2007-03-20 12:41:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
is there a rule for the following: receive, believe,
2007-03-20 12:47:48 · update #1
Yes it's I before E, except after C.
other ways are to spell the word using the words syllables,
the word yesterday has 3 syllables, these are yes ter day, put them all together you have yesterday.
2007-03-20 13:10:57 · answer #1 · answered by lazybird2006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a rule for words such as receive and believe etc..
It's ' I before E, except after C'
There are a few other exceptions but that's the general rule!
2007-03-20 12:49:52 · answer #2 · answered by hp25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Question everything you spell. Look it up in the dictionary if you even think it might be wrong. Pretty soon you'll be saying, "I thought I was right" a lot more than you did in the beginning. I now find that I'm right more than I'm wrong.
2007-03-20 12:46:44 · answer #3 · answered by Silly Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mnemonics - because (Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants)
Putting the word to a rhyme - difficulty ( mrs d, mrs i, mrs ffi, mrs c, mrs u mrs lty)
link it to pictures bed if you look at it, the upright of the b and d form the bedposts of the bed. this looks good if you can place a picture of someone lying down on top of the letters.
just a few examples
2007-03-20 12:46:51 · answer #4 · answered by squeegy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make up a little phrase with the letters
ie adidas = After Dinner I Do A Sh!t
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2007-03-20 12:46:38 · answer #5 · answered by qwerty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fri ends END of the word
principal (a pal is a person and the principal of your school can be a friend)
principle (le as in learn, you learn ideas)
rendezvous
I say it like it looks even though I know how to pronouce it right.
2007-03-20 12:46:34 · answer #6 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many. some ways are to memorize the deffinitions for them. or you could make flash cards for them. or learn[if there's any] the base word.
p.s. you in a spelling bee?
2007-03-20 12:47:36 · answer #7 · answered by pencil secks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
split the word into its syllabal components and remember the spelling for those syllabals.
good luck
2007-03-20 12:45:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read more and give yourself a list to study regularly.
2007-03-20 12:46:07 · answer #9 · answered by Lowa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i before e except after c
2007-03-20 12:50:07 · answer #10 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