The English Alphabet

There are 26 letters in the English Alphabet

and

Listen

repeat

the names of the letters:

Say the letters with the same sounds:

How do you spell?

your name? your surname? your mothers/fathers name? your friends name? the word angel, bee etc?

Consonant sounds
city,centre, circus

+ e/i/y

circle, fancy

C
+ a/o/u
car, cold, cut

Consonant sounds
general,giant, giraffe, gym

+ e/i/y

G
+ a/o/u
good, game, gum

But girl,give

Consonant sounds
honour, honest,

silent

hour,ghost

H
aspired
help,hand, hungry, house,hotel

Vowel sounds
There are 5 vowel sounds in English:
A E I O U

Each vowel has two sounds:

SHORT

LONG

Long and short vowel A

Short A
Listen and repeat the
words with the short a:
jam
dad

bat
cap

Long A
Listen and repeat the words with the long a:silent e
name age
make date

Long A
ay
May day play

stay

Long A
ai
Train

Rain
mail

Sail

Long A
eigh
eight weight

sleigh eigh

Long E
ee
teeth

sleep
teepee

feet

Long E
ea
meat

leaf
seal

sea

Long E
ie
field

e
he
me

priest

Long E
ey
key

money
hockey

turkey

Long I
ie
tie

y
my
fly

pie

Long I
igh
night

light
fight

high

Long I
ild
wild

ind
find
kind

child

Long I
Long i silent e
bike

time
smile

like

But give

Long O
o ow old ost
no

gold
ghost

snow

Long O
oa
boat coat

oe
toe
hoe

Long O
Long o silent e
nose

home
rose

bone

Long U
ui ew ue silent e
fruit

glue
tube

new

Digraphs
bath, thank, think

th
this, the, there, that, those

chair, cheese, watch, church

ch/tch
But Chorus, choir

sh
push fish shop shirt

ck
duck
back black

chicken

Silent Letters
rong w rite rap now

nee
nob

hi
ni

gh ri

Silent Letters l
walk talk

b thumb
crumb

dumb

calf

Silent Letters rong

w rite rap

now nee
nob

gh