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The English alphabet consists of 26 letters that represent sounds. Vowels include A, E, I, O, U and consonants are the remaining letters. Each vowel can make a short or long sound, and there are 44 total speech sounds or phonemes in English made up of vowels, consonants, and combinations of two letters representing single sounds. The placement of a letter in a word determines if it has a beginning, middle, or ending sound, and using two vowel sounds together is called a diphthong, while starting a word with two consonants is a blend.
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- 1. Every Letter in the English Alphabets Represents A Sound. This is What We Call Phonics. In English there are 26 letters. VOWELS A, E, I, O, U CONSONANTS B , C , D , F , G , H , J , K , L , M , N , P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z.
- 2. VOWELS SOUND In vowels sound each vowel has two sounds. One is short and another is long. PHONEMES In English there are 44 phonemes. 31 are sounds of vowels (10) & consonants (21). Left 13 are having two letters. WORD SOUNDS A Letter Has Three Sounds Each. 1.Beginning sounds 2.Mid-sounds 3.Ending sounds
- 3. Diphthongs When we use two vowels sounds in a word then it becomes diphthongs. BLEND Two consonants at the beginning of a word make up a blend.