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If you don’t know the English alphabet yet, then we even envy you: there are so many discoveries that will happen now! Avid English lovers will also be able to find something new. For example:

Interactive table with reference sound and transcription;
. Interesting Facts;
. the most effective ways to memorize letters (for children and advanced adults);
. options for using letters;
. English alphabet - video dessert.

Do you want classics of the genre? Please: there is a traditional sign here too. But only for starters. Meet the most unusual article about ABC!

English alphabet with transcription. Reference option

Before mastering the art of cake making, you need to properly fry at least one fried egg. It’s the same with the English alphabet: first - the frame, and then any whim for your money. Therefore, we could not ignore the most reference of all reference tables. Here you will see the correct spelling and hear the correct pronunciation. Read, click, listen, repeat, remember:

English alphabet with pronunciation

Curious facts about the letters of the English alphabet

Why are they remarkable? english letters:

1. the name itself (alphabet) is rooted in the Greek term “alphabetos”, which was composed of the first letters of the ancient Greek alphabet: alpha and beta (compare with our “alphabet” - az and beeches);
2. it is 7 letters shorter than Russian. But relatively recently it was shorter by only 6, because the ampersand (&) was the 27th letter in the alphabet;
3. it appeared 700 years ago;
4. English words most often begin with a letter S;
5. least often English surnames begin with X;
6. if you add up the first letters of the months from July to November, you get the word Jason;
7. many consonants from the English alphabet can be read both as a voiceless and as a voiced consonant (however, in Russian we also say “dup” instead of “oak”);
8. letter Z in British and Canadian pronunciation it sounds, and in American -;
9. The most common letters in English are T And E, and least often - Z and Q;
10. letter J- the only one that does not appear in the periodic table of elements;
11. almost- the longest word where all letters are arranged in alphabetical order;
12. only at 3 English words ah you can find two letters U in a row: vacuum, residuum, continuum. But in our Russian language we have the only word with 3 letters “e” in a row: long-necked;
13. title(droplet) is a dot above the letter i. It’s not hard to guess where these words came from: when they wrote with ink, a dot could be dropped;
14. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog- in this phrase you will find all 26 letters of the English alphabet;
15. queue- even if you remove ALL letters from this word except the first, its pronunciation will remain correct.

Note names in English

Guitarists are familiar with the “musical alphabet.” After all, the names of the notes are indicated in English letters:

C (before); D(re); E (mi); F (fa); G (salt); A (la); In (si).

English alphabet for children and adults. How to learn?

Just as theater begins with a hanger, so does learning in English starts with the alphabet. Probably everyone who studied English at school at least once sang the famous song “ABC” with Mary Ivanna. Do you think nothing has changed since then? The melody, of course, remains the same, but the presentation is for every taste and color:

1. Classics of the genre. Song "English alphabet" in the American style. Listen to it once and you’ll remember it even now. Because the creatures flying out of the chimney are impossible to forget. As is the annoying motive.

2. The effectiveness is confirmed by the performance of this cutie. Such a little one sings the entire alphabet without a hitch (the cuteness is off the charts):

3. Hard hardcore - an alternative to the alphabet for adults. Nowadays it is better to keep children and people with a delicate mental structure away from blue screens. Also, this video is not recommended for viewing by grandparents, strict teachers and ministers of education :)

Letters of the English alphabet walking by themselves

Did you know that some letters of the English alphabet have long lived an independent life? For example:

A is the highest grade in the US education system. Even the idiom has taken root: to get straight A's(to be an excellent student). If you suddenly want to show off such knowledge, then do not forget to pronounce “A’s” as in the alphabet. Otherwise, you risk being branded a foul speaker (compare with the pronunciation of “ass”);

Americans boldly use the letter B in order not to bother with writing such a long word as “be” (to be). In addition, Americans are lazy to write “you” (you), so if you see “I wanna B with U” in the lyrics, then don’t think that it is about the love of the letter B for the letter U;

. not to know B from a bull's foot- an idiom that some translators associate with our Russian “neither be nor me.” But for Americans, the meaning of this phrase is different: “not knowing anything / not knowing the basics”;

In contrast to the Know-Nothings, there is another idiom with letters of the Latin alphabet: to know smth. from A to Z

. R months- months whose names contain the letter r. Who will list it faster? Hint: There are 8 of them and they are usually cold in the Northern Hemisphere;

