The English Alphabet is made up of 26 letters (see below), 5 of which are called vowels (a,e,i,o,u) the rest are conternents. Every word in the English dictionary is spelt by combining these letters.

National Grid for Learning Cymru have created a Flash Alphabet guide here

Alphabet song

In the UK, the Alphabet song is sung to children as a way of remembering the Alphabet.

The lyrics for the song are as followed:

a-b-c-d-e-f-g
h-i-j-k-lmnop
q-r-s, t-u-v
w--x, y-and-z
Now I know my ABCs
next time won't you sing with me?

Phonics

Phonics are used in the UK as a way of teaching Children how to read and say words

• Fonics
• Words and Pictures

Links

• Wikipedia should me used to practice reading English and also learning about the culture and finding out about all sorts of things that you didn't know.
• National Grid for Learning Cymru
• The English Dictionary can be view online here
• Storynory listen to English stories and learn about our culture

BBC Schools

Literacy for ages 4-11
• English for ages 11-16

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