Letters in English. English alphabet with translation and rules for reading letters

The first thing anyone who wants to master English needs to learn is, of course, the English alphabet. Let's talk about him. Since there is a lot of information, I divided it into sections.

Letters of the English alphabet.

The modern English alphabet has 26 letters (in English, letters are called letters or characters - chars for short). Each letter can be uppercase (uppercase / large) or lowercase (lowercase / small). The basis for the English alphabet was letters.

Exact shape block letters depends on the font.

Inscription of letters of the English alphabet.

I highlighted the vowels in red and the consonants in blue.

The sound of the letters of the English alphabet differs in different versions. So the last letter Z in the English pronunciation sounds [zed] /, and in the American one it sounds [zi] /. The British pronounce “zed” because the letter is derived from the Greek letter “Zeta”, which passed into Old French as “zede”, from where it migrated into the English alphabet in the 15th century as “zed”.

Americans pronounce the letter “z” by analogy with the names of other letters: B, C, D, etc. The first American pronunciation of the letter “z” was recorded in Lye's New Spelling Book in 1677. This decision was long disputed, but was completely accepted in 1827 after Webster's publications.

Today, most of those who study the English alphabet also call this letter. Most likely, this trend is explained by the fact that in most songs about the alphabet it is sung, since it is easier to choose a rhyme for this pronunciation option.

• — Now I know my A-B-Cs

• — Next time won’t you sing with me?

But the British are not lagging behind, and today the ending of the song is also widespread

• - Sugar on your bread. Eat it all up before you are dead.

English humor, isn't it?

English alphabet capital letters.

Pay attention to the new trend of writing the capital letter A. Today it is customary to write it the same way as the small letter, although previously it was written similar to the Russian capital A. Here is a variant of the old spelling.

It is worth saying that among those studying the English alphabet in other countries, few people use capital letters. This trend is also emerging in countries where English is their native language. Look at the two handwritten texts. In the first version, ordinary letters are used for writing, connected in a letter in a way that is convenient for the writer. In the second option we used capital letters the English alphabet, of course, with the peculiarities of handwriting.

And here’s what a calligraphically verified version of handwritten English looks like. The written English alphabet looks exquisite.

And this is what English doctors write. Reminds me of something, doesn’t it?

Copybooks of the English alphabet.

I offer you a set of copybooks of the English alphabet. Click to enlarge.

English alphabet in words.

English alphabet with transcription and pronunciation

Vowels of the English alphabet.

There are 6 vowels in the English alphabet. Do not accept saying “vowel letters of the English alphabet”. A letter is an outline of a sound. A vowel or consonant, as well as voiced, hard, soft, hissing, etc., can only be sound. OK, let's move on to the letters of the English alphabet that convey the vowel sound. These are A, E, I, O, Y, U - a total of 6. Each letter can express several sounds.

• [ı:] – long and;
• [ı] – short and;
• [ɜ:] – wide e;
• [ıə] – ie;
• [α:] – long
• [e] - short E

• [əυ] – eu;
• [ɒ] – short o;
• - long y;
• [ʌ] – short a;
• [ᴐ:] – long o.

• – yu;
• [ʌ] – short a;
• [u] – short u.

This is how the vowels of the English alphabet are read. Let's move on to consonants.

Consonants of the English alphabet.

There are 20 consonants in the English alphabet.

	[s] / [c] before vowels i, e, y
	/ [j] before e, i, y
	[h] / [x] simple exhalation
	[ŋ] / [nasal / velar n] before g and sometimes before k
	/ [kv] combined qu
	[r] is a sound, something between r and a very hard Russian z; pronounced without vibration. Often not pronounced at all
	[z] / [з] at the end of a word after a vowel or voiced consonant, sometimes in the middle of a word between 2 vowels
	[w] - sound similar to [uv]
	/ [гз] before a stressed vowel [z] / [з] – sometimes at the beginning of a word

History of the English alphabet.