. T-shirt- T-shirt (literally: shirt in the shape of the letter T). You can also add an A-shirt here - in the understanding of stylists, this is an alcoholic T-shirt (literally: a shirt in the shape of the letter A);

. to cross one’s t’s and dot one’s i’s- place all the dashes on t and dot all the “i”. If the absolute majority of Russian speakers already know about the dots above the “i” (and even use them in their speech), then the letter t is a revelation. In fact, this approach (first write everything, and then add dashes and dots) saves a lot of time. The only pity is that we gradually forget what it means to hold a pen in our hands;

. to mind one’s P’s and Q’s- maintain decency, behave in a secular manner, be helpful. I wonder where this expression came from? So linguists are curious. Therefore, they have 5 versions of the origin of this phrase;

English-speaking people are very fond of the letters of the Latin alphabet. Otherwise, where would so many variants ending in -shaped come from: L-shaped, O-shaped, C-shaped - that is, something shaped like a certain letter. L-shaped, O-shaped, C-shaped. In Russian, we would hardly be so sophisticated and would say: round (in the shape of a circle), crescent-shaped (in the shape of a month). True, we still say L-shaped (by analogy with the English letter L);

. Zzzz- this is how English-speaking people snore. Of course, they are far from our sweeping “hrrr”. Therefore the idiom to catch some Z's translated into our language by the modest “sleep, take a nap” (it’s a pity that stable expression does not exist for “snore”).

Now that the die has been cast and the Rubicon leading to Magic world English, passed, it's time to take English transcription by storm. There are more sounds and diphthongs in English than there are letters, each of them requires careful consideration for correct use. We promise it will be easy and fun. Particular joy awaits visual learners, who find it easier to perceive information through the visual channel of perception.

How long have you been studying the English alphabet? What was it like the first time? Share your experience with other English lovers.

Anyone who begins to learn English must, at the first stage of their journey, encounter the alphabet and the pronunciation of its letters. It is very important not only to know what the letters are called, but also to know Russian pronunciation in general.

For correct pronunciation alphabet Below is a table of all letters with both English and Russian transcriptions. Of course you need to know English transcription– it is used in any dictionary; it is as important as knowledge of the alphabet itself. But for beginners who have not yet fully mastered English transcription, we give the sounds of the English alphabet in Russian letters.

As for the letter Z, the British version is “zed”, the American version is “zi”.

It may seem that the English alphabet is more complex than the Russian one. But actually it is not. It has only 26 letters (for comparison in Russian - 33), and only 6 of them (A, E, I, O, U, Y) are vowels. Unfortunately, these vowel letters do not always correspond to alphabetic pronunciation. For example, Aa - in the alphabet is read as [hey]: “cake” - cake, “later” - later, but not in the words “bag” - luggage, “flag” - flag and many others.

Here it must be said that in English there is a distinction between stressed and unstressed syllables. Let's look at the case of a stressed syllable. Here you can also see the division - stressed syllable can be open or closed. Open syllables end with a vowel, and closed syllables end with a consonant. Here are examples of stressed open syllables: “la-bel” - inscription, “ta-ke” - to receive, and so on. Here are examples of stressed closed syllables: “rab-bit” - rabbit, “dog” - dog, “win-dow” - window, and so on. Please note that in the first case, the stressed vowels are read exactly the same as they sound in the alphabet.

Let's look at all the vowels:

Vowel A

Open syllable: “la-ter” [’leitə] – later

Closed syllable: “cat” - cat

Vowel E

Open syllable: “he” - he

Closed syllable: “bend” - bend

Vowel I

Open syllable: “li-lac” [’lailək] - lilac

Closed syllable: “lift” - lift

Vowel O [?u]

Open syllable: “pho-to” [’fəutəu] - photograph

Closed syllable: “got” - received

Vowel U

Open syllable: “cu-te” - cute

Closed syllable: “numb” - numb

Vowel Y

Open syllable: “type” - type on a typewriter

Closed syllable: “myth” - myth

Fine. Now, continuing to answer the question of how the English alphabet is read, we need to talk about unstressed vowels. The vowels a, o, u, when not under stress, turn into the sound [ə], and the vowels e, i, y in the same case become the sound [i]. In this case, as soon as the letters r appear after them, they all become [ə]. You can easily see this for yourself: “pre-fer” - to prefer, “pla-yer” [’pleiə:] - player, “doctor” [’dɔktə:] - doctor.

