How to pronounce alphabets? Keep in Mind : - In English, the vowels are A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y is also considered a vowel.
- In American English, the letter Z is pronounced "zee." In most other places, it's pronounced "zed."
· The following letters rhyme with each other ä sound | ë sound | e sound | ï sound | o sound | yü sound | r sound | z sound | A | B | F | I | O | Q | R | Z | H | C | L | Y | | U | | | J | D | M | | | W | | | K | E | N | | | | | | | G | S | | | | | | | P | X | | | | | | | T | | | | | | | | V | | | | | | |
A ------ Ai Words Starting With ’A’ – ably, ability, above Words Containing ‘A’ – ablaze, abaft, abandon Words Ending With ‘A’ – bonanza, delta, coma B ------- Bee ***To pronounce the letter ‘B’ one has to press lips together and then slightly push air out of the mouth forcing lips apart. Words Starting With ’B’ – baby, badge, badly Words Containing ‘B’ – abide, aerobics, album Words Ending With ‘B’ – cub, grab, proverb C ------- See Words Starting With ’C’ – cable, canal, cancel Words Containing ‘C’ – absence, academic, accent Words Ending With ‘C’ -- acidic, basic, terrific D ------- Dee *** To pronounce the word D one should have the tip of the tongue pressed against the top of the mouth right behind the front tooth. Then slighly push air separating the tongue and upper mouth. Words Starting With ’D’ – dam, daily, dark Words Containing ‘D’ – abide, words, friends Words Ending With ‘D’ – abroad, aged, afraid E ------- Ee Words Starting With ’E’ – Egg, Eye, Elephant Words Containing ‘E’ – Yesterday, Easter, Pen Words Ending With ‘E’ – Mine, Shine, Come F -------- ef Words Starting With ’F’ – fan, funny, fat Words Containing ‘F’ – fluffy, giraffe, knife Words Ending With ‘F’ – cliff, beef, belief G ------- Gee **** G has two types of sound (i) hard sound as in Goose, together (ii) soft sound as in For hard sound the rear (front) portion of thetongue should move up towards the rear part of the mouth, slightly touching it when the sound is made. Words Starting With ’G’ – Goose, garment, gun Words Containing ‘G’ – huge, rage, pigeon Words Ending With ‘G’ – hug, bang, bearing H ------- aitch ***** To pronounce ‘H‘ The whole mouth is open. This sound is made by using the vocal chord in the throat. The difference between a h sound and an "ah" or an "eh" sound is that it is more hollow in the mouth when the air passes. Words Starting With ’H’ – honey, height, hum Words Containing ‘H’ – thighs, think, thumb Words Ending With ‘H’ – rough, ash, attach I ------- Eye Words Starting With ’I’ – ink, india, immediately Words Containing ‘I’ – innings, initial, dig Words Ending With ‘I’ – alibi, mini, multi J -------- Jay For pronouncing J Just like the letters D and T, have the tip of the tongue pressed against the top of the mouth right behind the front tooth. At the same time, press the side cheeks inward so both cheeks are firmly pressing against the side teeth. Then slightly blow out. Words Starting With ’J’ – jam, jump, jacket Words Containing ‘J’ – juju Words Ending With ‘J’ -- hajj K ------- Kay ******For pronouncing ‘K’ the rear (front) portion of thetongue should move up towards the rear part of the mouth, slightly touching it when the sound is made. Words Starting With ’K’ – knife, knot, kite Words Containing ‘K’ – alike, anklet, basket Words Ending With ‘K’ – dusk, mask, asterik L --------- El *** To pronounce the word ‘L’ properly one has to open the mouth slightly and let the tongue touch the Gum ridge. One should be careful that the tongue does not touch the back of the front teeth while pronouncing ‘L’ Words Starting With ’L’ – lamp, light, listem Words Containing ‘L’ – milk, bulk, chalk Words Ending With ‘L’ – hill, drill, grill è Try the tongue twisters continuously for practice and fun. "Lots of little London lamp-lighters lit London's little lamps.” "Lick the red lolly Rick!” "Red lorry, yellow lorry.”
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