English Language - 1 - Repost

I failed English in High School Could not understand the writing rule If I say, when it reigns it pores, people agree Yet when I write the same phrase people say what’s wrong with me I before E (accept) after C less it sounds like an a as in neighbor or weigh Where do the words foreign and sovereign (steigh) Do they stay with a goose among geese or with a moose among (meese) Do they live in a house with a scavenger mouse or something much bigger Is there several (hice) with several scavenger mice