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English Alphabet and Sounds Guide

The document provides information about the English alphabet and sounds. It notes that the English alphabet contains 26 letters, with 5 vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and 21 consonants. It states there are 44 total sounds in English, made up of 20 vowel sounds, 24 consonant sounds. The document discusses the differences between letters and sounds, and categorizes vowel and consonant sounds.

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English Alphabet and Sounds Guide

The document provides information about the English alphabet and sounds. It notes that the English alphabet contains 26 letters, with 5 vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and 21 consonants. It states there are 44 total sounds in English, made up of 20 vowel sounds, 24 consonant sounds. The document discusses the differences between letters and sounds, and categorizes vowel and consonant sounds.

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English AlphabetIntroduction..

1. The English alphabet consists of 26 letters.


2. Each letter has an uppercase ("capital letter” and a lowercase ("small
letter") form.
3. Five of the letters in the English Alphabet A, E, I,O,U are vowels:
4. The remaining 21 letters are consonants: B, C, D, F,G,H,J,K,L,M,N, P,
Q,R S, T, V, X, Z and usually W and Y.
5. Two letters, A and I also constitute words.
6. Until fairly recently (until 1835), the 27th letter of the alphabet (right
after "z") was the ampersand (&).
7. The English Alphabet is based on the Latin script, which is the basic set
of letters common to the various alphabets originating from the classical
Latin alphabet.
8. There are 44 sounds in English:
24 consonant sounds+20 vowel sounds=44
9. In British English we Say Zed.
10. In American English we say Zee.
11. The English word "alphabet comes from the first two letters of the Greek
alphabet: alpha, beta
12. The letters don't always represent the same sounds of English.

‘The 44 Sounds"
Facts on Letters and Sounds:
1. Letters are written, sounds are spoken.
2. When we write we use the writing (spelling) alphabet which consists of
26 letters.
3. When we speak we use the speaking (phonetic) alphabet which consists
of 44 sounds."
4. There are 44 sounds in English which are divided into 3 namely:
1. Vowel sounds.
2. Consonant sounds.
3. Diphthongs.
5. Alphabet Letters = 26 Letters = 44 sounds.
6. Vowels = 5 Letters=20 sounds.
7. Pure vowels = 12 sounds, Diphthongs = 8 sounds.
8. Long sounds of vowels = 5 sounds, Short sounds= 7 sounds.
9. Consonants=21 letters = 24 sounds.
10. Voiced sounds of consonants = 15 sounds.
11. Voiceless sounds of consonants = 9 sounds.
12. Vowel: a sound we make when the breath flows out through the mouth
freely, without being blocked. The English Letters a, e, i, o, u are called
Vowels, because they represent such sounds.
13. Consonant: a sound we make that isn't a vowel. The breath out of the
mouth is somehow blocked on its way.
The English Letters b, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V,X, Z and
usually Wand Y are called Consonants.

Vowels
Vowel: 1:a sound we make when the breath flows out through the mouth
freely, without being blocked. The English letters a,e,i,o,u are called Vowels,
because they represent such sounds.
There are 20 vowel sounds in English, divided into 3 types of vowel sounds:
1. Long vowel sounds=5
Pure Vowels 2. Short vowel sounds =7
3. Diphthongs=8
/i/ bit, busy, started
/e/ bed, said, dead
/a/ cat, mat, apple
/u/ cup, up, money
/U/ good, put, should
/o/ got, what, because

/a/ bath, car, safari


//door, saw, walk
/r/ bird, work, hurt
/i/ sheep, eagle,field
/u/ moon, grew, through

// year, beer
//chair,there
// joke, vote
// they, bathe ail my, dice
// joy, noise
// out, vow
// poor, moor
//about, the, police

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