| A a | B b | C c | D d | E e | F f | G g | H h |
| I i | J j | K k | L l | M m | N n | O o | P p |
| Q q | R r | S s | T t | U u | V v | W w | X x |
| Y y | Z z | ||||||
| A | E | I | O | U |
| B | C | D | F | G | H | J | K |
| L | M | N | P | Q | R | S | T |
| V | W | X | Y | Z |
The following letters rhyme with each other:-
| ä sound | ë sound | e sound | ï sound | yü sound | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | F | I | O | Q | R | Z |
| H | C | L | Y | U | |||
| J | D | M | W | ||||
| K | E | N | |||||
| G | S | ||||||
| P | X | ||||||
| T | |||||||
| V | |||||||
When spelling (especially over the phone) you can use the phonetic alphabet to avoid confusion between similar sounding letters - P/B S/F T/D etc.
| A | Alpha | B | Bravo |
| C | Charlie | D | Delta |
| E | Echo | F | Foxtrot |
| G | Golf | H | Hotel |
| I | India | J | Juliet |
| K | Kilo | L | Lima |
| M | Mike | N | November |
| O | Oscar | P | Papa |
| Q | Quebec | R | Romeo |
| S | Sierra | T | Tango |
| U | Uniform | V | Victor |
| W | Whisky | X | X-Ray |
| Y | Yankee | Z | Zulu |
| Symbol | Word (common term in brackets) |
|---|---|
| . | full stop |
| , | comma |
| ? | question mark |
| ! | exclamation mark |
| : | colon |
| ; | semi-colon |
| - | hyphen (dash) |
| & | ampersand |
| / | virgule (forward slash) |
| \ | reversed virgule (backward slash) |
| @ | at |
| # | hash |
| £ | pound symbol |
| € | euro symbol |
| $ | dollar symbol |
| ' | apostrophe |
| ~ | tilde |
| * | asterisk |
| ´ | acute accent |
| ` | grave accent |
| " | quotation mark |
| ( ) | left / right parentheses |
| [] | left / right square bracket |
| {} | left / right brace |
| < > | left / right angle bracket |
To pronounce English you're going to need your lungs, your vocal chords, your mouth, your tongue, your teeth and especially your brain.
Sounds can be "voiced" and "unvoiced".
A voiced sound means that your vocal chords vibrate For example "zzzzzz".
An unvoiced sound means that your vocal chords don't vibrate. For example: "ssssss".
There are lots of other terms used to describe the sounds of English - plosives, glottal, aspiration, but it all boils down to one thing: making meaningful sounds. And as it's all about sounds, this series will use videos to introduce you to the wonderful world of English pronuncation.
