English Alphabet

English Alphabet

 

Alphabet:

The alphabet is the set of symbols called letters, which are used for basic sounds of a language. These letters are arranged in a fixed order. Each letter represents a single sound and some have double or more sounds too.

 

English Alphabet:

There are 26 letters in English Alphabet.

They are written in two cases: upper case and lower case.

In other words the first one is called capital letters and the second one is small letters.


1.  Upper Case or Capital 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

        

2.  Lower Case or Small 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

 

The lower case or small letters are further divided into three types. 


a.  Sky Letters:

These letters are written in the above three lines if written on four lines sheet. They are ‘b, d, f, h, k, l and t’.

 

b. Grass Letters:

These letters are written in the middle two lines if written on four lines sheet. They are ‘a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x and z’.

 

c.   Root Letters:

These letters are written in below three lines if written on four lines sheet. They are ‘g, j, p, q and y’.

 

 

 

(Written by: Abdullah Seemab)