It is also worth paying attention to the consonant letters: B, D, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, T, V, W, X, Z - also read accordingly [b], [d], [ f], [h], , [k], [l], [m], [n], [p], [t], [v], [w], [x], [z]. Things are more complicated with the remaining consonants.

So, for example, the letter C will be before e, i, y, and in all other cases – [k]. See: “cinema” [’sinəmə] – cinema, “cure” – treatment.

The letter G - before e, i, y goes into , and in other cases as [g]: “ginger” [’dʒindʒə] - ginger, “goat” - goat, goat.

And S at the beginning of a word and after voiceless words consonants K, F, P and T is read as the sound [s], and, on the contrary, after voiced and other cases - [z]: “Simon” ['saimən] - Simon, “books” - books, “finds” - finds, “wise” - wise .

The letters R and Q are also tricky. So R is often simply dropped, lengthening the sound (“car” - car), but a word with R will be read with R (“Riko” - Rico). The letter Q can give two options - or - compare “quick” - quickly and “queue” - queue.

From the first days of school, children are taught the alphabet and explained from scratch that words are made up of letters, and words are used to build phrases, phrases and sentences. Without knowledge of letters, you cannot read or write anything. But not only children need the alphabet, but it is also useful for adults to take up the alphabet and learn it. The English alphabet consists of 26 letters

1. Well, of course, to learn to read English words
2. Knowing alphabet order easy to look up words in the dictionary
3. Pronounce abbreviations, try to pronounce them correctly without knowing the letters (NUL and VOID, UNESCO, ASAP)
4. And for such a concept as spelling - spelling out a word. Because English words are not always written as they are pronounced.

Even these 4 reasons are enough to take the alphabet in your hands.

It is difficult to imagine a case or situation where words from the alphabet would not be used. Even ours cell phones The telephone book is compiled according to an alphabetical list. And if you remember school years, then the list of students in the magazine is compiled according to the same principle

The ABC is order, a system that significantly saves time. And this is very important for our 21st century - the century information technologies. I am sure that the following lessons for beginners will help you and bring you benefit and pleasure. Why do we need the English alphabet?

English alphabet

The English alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet. In the Russian alphabet, as you already know, there are 33 letters, in the English alphabet there are seven letters less - that is, only 26.

20 consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z 6 vowels: A, E , I, O, U, Y It is worth noting that the letter W (and in British pronunciation also R) is itself a consonant, but is mainly used as part of diagrams, that is, two-digit letters denoting vowel sounds. The letter Y can represent both a vowel and consonants.

There are 5 digrams in English:

1. sh = [ʃ], “shine” [ʃaɪn]
2. ch = , "China" [ˈtʃaɪnə]
3. zh = [ʒ], “Zhukov” [ˈʒukov]
4. th = [ð] or [θ], “the” [ðiː, ðə], “think” [θɪŋk]
5. kh = [x], “Kharkov” [ˈxarkov]

The most commonly used word in English is article the . The letters T and E are most often used, and the letters Q and Z are considered the rarest. By the way, the pronunciation of the letter Z is also different in the American and British versions. An American will say “zee”, and a British person will say “zed”.

Introduction to letters and pronunciation

Next to each letter of the English alphabet its correct pronunciation is indicated. There are certain differences in the phonetics of American and British English. For example, in some American words, the letter "u" preceding th, d, t or n is pronounced /u:/, but in the British it is pronounced /ju:/.

And this is what capital letters look like: There can be uncertainty about how to spell a particular name correctly, and therefore the alphabet needs to be learned by heart in order to clarify it. For example, Maria [ɑ:].

Names, just like the names of continents, countries, cities, villages and streets, are written with a capital letter.

Several English words with translation and transcription

If you want to learn English from scratch, then you should start with the most simple words, that is, from prepositions, pronouns, numerals and interrogative words. These words appear frequently in both written and spoken English.

• And [ənd] and
• at [æt] about
• be located, be
• do
• from from

A few English words for beginners with translation and transcription One of the most important advice for beginners in learning - at first, try to study individual words, and only then move on to phrases. This method is much more effective and faster. You should also pay due attention to transcription - correct pronunciation.