Based on Latin letters, it has an interesting and long history. Over time, the alphabet has undergone significant changes. English now presents a clearly defined system. There are printed and capital English alphabet, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Letters of the English alphabet

The English alphabet contains 26 letters, of which:

• 6 transmit ;
• 21 transmits.

The name of the last letter – “Z” – is written and pronounced in two ways:

• in the British version as “zed” (read);
• in American as “zee” (read ).

English alphabet table

Table of uppercase and lowercase letters, as well as:

Pros and cons of capital letters of the English alphabet

Capital letters of the English alphabet

It is impossible to imagine the alphabet of this language without capital letters. The capital alphabet is a comfortable and fast way of writing. In addition, capitalization does not imply complete copying of samples. You can create your own writing style, as long as the letters are legible.

Please note that previously the capital letter “A” was written in English in the same way as in Russian. Now the letter appears as a lowercase “a”, only in an increased size.

Calligraphy Considered a decorative style, it requires a lot of time, creativity and precision. It cannot be said that this cannot be learned when a person has bad handwriting. Anyone can master calligraphy. It will take time, but it will be beneficial.

Since calligraphy is becoming popular, they conduct convenient master classes and lessons on mastering it. You can learn without leaving home.

All you need is:

• paper;
• necessary supplies (pen, feather, ink);
• patience and desire.

Copybooks of the English alphabet

A few copybooks that you can download and print:

English copybooks. We play and write letters. Markova D.

St. Petersburg: 2015. - 6 4 p.

Has your child started learning English? For him, professionals in the field of early teaching of foreign languages ​​have created interesting copybooks. The notebook contains directly the copybook letters of the English alphabet, as well as exercises and games. Gradually completing exercises and game tasks, the child begins his acquaintance with the English language. The tasks will help him quickly learn the English alphabet and write all the letters correctly.

Format: pdf

Size: 24.9 MB

Download: drive.google

Here is a workbook called “English Copybooks”. With its help, children will not only learn the English alphabet, but also learn to write printed letters, and also learn new English words. Funny pictures and tasks will help them with this. The workbook contains various exercises and games (shading a picture, drawing patterns, coloring, tracing an outline, etc.). These tasks will help prepare the child’s hand for writing letters and numbers, and by drawing by dots, the child learns to hold a pencil correctly and confidently draw various lines, draw patterns and geometric shapes. Also, the child will get acquainted with flowers, their names in English, and will be able to color various funny pictures directly on the pages of the notebook. Coloring books combine both entertaining and certain developmental functions: the development of fine motor skills, writing and drawing skills, imagination, attention, the child learns to distinguish colors. The child will get acquainted with the English alphabet, learn to write letters and perform various game tasks to consolidate the material covered. The workbook is intended for preschoolers and primary school students starting to learn English.

Copybooks for the English language with letters, letter combinations, endings, prepositions, pronouns, irregular verbs, sentences and phrases. To teach handwriting in English. All entries must be downloaded and printed.

• Copybook alphabet

  Copybooks in English 8 sheets, A4, uppercase and lowercase letters of the English alphabet. Copybook for beginners, it only contains letters, uppercase and lowercase, three letters at the beginning of each line you need to circle the rest and write yourself. You need to start learning to write by hand with it. Download

• Copybooks, letters and two-letter combinations

  Copybooks in English 22 sheets, A4, for teaching the correct writing of letters and letter combinations in English. For beginners. Uppercase, lowercase and two-letter combinations. Download

• Alphabet on A4

  Copybooks on separate A4 sheets. Lowercase and uppercase letters of the English alphabet. These recipes are suitable for group or class activities. Download

• Scheme on A4

  A detailed diagram with arrows on how to write written letters of the English alphabet. For printing on standard A4 sheet, in pdf format. On one sheet of paper all the letters, lowercase and uppercase. Download

• Copybooks:

Different copybooks

• Copybooks in English 27 sheets in the form of a notebook, pdf format, lowercase and uppercase written letters, in the line the first letter with arrows showing how to write, the second letter must be circled, the remaining letters must be written yourself. Each copybook sheet is divided into two parts: lowercase and capital letters. Download

• Copywriting lowercase and uppercase letters

  Copybooks for the English language 27 sheets, pdf format, on each page there is one letter, half the page is lowercase, the other half of the page is uppercase, at the beginning of each line there is an example, there are no letters that need to be circled, at the top there is a detailed diagram of how to write each letter by hand. Download

• Copywriting lowercase and uppercase letters

  Copybook in English, written letters, one letter per page, the upper half is capital, the lower half is lowercase, a copybook for those who already know how to write, without diagrams and letters that need to be traced. Download

• Copybooks on A4

  Copybooks on separate A4 sheets. This copybook is for beginners, for those who are just learning to write by hand in English. On each sheet there is one letter, lowercase or capital, the first letter is a diagram and five letters need to be circled.

Has your child started learning English? For him, professionals in the field of early teaching of foreign languages ​​have created interesting copybooks. The notebook contains directly the copybook letters of the English alphabet, as well as exercises and games. Gradually completing exercises and game tasks, the child begins his acquaintance with the English language. The tasks will help him quickly learn the English alphabet and write all the letters correctly.

