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Spelling: EI/IE rules, Exercise #1

Choose the correctly spelled word from the drop down list to complete the sentences. (If you want a printer-friendly version of this quiz, click here.)

1. There are candles on the cake.

2. I have not a letter since Saturday.

3. Have you ever been on a ride?

4. Her is going to come to .

5. She in surprise when he dropped the ice cube down her back.

6. Drop that silver, you !

7. He's the most man I know.

8. I don't he is so .

9. As he was dying, the asked for a .

10. Leave the mouse a of cheese.

11. Brevity is the soul of wit; therefore, be .

12. The train woke the .

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