The evolution of the English alphabet is evident over the last 1500 years. Although the modern English alphabet contains 26 letters, there used to be more.

After the 6th century, when Christian monks began transliterating Anglo-Saxon using Latin characters, they encountered some difficulties. Anglo-Saxon contained several sounds that could not be written in Latin. Therefore, the monks borrowed three old runes: ð (interdental voiced з), þ (interdental voiceless s), and Ƿ (uinn, analogous to the modern W). The presence of these runes, ligatures (combinations of letters) æ and œ, as well as the absence of J and Y, is one of the characteristic features of the Anglo-Saxon alphabet. Look at the Beowulf manuscript.

Under the influence of the Norman script, the runic character of the English alphabet gradually faded away and the letters ð, þ and Ƿ soon disappeared. Instead of Ƿ, they began to use double V -> VV, which gradually became an independent letter W as a result of the use of printing presses.

How did Y and J join the English alphabet? Y and U are derived from V, as a result of the differentiation of consonants and vowels. J came from I.

With his characteristic ingenuity, Benjamin Franklin tried to improve the English alphabet. He suggested removing c, j, q, w, x, and y, since they could be replaced by other letters. He also suggested adding six letters of his own invention. But Franklin's alphabet did not catch on.

Today, the most common letters in the English alphabet are e, t, a, o. The rarest ones are x, q, z.

The English alphabet with transcription and pictures is suitable for learning by both children and adults. First, let's remember the English alphabet with transcription, and for this we have prepared this simple picture that you can easily save to your computer, or go to our website to view it.

English alphabet with transcription and Russian pronunciation:

And now the English alphabet with transcription for children, with which you can learn the English alphabet from pictures. Each picture shows not only a letter of the English alphabet with transcription, but also a word that begins with this letter.

To learn the English alphabet, you need transcription, because especially for children, it is very important to immediately remember the correct sound of a particular letter of the alphabet. Otherwise, if a child remembers the wrong sound of a letter, it will be very difficult to relearn it. After all, it is in early childhood that the foundations of knowledge are laid, like a foundation made of bricks - taking out one brick and replacing it with another is not so easy. It’s better to do everything correctly right away, and the English alphabet with transcription will help you learn the letters by their correct sounds.

Try to learn the English alphabet with transcription with your children game form. Because in a playful way the child will be able for a long time repeat and teach you the letters of the English alphabet, but if everything is done according to the “must!” and “already!”, nothing good will come of this - memorization, without the child’s interest in the subject of study, is ineffective.

We offer you such a game for learning the English alphabet with transcription. First, you simply show your child the first 5 letters of the English alphabet, correctly naming them by transcription. Let your child repeat the names of the letters after you and try to remember them. Then the game begins - you show the child any of these five letters, and he must guess what letter it is. If he doesn’t guess, you give a hint, if he guesses right, praise him, and continue the game, showing the next letter of the English alphabet for guessing. What is good about this game for learning the English alphabet? Because then the baby himself will run to you with the letters, so that you show him, and he guesses - he is interested in it, this is a kind of excitement. And just like that, by playing, you can learn the entire alphabet. And by the way, not only the English alphabet with transcription, but also any other.

And now the English alphabet with transcription and pictures for children

The English alphabet with transcription represents the letter A, here you can find out how it will be on English language"apple".

English alphabet with transcription- let’s move on to the second letter of the English alphabet, this is the letter B and, of course, everyone’s favorite bear!

The third letter of the English alphabet is C and together with her you can learn how to say cat in English.

And now the English alphabet with transcription represents the letter D and a cheerful dolphin!

Fifth letter of the English alphabet, this is the letter E and everyone's favorite elephant!

Letter F of the English alphabet with transcription, and of course a frog!

And now the English alphabet with transcription represents the letter G and the word giraffe, it can be learned or read.

