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📘 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!