The alphabet.The vowels and the colors.

 The English alphabet is the current writing method for English. It consists of 26 letters:

Pronunciation: The pronunciation of the letters in English may vary slightly between different countries, such as the letter "R" and the letter "Z" in England and the United States, which makes a certain difference between "two types" of spoken English, the British English and American English.

The pronunciation in the English alphabet is this one:
A = [ei]
B = [bi]
C = [si]
D = [di]
E = [iː]
F = [ɛf]
G = [dʒiː]
H = [eɪtʃ]
I = [aɪ]
J = [dʒeɪ]
K = [keɪ]
L = [ɛl]
M = [ɛm]
N = [ɛn]
O = [oʊ]
P = [piː]
Q = [kjuː]
R = [ɑr]
S = [ɛs]
T = [tiː]
U = [iuː]
V = [viː]
W = [ˈdʌbəl juː]
X = [ɛks]
Y = [waɪ]
Z = [ziː]/[zɛd]

 
 *Examples:

 nest    gorilla    snake    queen    owl 
 
   kangaroo    lion    umbrella    monkey   
 
  elephant    alligator      tiger      violin   
 
   jellyfish    whale    bee    rainbow  
 
   xylophone    horse     duck     yo-yo    
 
   cow      zebra     frog        igloo    pumpkin 

 Exercise:

 
    a is for    
    b is for    
    c is for    
    d is for   
    e is for    
    f is for    
    g is for   
    h is for   
            i is for    
            j is for   
    k is for  
    l is for    
    m is for    
    n is for    
    o is for   
    p is for   
    q is for    
    r is for  
    s is for   
    t is for  
    u is for   
    v is for  
    w is for    
    x is for   
    y is for     
    z is for   
The vowels:
*A  letter that represents a soundproduced in this way: 
The vowels in English are a, e, i, o, and:

Examples: vowels.

A- Apple
E- Elephant.
I-  igloo.
O- Octopus.
U- umbrella.

Here are five of the most common rules for vowel pronunciation:

1. When a word or syllable ends in a consonant and has only one vowel, that vowel is short.

Examples: cat, bed, fish

2. When a word ends in “e,” the “e” is silent (not read out loud), and the vowel that comes before it is long.

Examples: bake, file, rope

3. When a syllable has two vowels next to each other, the first is usually long and the second short.

Examples: pain, boat, grow

4. When a syllable ends in one vowel, that vowel is usually long.

Examples: open, unit, paper

5. Many times, these rules don’t work! There are many exceptions(times when the rules are broken). Sometimes the only way to learn something is to practice and memorize it.

However you decide to learn, knowing the rules and how to actually make the sounds are both important to become fluent.

The vowels exercise:

Find the vowels in this words:

1-CAT._____.

2-ElEPHANT._______.

3-IGLOO._______.

4-OCTOPUS._______.

5-UMBRELLA._________.

3-The Colors:

A list of colors in English:

• red
• orange
• yellow
• green
• blue
• purple
• pink
• white
• gray / grey
• brown
• black

You can hear the pronunciation of each color in the video.

What is the difference between Gray and Grey?

The same as with the difference between color and colour, the spelling depends on the country.

Gray is used in American English (United States)

Grey is used in British English (England, Australia, NZ etc.).

*How to use colour in a sentence

There are three different ways to describe the colour of something:

1. My dad's car is red.
2. The red car is my dad's.
3. Red is the colour of my dad's car.
4. Examples:
5. Colors:
6. White:
7. 1-The door is white.

8. 2- Yellow:

   My pencil is yellow.

   Blue:

   3-The sky is blue.

   Red:

   4- i buy a red car.

   Green:

   5- the leaf is green.

   Black:

   6-My skirt is black

   Brown:

   7-The chair is brown.

   Purple:

   8-The grapes are purple.

   Orange:

   That is a fun combo black and orange.

   
   

   *EXERCISES:

   1-Complete the sentence using the colors:

   
   

   1-the sky is_________.

   2– my purse is________.

   3- The door is_________.

   4-my hair is________.

   5- the apple is_______.

   6-my shoes are_______.

   7-the pencil is________.

   8-the umbrella is________.

   9-the igloo is___________.

   10-the sun is_________.