The English alphabet with transcription and the letter H with a beautiful horse, it seems she galloped to us from the Circus!

The English alphabet with transcription reveals the letter I for children, and with it the delicious word ice cream.

It's time for the letter J with transcription, and also for the dangerous jellyfish that lives in the seas and oceans.

A kangaroo jumped up to our letters of the English alphabet, it's definitely a girl! And together with it we will learn the letter K by transcription.

What letter does the King of Beasts begin with in English? Do you know? It's a LION! And it starts from the letter L.

And now the letter M in English with transcription, and a small, white mouse.

And who would have thought that chick in English begins with the letter N?

And here is the letter O of the English alphabet with transcription, and a beautiful octopus.

It's time to find out what the letter P sounds like in English by transcription, and Panda will help us with this.

Well, it's time to meet the real Queen, and the letter Q.

A good raccoon will tell us what the letter R will sound like in English with transcription.

Next up is the letter S, English with transcription The squirrel will also help you learn!

And here is a real tiger, English with transcription represents the letter T.

The English alphabet with transcription continues with the letter U, and a beautiful red umbrella!

English alphabet with transcription for children Even the scary and mysterious monitor lizard will help you learn, and here is the letter V.

The wolf also participates in learning the English alphabet by transcription, and its letter is W.

English alphabet with transcription represents the letter X, the xylophone helps her master it.

And now the letter Y and delicious yogurt! It's time to take a break, there's only one more letter left until the end of the English alphabet with transcriptions!

And the last letter of the English alphabet is Z! Of course, where would she be without a zebra!

Learning any language begins with mastering letters, sounds and pronunciation features. Without this, learning to read and write becomes impossible.

The modern English alphabet consists of 26 letters: 6 vowels and 20 consonants.

If you are an adult, then memorizing the alphabet will not be as difficult for you as it is for a child. If you are studying with a child, start learning the alphabet with the sounds that each letter makes, and only then enter the designation of the sound - the letter!

Learn vowels. There are only 6 of them, so this task will not be difficult.

Letter	English transcription	Russian transcription	Sound (English transcription)	Sound (Russian transcription)
		[Hey]	[æ]	[e]
Ee		[and:] (long)	, [e]
		[ouch]	,[i]	[ay], [and]
Oo	[əu]	[OU]	[o]
		[yu:] (long)	, [ʌ]	[yu], [a]
Yy		[wy]	,[i]

IN English transcription sign [:] - colon, indicates the longitude of the sound, i.e. it must be pronounced in a drawn-out manner.

Consonants are easier to remember if you break them down into logical groups:

Consonants similar in appearance to Russian letters and in pronunciation:

Letter	English transcription	Russian transcription	Sound (English transcription)	Sound (Russian transcription)
		[si:]	[k], [s]	[k], [s]
Kk		[kay]	[k]
		[um]	[m]
		[ti:]	[t]

Consonants that are similar to Russian, but are pronounced or written differently:

Letter	English transcription	Russian transcription	Sound (English transcription)	Sound (Russian transcription)
		[bi:]	[b]	[b]
Dd		[di:]	[d]
		[el]	[l]	[l]
Nn	[en]	[en]	[n]
		[pi:]	[p]	[P]
Ss		[es]	[s]
Xx		[the ex]

Consonants that do not exist in Russian:

Letter	English transcription	Russian transcription	Sound (English transcription)	Sound (Russian transcription)
		[ef]	[f]	[f]
Gg		[ji]	, [g]
		[H]	[h]	[X]
Jj		[jay]
		[cue]		[kv]
Rr	[ɑː]	[A:]	[r], [ɑ : ]
		[in and]	[v]	[V]
Ww	[‘dʌblju:]	[double]	[w]
		[zed]	[z]

Learn the English alphabet better in blocks, writing and naming each letter as much as you need. This way you simultaneously use three types of memory: auditory, visual and motor (motor). After memorizing the letters, you can perform exercises to consolidate the material covered and self-test.

