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Alphabet
In
this lesson you will learn the definition of
an alphabet and
study examples of the English alphabet. |
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- An alphabet is a set of letters, characters, or symbols
- The English language uses the Roman alphabet which contains
26 letters and consists of
vowels
and
consonants
- Alphabet case refers to uppercase and lowercase letters.
- each uppercase, or capital letter, has a corresponding
lowercase letter
- the letters in each uppercase-lowercase pair have the
same name, same pronunciation, and are treated identically
when sorting in alphabetical order
- there are rules as to whether uppercase or lowercase
letters are to be used in a given context
- writing meant to get attention (such as on signs) will
often use only uppercase
- the first letter of a
proper noun, such as a person's
name, or of the name of a city, state, country, etc. is
usually written in uppercase
- in addition to
proper nouns,
adjectives (those
derived from a name, such as Canadian, Shakespearian) are
written with the first letter in uppercase, as are the names
of days of the week, months, languages, and the
pronoun "I"
- The 26 letters can be written in
- uppercase letters
- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- lowercase letters
- a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
- manuscript
- writing style used in printing and electronic
communications
- easy to read since the letters are separated
- generally slow style of writing
- cursive
- any style of handwriting which is designed for quickly
writing down notes and letters by hand
- can be easy or difficult to read depending on the skill
of the writer
- cursive is generally faster to write than manuscript
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English alphabet writing practice
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Grammar Tips |
Can You Catch These Native Speaker Mistakes?
(Beginner - Listening)
An audio lesson to
help with your understanding of common mistakes. The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page with the written script for this
audio program. |
Commonly Confused Words: Part One
(Beginner - Listening,
reading)
A video lesson to
help with your understanding of commonly confused
words.
The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page. |
Commonly Confused Words: Part One
(Beginner - Listening)
An audio lesson to
help with your understanding of commonly confused
words. The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page with the written script for this
audio program. |
Commonly Confused Words: Part Two
(Beginner - Listening,
reading)
A video lesson to
help with your understanding of commonly confused
words.
The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page. |
Commonly Confused Words: Part Two
(Beginner - Listening)
An audio lesson to
help with your understanding of commonly confused
words. The English is
spoken at 75% of normal speed.
Click here to visit the lesson page with the written script for this
audio program. |
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