English Alphabet: Phonetic Pronunciation of Letters | Comprehensive Guide on Sounds and Accents

Today, we will begin with the basics – the alphabet in English. In this article, we explore the challenges and strategies for correctly pronouncing English words and letters, providing an essential guide to mastering the distinctive sounds of this language. --------- 📝 Explanation Exercises: --------- ⭐️ Premium Services and Products: 👩🏻‍💻 Individual Classes: ❤️ Donation: --------- The English alphabet has 26 letters, made up of 21 consonants and 5 vowels. The English vowels are A, E, I, O, U and they are in Red. The rest of the letters are consonants. Here are all the letters of the English alphabet and in order. Each letter of the English alphabet has an upper-case form and a lower- case form. A a a Apple B b bee Ball C c cee Cup D d dee Dog E e e Egg F f ef Fish G g gee Girl H h (h)aitch Horse I i i Igloo J j jay Juice K k kay Kite L l el Leaf M m em Moon N n en Nest O o o Octopus P p pee Pencil Q q cue Queen R r ar Rabbit S s ess Sanke T t tee Tea U u u Up, Umbrella V v vee Vest W w double-u. Watermelon X x ex X-ray Y y wy Yogurt Z z zee/zed Zebra Please do not get confused as there are some words that may be pronounced differently based on where you’re coming from, be it from the British side or the American side. Now, let’s dive into silent letters. *What Are Silent Letters?* Silent letters are letters that do not have any sound, or they don’t correspond to any sound when a particular word is spoken out loud. Some words contain a silent letter because they came from another language. Take the word «psychology» as an example, which has Greek origin. The word “ps-” doesn’t follow the English phonological rules hence, the first letter was converted/ removed and made a silent letter but remember that the spelling remained the same. Now, let’s go to: [id55737130|*The] 5 most common pronunciation mistakes English learners make – and how you can avoid them* When learning how to speak English, there are going to be some words that stump English learners and native speakers too. Even though each letter of the English alphabet has a certain sound, when combined with other letters, this sound can change. Learning these variations will improve your pronunciation and help you sound like a native speaker. 1. Pronouncing the “gh” sound It sounds like an ‘f’ in words such as «cough», «laugh», «tough». It becomes silent in words such as «night», «bought». Let’s go the next sound. 2. ‘th’ Practise placing your tongue behind your teeth and blow air out as you say the word ‘th’ It vibrates slightly in words such as, «these», «that», «them» and it can become silent in words such as «three», «thing», «thought». Let’s go to the: 3. Consonants that have different sounds, letter ‘c’ and letter ‘z’. Letter ‘c’ can be pronounced in two different ways: It can be pronounced as ‘s’, in words such as «receive», «cinema», or «agency». And it can also be pronounced as ‘k’, in words such as «cake», «come», «cry». For Our tip? Normally when the letter ‘c’ is followed by an ‘i’ or ‘e’, it takes the sound ‘s’. The letter ‘s’ can also be pronounced in two different ways: It can be pronounced as an ‘s’, in words such as «send», or «simple». It can also be pronounced as a ‘z’, in words such as «cause», or «reason». We also have the long ‘i’ and the short ‘i’. For the long ‘I’, we have words such as «leave», «feet» and for the short ‘i’, we have words such as «fit», «sit». Let’s look at: 4. The various sounds of ‘a’ pronounced ‘a’ When it comes to the vowel sounds, it may seem like there is no method to the madness. So, let’s look at three tricky sounds for the word ‘a’. We have the “short a” /æ/ for words such as in «man», «bat», «add» and The “long a” /eɪ/, for words such as «play», «make» and we also have The “unstressed a” /ə/, for words such as «America»,