Irregular Vowel
"ie" Answer Card

  Phonics 100 

    Phonics 100A Answers:  Bracket the (ea) that says long i.   
1. cr(ie)d      2. p(ie)     3. fl(ie)s
4. l(ie)d 5. d(ie) 6. sk(ie)s
7. fr(ie)d 8. l(ie) 9. fr(ie)s

      Phonics 100B Answers:  Fill in the (ie) that says long e.     
1. niece       2. fiesta          3. grief    
4. field 5. siesta 6. brief
7. shield 8. priest 9. relief

        Phonics 100C Answers: Write I (long i) or E (long e).       
1. E            2. E             3. I     
4. E 5. I 6. E
7. I 8. E 9. I

Suggestions for Additional Activities

1.  The combination "ie" has a backwards cousin, "ei".  They are ruled by the rhyme "i before e except after c".  This results in words like receive and deceive where the "ei" takes the sound of long e.  Of course, there are exceptions to even the exceptions.  Words like neighbor and weigh have no "c" and the "ei" sounds like long a.  If you understand this, you can explain it to my children.