How many letters are there in English alphabets?

Alphabets

Alphabets of a language consist of letters which are used in writing language.The English alphabet consist of twenty six (26) letters.

Letters

Letters are written or printed symbol which represent particular sound in a language.

Types of letters

There are two types of letters.

1.Capital letters

2.Small letters

Capital letters

The uppercase letters of the alphabet are called capital letter. For example we use capital letter at the beginning of sentence or names.Like A,B,C,D,E etc

Small letters

The lowercase letters of the alphabet are called small letters. For example ,in the word “Lahore”, the first letter L is capital and (a,h,o,r,e) are small letters.

The letters are also divided into two further categories.

1.Vowel (a,e,i,o,u)

2.Consonants (b,c,d.f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,x,y,z)

Test 1

Chose the correct option.

1.The five vowels are

a) a,g,i,o,p

b) j,k,l,m,n

c) a,e,i,o,u

2.The first letter of a sentence is always

a) small

b) capital

c) vowel

3.The letters ‘b,c,d,f,g,h…..etc” are

a) vowels

b) capital

c)consonants

4.English alphabets consists of letters

a) 27

b) 26

c) 28

5.A group of letters make

a) sentence

b) words

c) both