--- title: i before e, silent letters and other famous traps — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 10 «i before e, silent letters and other famous traps» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / i before e, silent letters and other f… # i before e, silent letters and other famous traps The 16 questions of lesson 10 «i before e, silent letters and other famous traps» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 88 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t1/) — «i before e except after c, always, no exceptions, sorted». What's the problem? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t2/) — «ceiling, that's c-i-e, cos i before e innit». Put her right. — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t3/) — «that rule is wicked dumb, what about their?» What would a teacher say? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t4/) — What would happen if we spelled every silent letter out of English? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t5/) — «the s in island is cos they used to say iss-land back in the day». Is that true? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t6/) — «I'm writin' Wensday cos it's what I say, innit». What should she do? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t7/) — «Feb-ru-ary, who even says that r? just drop it». What is the fair answer? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t8/) — A cartoon knight shouts «My name starts with N!». What should the cartoon teach? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t9/) — Mark's friend spells «friend» as «freind». Which memory trick fixes it? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t10/) — ★★★ Which word follows the FULL rhyme, «i before e except after c, when the sound is /ee/»? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t11/) — ★★★ How many of these words have a silent letter: knee, lamb, wet, write, gnome, bed? — right ✓ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t12/) — ★★★ Which group shares one silent-letter pattern? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the rule «i before e except after c»? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/e2/) — Identify the principal origin of most silent letters in English words. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the letter s in «island». — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/e4/) — Ascertain the sound represented by the letters ei in the word «neighbour». — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [9. Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/) - next →: [11. Homophones and near-homophones](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/11-homophones-and-near-homophones/) - ↑ back to [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/)