Suggestions for using the workbook.
Daily classes for 10-15 minutes.
Before classes, check the readiness of your workplace. Make sure everything is ready for work (enough lighting, writing utensils at hand).
It is important to pay attention to how the child sits during class, whether he is holding a pencil correctly in his hand.
If the child did not cope with the exercise, try to explain the task again, practice with the child, help him.
Conduct classes only in a good mood and when the child is feeling well!

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The first thing anyone who wants to master English needs to learn is, of course, the English alphabet. Let's talk about him. Since there is a lot of information, I divided it into sections.

Letters of the English alphabet.

The modern English alphabet has 26 letters (in English, letters are called letters or characters - chars for short). Each letter can be uppercase (uppercase / large) or lowercase (lowercase / small). Latin letters became the basis for the English alphabet.

The exact shape of printed letters depends on the font.

Inscription of letters of the English alphabet.

I highlighted the vowels in red and the consonants in blue.

The sound of the letters of the English alphabet differs in different versions. So the last letter Z in the English pronunciation sounds [zed] /, and in the American one it sounds [zi] /. The British pronounce “zed” because the letter is derived from the Greek letter “Zeta”, which passed into Old French as “zede”, from where it migrated into the English alphabet in the 15th century as “zed”.

Americans pronounce the letter “z” by analogy with the names of other letters: B, C, D, etc. The first American pronunciation of the letter “z” was recorded in Lye's New Spelling Book in 1677. This decision was long disputed, but was completely accepted in 1827 after Webster's publications.

Today, most of those who study the English alphabet also call this letter. Most likely, this trend is explained by the fact that in most songs about the alphabet it is sung, since it is easier to choose a rhyme for this pronunciation option.

• — Now I know my A-B-Cs

• — Next time won’t you sing with me?

But the British are not lagging behind, and today the ending of the song is also widespread

• - Sugar on your bread. Eat it all up before you are dead.

English humor, isn't it?

English alphabet capital letters.

Pay attention to the new trend of writing the capital letter A. Today it is customary to write it the same way as the small letter, although previously it was written similar to the Russian capital A. Here is a variant of the old spelling.

It is worth saying that among those studying the English alphabet in other countries, few people use capital letters. This trend is also emerging in countries where English is their native language. Look at the two handwritten texts. In the first version, ordinary letters are used for writing, connected in a letter in a way that is convenient for the writer. The second version uses capital letters of the English alphabet, of course, with handwriting features.

And here’s what a calligraphically verified version of handwritten English looks like. The written English alphabet looks exquisite.

And this is what English doctors write. Reminds me of something, doesn’t it?

Copybooks of the English alphabet.

I offer you a set of copybooks of the English alphabet. Click to enlarge.

English alphabet in words.

English alphabet with transcription and pronunciation

Vowels of the English alphabet.

There are 6 vowels in the English alphabet. Do not accept saying “vowel letters of the English alphabet”. A letter is an outline of a sound. A vowel or consonant, as well as voiced, hard, soft, hissing, etc., can only be sound. OK, let's move on to the letters of the English alphabet that convey the vowel sound. These are A, E, I, O, Y, U - a total of 6. Each letter can express several sounds.

• [ı:] – long and;
• [ı] – short and;
• [ɜ:] – wide e;
• [ıə] – ie;
• [α:] – long
• [e] - short E

• [əυ] – eu;
• [ɒ] – short o;
• - long y;
• [ʌ] – short a;
• [ᴐ:] – long o.

• – yu;
• [ʌ] – short a;
• [u] – short u.

This is how the vowels of the English alphabet are read. Let's move on to consonants.

Consonants of the English alphabet.

There are 20 consonants in the English alphabet.

History of the English alphabet.

The evolution of the English alphabet is evident over the last 1500 years. Although the modern English alphabet contains 26 letters, there used to be more.

After the 6th century, when Christian monks began transliterating Anglo-Saxon using Latin characters, they encountered some difficulties. Anglo-Saxon contained several sounds that could not be written in Latin. Therefore, the monks borrowed three old runes: ð (interdental voiced з), þ (interdental voiceless s), and Ƿ (uinn, analogous to the modern W). The presence of these runes, ligatures (combinations of letters) æ and œ, as well as the absence of J and Y, is one of the characteristic features of the Anglo-Saxon alphabet. Look at the Beowulf manuscript.

Under the influence of the Norman script, the runic character of the English alphabet gradually faded away and the letters ð, þ and Ƿ soon disappeared. Instead of Ƿ, they began to use double V -> VV, which gradually became an independent letter W as a result of the use of printing presses.

How did Y and J join the English alphabet? Y and U are derived from V, as a result of the differentiation of consonants and vowels. J came from I.

With his characteristic ingenuity, Benjamin Franklin tried to improve the English alphabet. He suggested removing c, j, q, w, x, and y, since they could be replaced by other letters. He also suggested adding six letters of his own invention. But Franklin's alphabet did not catch on.

Today, the most common letters in the English alphabet are e, t, a, o. The rarest ones are x, q, z.