09/09/2025
📘 Beginner English Alphabet & Sounds Series
🔤 Lesson 1: Letter A
👉 Sounds of A
/æ/ → cat, bag, hat
/eɪ/ → name, cake, play
/ɑː/ → father, car, star
/ə/ → about, ago, around
💡 Tip: Say the sounds out loud, don’t just memorize spelling!
🔤 Lesson 2: Letter B
👉 Sounds of B
/b/ → bat, boy, big
(silent) → doubt, climb
💡 Tip: Listen carefully – not every “b” is pronounced!
🔤 Lesson 3: Letter C
👉 Sounds of C
/k/ → cat, cup, car
/s/ → city, face, rice
💡 Tip: C is “hard” before a, o, u but “soft” before e, i, y.
🔤 Lesson 4: Letter D
👉 Sounds of D
/d/ → dog, day, bed
/dʒ/ → educate, soldier
💡 Tip: Notice how “d” sometimes blends into a “j” sound in fast speech.
🔤 Lesson 5: Letter E
👉 Sounds of E
/e/ → pen, bed, red
/iː/ → he, she, me
/ɜː/ → her, fern, term
/ə/ → teacher, father, mother
💡 Tip: E is the most common vowel in English.
🔤 Lesson 6: Letter F
👉 Sounds of F
/f/ → fan, fish, fine
(ph = /f/) → phone, photo, elephant
💡 Tip: Watch out for “ph” – it still sounds like f!
🔤 Lesson 7: Letter G
👉 Sounds of G
/g/ → go, game, get
/dʒ/ → giant, gentle, gym
💡 Tip: G is “hard” before a, o, u, but “soft” before e, i, y.
🔤 Lesson 8: Letter H
👉 Sounds of H
/h/ → hat, hot, hand
(silent) → hour, honest, heir
💡 Tip: If a word starts with “h” and sounds like it begins with a vowel, the “h” is silent.
🔤 Lesson 9: Letter I
👉 Sounds of I
/ɪ/ → sit, hit, pin
/aɪ/ → time, fine, ice
/iː/ → machine, police, ski
💡 Tip: I changes sound depending on whether it is “short” or “long.”
🔤 Lesson 10: Letter J
👉 Sounds of J
/dʒ/ → jam, jump, joy
💡 Tip: J always has the same sound in English – easy to remember!