive’, please
Jay.
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RECEIVE.
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Correct.
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Do you know the spelling rule?
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It’s i before e except after c.
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So if you’ve got an i and an e together,
the i comes first.
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Chief, believe and brief follow this pattern
and so do lots more words:
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achieve, niece, diesel, hygiene, piece, thief.
But if you have an i and an e after c, the
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e comes first.
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So receive follows this pattern and there
are others.
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Deceive, deceit, receipt, ceiling, conceive.
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So this is the rule, but do we always follow
it?
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Let’s go back to the competition and see.
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OK, Jay, your next word is leisure.
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For example, when people work shorter hours,
they have more leisure time.
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Oh, you mean leisure.
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I mean leisure.
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Please spell the word.
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LEISURE.
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Correct.
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Vicki, your next word is foreign: For example:
Jay is American.
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He isn't British.
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He's foreign.
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Oh yeah, foreign.
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FOREIGN.
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Correct.
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The score is three points to Vicki and three
points to Jay.
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This is the final round.
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Jay, your word is scientist.
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For example, the British scientist Charles
Babbage invented the computer.
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I thought it was invented by American scientists.
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Just spell the word please.
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SCIENTIST.
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Correct.
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Vicki, please spell the word efficient.
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For example, the British National Health Service
is very efficient.
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Is it?
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Yes, it’s excellent.
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EFFICIENT.
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Correct.
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OK, so there we saw some examples where the
rule doesn’t work.
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The i didn’t come before the e.
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And there are more words where the rule doesn’t
work.
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Some are common words, like their, and the
number eight.
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And there are some measurement words - weigh,
weight and height.
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And then there’s weird.
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Weird means strange or peculiar.
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Perhaps you can remember how to spell it because
the spelling of weird is weird.
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And we don’t always follow the other part
rule – the except after c.
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So after c it should be e then i, but look at
the words science and efficient.
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It's i then e.
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We also have words like ancient, glacier and
conscience.
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So is it worth learning this rule if we break
it?
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Before you answer we want to show you something.
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Here are more some words that follow the rule.
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Notice their pronunciation.
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They all have an eee sound.
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Beleeeve, cheeeef, acheeeve, eee.
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And here are some words with a c.
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They all follow the rule too!
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Again there’s an eee sound.
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Receeeive.
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Ceeeiling, deceeeive,
So if we change the rule a little, it works.
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We just have to add a bit that says,
‘if the word has an eee sound.”
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Lets go back to the competition and see who
wins.
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Our competitors are tied, so we will now go
to a sudden death round.
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You will both spell the same word.
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But if one person makes a mistake, the other
person will win.
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Vicki, please put your headphones on so you
can’t hear Jay’s answer.
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Jay, the word is neighbour.
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For example, our neighbour complained about
the noise from the party.
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Neighbour.
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NEIGHBOR.
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Thank you Jay.
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Vicki, please take off your head phones and
spell the word neighbour.
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NEIGHBOUR
That is the correct answer.
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Congratulations Vicki!
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Jay, I’m afraid you spelt it wrongly.
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But... but my answer was right.
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That’s how we spell it in American English.
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American spelling is weird.
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Hard luck Jay and well done Vicki.
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And that’s it for this week.
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Make sure you subscribe to our channel to
see more of our videos.
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And be sure to subscribe to Clare’s channel,
English at Home, too.
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See you next Friday everyone!
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Bye-bye.
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