The Alphabet — Capital and Small Letters

The English Alphabet 🔤

The English alphabet has 26 letters. Each letter has a Capital (Big) form and a Small (Little) form.

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📋 All 26 Letters

Capital	Small	Name	Example Word	Hindi Sound
A	a	Ay	Apple 🍎	ए (Ae)
B	b	Bee	Ball 🏀	बी (Bee)
C	c	See	Cat 🐈	सी (See)
D	d	Dee	Dog 🐕	डी (Dee)
E	e	Ee	Egg 🥚	ई (Ee)
F	f	Ef	Fish 🐟	एफ (Ef)
G	g	Jee	Goat 🐐	जी (Jee)
H	h	Aitch	Hat 🎩	एच (Aitch)
I	i	Eye	Ice cream 🍦	आई (Aai)
J	j	Jay	Jar 🫙	जे (Jay)
K	k	Kay	Kite 🪁	के (Kay)
L	l	El	Lion 🦁	एल (El)
M	m	Em	Mango 🥭	एम (Em)
N	n	En	Nest 🪺	एन (En)
O	o	Oh	Orange 🍊	ओ (Oh)
P	p	Pee	Pen ✏️	पी (Pee)
Q	q	Cue	Queen 👑	क्यू (Cue)
R	r	Ar	Rose 🌹	आर (Ar)
S	s	Es	Sun ☀️	एस (Es)
T	t	Tee	Tree 🌳	टी (Tee)
U	u	You	Umbrella ☂️	यू (You)
V	v	Vee	Van 🚐	वी (Vee)
W	w	Double-you	Water 💧	डब्ल्यू (W)
X	x	Ex	X-ray 🩻	एक्स (Ex)
Y	y	Why	Yak 🐃	वाई (Why)
Z	z	Zee	Zebra 🦓	ज़ी (Zee)

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🔵 Vowels and Consonants

The 26 letters are divided into two groups:

🌟 Vowels (5 letters)

A, E, I, O, U

Vowels are special — every word has at least one vowel!

Vowel	Capital	Small	Example
A	A	a	Apple 🍎, Ant 🐜
E	E	e	Egg 🥚, Elephant 🐘
I	I	i	Ice 🧊, Ink
O	O	o	Orange 🍊, Owl 🦉
U	U	u	Umbrella ☂️, Up

🔤 Consonants (21 letters)

All the other letters: B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Y Z

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📝 When Do We Use Capital Letters?

Capital letters are used:

1. At the start of a sentence
   → The cat is sleeping.

2. For names of people
   → Aditi, Rahul, Priya

3. For names of places
   → Delhi, India, Mumbai

4. For the word “I”
   → I am happy.

5. For days and months
   → Monday, January

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🎵 The Alphabet Song

Sing along to remember all 26 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 and Z
Now I know my ABCs
Next time won't you sing with me!

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✅ Quick Practice

Write the small letter for each capital:

A → ___ | B → ___ | C → ___ | D → ___ | E → ___

(Answers: a, b, c, d, e)

Write the capital letter for each small:

f → ___ | g → ___ | h → ___ | i → ___ | j → ___

(Answers: F, G, H, I, J)

Which are vowels? Circle them:

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

(Vowels: A, E, I, O, U)

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Learning the alphabet is the first step to reading and writing! Keep practising! 📚