Exercises

Write the letters on a piece of paper from memory, saying each letter out loud. If you don’t remember the name or have difficulty “reproducing” the next letter, you can use the hint. Select a “difficult” letter for yourself and continue working on the exercise. After writing the entire English alphabet, write out all the underlined letters separately in one row. Repeat them. Write a few more rows of these letters randomly, calling them out loud. If you are sure that the “difficult” letters no longer cause difficulties, do the exercises again.

Write the letters of the alphabet (26) on small squares. Place the squares face down. Take each square in turn, saying the letter out loud. Put the letters you named incorrectly or the letters you forgot aside. After working on all the squares, take all the letters you set aside and do the same exercise with just those letters. Repeat the exercise several times, putting aside only those letters that are not remembered.

Ask someone to point to a letter in the text and you name it. Or ask to name any letter, and you name its neighbors, etc.

Memorization work can be structured as follows:

Learn the material and put it aside.

Repeat after 15 minutes.

Repeat again after an hour.

Repeat the next day.

Repeat in a week.

In this case, the memorized material will be stored in memory forever!

Games for memorizing the English alphabet

If it is possible to involve 2-3 people, then you can diversify the study of the alphabet with games:

“Spell the word”

Take any English text. Players take turns calling out the letters in order, starting with the first word in the text. The one who named incorrectly is eliminated from the game. The last one left in the game wins.

"What is missing?"

The presenter chooses from 26 cards with five to ten letters, depending on the age of the participants. Players remember letters. After everyone has turned away, the presenter removes one or two letters. Players must remember which letters are missing.

"Who is faster?"

Each player is dealt the same number of cards. The players' task is to arrange the cards in alphabetical order as quickly as possible.

“Find a match”

Participants in the game are given cards with in capital letters. On the back of each card is a lowercase letter. The task of each player is to remember and write down a lowercase letter in 3 minutes. The one who writes the most letters wins.

“Continue”

One of the players begins to say the alphabet from the beginning, the leader stops at any letter. Players must pick up where the previous player left off as quickly as possible.

“Remember Five”

Each player is given a letter face down. On command, players turn over the card. Players need to write the next 5 letters of the alphabet as quickly as possible. The one who completed the task raises his hand.

Songs

Songs are a great way to memorize the letters of the alphabet. The melody for them can be found on the Internet.

Lyrics

ABCDEFG HIJKLMNOP QRST UVW QRST UVW XYZ

Oh, well you see,

Now I know the ABC!

There is another version of this song, the last two lines of which are as follows:

Now I know the ABC

Next time won’t you sing with me!

Currently, English textbooks give two options for pronunciation of the letter Rr: [ɑː] and [ɑːr]. In the second option, the second sound is an oversound, that is, it is not pronounced in its pure form, but muffled. Both options are correct.

In English transcription you can find several ways of writing the same sound. This is due to a gradual change in the spelling of certain sounds, often for the purpose of simplification, for example: [ɛ] - [e] Both sounds are pronounced [e] with the overtone [е].

Further actions

After learning the English alphabet, it is advisable to learn the sounds that each letter can convey. In English, one letter can convey several sounds, depending on the type of syllable and combination with other letters (see tables).

Then you should move on to mastering the rules of reading (from simple to complex) and practice reading individual words, and then texts. Feel free to read texts from textbooks primary school, because they are compiled in such a way as to illustrate the basic rules of reading using specific vocabulary.

The very first thing you should start learning a language with is the English alphabet ( English Alphabet). You don't have to learn it in letter order like you would in school. But knowing how to correctly read and write the letters of the English language is simply necessary.

Modern realities are such that we come across the letters of the English alphabet every day. Read English words today, maybe even a child, but many people do it, usually with errors in pronunciation.

This situation has probably happened to you when you were on the phone, trying to dictate some foreign word or your personal E-mail. And they used “the letter S - like a dollar sign” or “the letter i which is written like a stick with a dot at the top.”

