Compare the sequence one position at a time.
Review freight, leisure, receipt, ancient, shield and fierce without treating an i-before-e slogan as an exception-free spelling rule.
Six original recognition items each count one correct choice. Your count out of six describes these words on this attempt, not a percentile, school grade, CEFR level or writing score. Every answer and this complete guide are free at every count.
Order matters within a complete word
This group includes ei in freight, leisure and receipt, and ie in shield and fierce. Ancient has cie in its middle. Other letters also matter: receipt retains p, freight ends ght and fierce ends rce. The options change particular sequences or letters. Treat the task as recognition of complete listed forms, not as a test of one universal two-letter rule.
Contrast freight with shield
Write freight as f r e i g h t and shield as s h i e l d. Underline ei in the first and ie in the second. Both are the selected dictionary forms, so an instruction to put i before e in every word would fail here. Keep the surrounding letters visible while learning each sequence; memorising just the underlined pair can miss a different error.
Check silent letters as written letters
Receipt includes p whether or not that letter is heard in a pronunciation. Ancient requires the order a n c i e n t, with n near both ends. A spelling choice cannot show whether you can pronounce either word. Compare the entire selected string with the key and locate the first position where they differ before deciding which feature to practise.
Use a covered sequence check
Choose one ei word and one ie word from the set. Look at each, cover it and write its letters slowly in a new sentence. Uncover the source and compare the full sequence, recording a reversal separately from a missing consonant. Later, try without a multiple-choice list. This routine is suggested practice; the product does not measure its transfer to everyday writing.
Keep recognition and pronunciation separate
There is no audio, dictation, free-text spelling mark or pronunciation assessment in this edition. A six-item count cannot establish dyslexia, general intelligence or complete English spelling skill. Repeated attempts can benefit from remembered option positions. All worked answers and this guide remain available at zero as well as perfect accuracy; the purpose is review, not a ranked label.