Our specially created interactive exercises and tables will help you learn how to pronounce the letters of the English alphabet correctly and speed up your learning several times if you spend just a few minutes a day on them, and all this is completely free.

Vowels and consonants

The English alphabet includes 6 vowels and 20 consonants. Vowels are marked in red and consonants in green. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.

Alphabet setting

You can only specify the letters you want to learn

Customize all letters

Alphabet with transcription and pronunciation

Exercise No. 1

Below is an interactive table of the English alphabet with transcription and translation into Russian. In the table, you can hide the necessary columns, and after clicking on the rows they will appear again.

You can also look at the printed and written version of the English alphabet and see how English letters are written correctly.

In order to hear the correct pronunciation of the letter of the alphabet you need, just click on it and listen to the audio pronunciation

This method of learning will help you quickly remember the letters of the English alphabet, but it is worth noting that the translation of pronunciation into Russian is only conditional.

Writing English letters

Aa printed

Aa uppercase

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Letters of the alphabet Transcription Pronunciation

№	letters of the alphabet	English transcription	Russian pronunciation

English alphabet- This is the basis of the English language. If you are just starting to learn English, then the first thing you need to do is learn the English alphabet ( english alphabet), which consists of only 26 letters. Moreover, it has only 5 letters representing vowel sounds, and 21 letters representing consonant sounds.

English alphabet with transcription and cursive with pronunciation for beginners with translation into Russian.

The vowels include the letters A, E, I, O, U;
for consonants - B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Note: The letter Y is also sometimes treated as a vowel.

The history of the English alphabet is very interesting. English writing appeared already in the 5th century AD. Moreover, initially special Anglo-Saxon runes were used for recording, which were not easy to write. Due to the arrival of Christian missionaries from the 7th century, the runes were gradually replaced by Latin letters. Also, everyone knows the special pronunciation of English letters, which requires special transcription symbols.
For beginners, the English alphabet with translation into Russian will be very useful.

In the table you can see how English version transcriptions and translation of this transcription into Russian.

We present to your attention the English alphabet with transcription and Russian pronunciation:

№	letter	transcription	Russian spelling of letter names	Latin name of the letter
1	A a	[ei]	Hey	a
2	B b	[bi:]	bi	bee
3	C c	[si:]	si	cee
4	D d	[di:]	di	dee
5	E e	[i:]	And	e
6	F f	[ef]	ef	ef
7	G g	[dʒi:]	ji	gee
8	H h	[eitʃ]	HH	aitch
9	I i	[ai]	ah	i
10	Jj	[dʒei]	Jay	Jay
11	K k	[kei]	kay	kay
12	Ll	[el]	el	el
13	M m	[em]	Em	em
14	Nn	[en]	en	en
15	O o	[ou]	OU	o
16	P p	[pi:]	pi	pee
17	Q q	[kju:]	Cue	cue
18	R r	[a:]	a:, ar	ar
19	Ss	[es]	es	ess
20	T t	[ti:]	you	tee
21	U u	[ju:]	Yu	u
22	V v	[vi:]	in and	vee
23	W w	[`dʌbl`ju: ]	double	double-u
24	X x	[eks]	the ex	ex
25	Y y	[wai]	wy	wy
26	Z z	[zed]	zed, zi	zed, zee

English alphabet for children.

You can also see the English alphabet in pictures below:

English alphabet in words.

Words for each letter of the English alphabet:

a - alphabet, abc
b - backward
c-city
d-day
e - English
f - foreign
g-German
h-help
i-international
j - joke
k - kid, key
l - letter, latin
m-mother
n - number
o-order
p-pony
q - quiz
r-rhyme
s - song, sound
t - train, test
u - unit
v-video
w-work
x-xenon
y-youtube, you
z-zoo

Publication date: 02/06/2012 13:46 UTC

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