This document provides information about the English alphabet including vowel and consonant sounds, spelling rules, verb conjugations, pronouns, articles, plurals, cardinal and ordinal numbers. It lists the letters of the alphabet and their phonetic pronunciations. It also covers topics like vowel and consonant combinations, verb "to be" conjugations, possession, and use of indefinite articles "a" and "some".
This document provides information about the English alphabet including vowel and consonant sounds, spelling rules, verb conjugations, pronouns, articles, plurals, cardinal and ordinal numbers. It lists the letters of the alphabet and their phonetic pronunciations. It also covers topics like vowel and consonant combinations, verb "to be" conjugations, possession, and use of indefinite articles "a" and "some".
Aa [ei] Bb [bi:] Cc [si:] Dd [di:] Ee [i:] Ff [ef] Gg [i:]
Hh [ei] Ii [ai] Jj [ei] Kk [kei] Ll [el] Mm [em] Nn [en] Oo [] Pp [pi:] Qq [kju:] Rr [a:] Ss [es] Tt [ti:] Uu [ju:] Vv [vi:] Ww [dblju:] Xx [eks] Yy [wai] Zz [zed] VOWELS Aa Ee Oo Uu Ii Yy
[] [] [e] [i:] [] [] [] [ju:] [] [] cat cake pen we dog note cup cute pig bike
tree, tea book cool
car class term purple sport ball gi rl
CONSONANTS
oo = [u:]
e+r = [:] u+r = [:] i+r = [:] c + i /e/ y = [s] city, bicycle, center c + a/u/o/cons. =[k] cat, cold, cup, clock g + i /e/ y = [] giraffe, gentle, gym BUT get give g + a/u/o/cons. =[g] gas, gum, go, globe SEASONS winter spring summer autumn
in MONTHS January February March April May June July August September October November December in DAYS of the WEEK Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
on th [] this th [] tooth
sh [] fish ck [k] duck ch [] teacher ph [f] photo kn [n] knee ee, ea = [i:] oo + k = [] a+r = [:] o+r = [:] a+ss = [:] a+ll = [:] the morning the evening the afternoon
noon night 2 oclock in at VERB to be Affirmative + Negative - I am Im He is Hes She is Shes It is Its We are Were You are Youre They are Theyre I am not Im not He is not He isnt She is not She isnt It is not It isnt We are not We arent You are not You arent The are not They arent
Interrogative ? Short answers Am I right? Is he right? Is she right? Is it right? Are we right? Are you right? Are they right? Yes, I am./No, Im not. Yes, he is./No, he isnt. Yes, she is./No, she isnt. Yes, it is./No, it isnt. Yes, we are./No, we arent. Yes, you are./No, you arent. Yes, they are. /No, they arent.
VERB CAN I I You you He he She can swim. (+) Can she swim? It cannot swim. (-) it We (cant swim) (-) we They they
Can you swim? Yes, I can. /No, I cant. VERB HAVE GOT I You have got (+) Have you got a cat? We havent got (-) - Yes, I have./ They - No, I havent.
He Has he got a dog? She - Yes, he has. / It - No, he hasnt. has got (+) hasnt got (-)
PRONOUNS AND POSESSIVE ADJECTIVES PERSONAL PRONOUNS POSESSIVE ADJECTIVES I you he she it we you they my your his her its our your their
ARTICLES a/an
a + consonant a banana, a desk, a boy
an + a, e, o, i, u an apple, an egg, an orange, an insect, an umbrella PLURALS noun a girl girls
-s/sh/ch/x/o a bus buses a bush bushes a bench benches a box boxes a tomato tomatoes conson.+ y a baby babies BUT a boy boys
+ s + es ies IRREGULAR PLURALS a man [mn] men [men] a sheep [i:p] sheep [i:p] a woman [wmn] women [wmn] a fish [f] fish [f] a child [ld] children [ldrn] a deer [d] deer [d] a person [p:sn] people [pi:pl] a foot [ft] feet [fi:t] a mouse [ms] mice [ms] a tooth [tu:] teeth [ti:] an ox [ks] oxen [ksn] a goose [gu:s] geese [gi:s]
Cardinal numbers 1 -100
1 one [wn] 2 two [tu:] 3 three [ri:] 4 four [f:] 5 five [fv] 6 six [siks] 7 seven [sevn] 8 eight [eit] 9 nine [nn] 10 ten [ten] 11 eleven [levn] 12 twelve [twelv] 13 thirteen [:ti:n] 14 fourteen [f:ti:n] 15 fifteen [ffti:n] 16 sixteen [siksti:n] 17 seventeen [sevnti:n] 18 eighteen [eitti:n] 19 nineteen [nnti:n] 20 twenty [twent] 21 twenty-one 22 twenty-two 23 twenty-three 24 twenty-four 25 twenty-five etc. 30 thirty [:t] 40 forty [f:t] 50 fifty [fft] 60 sixty [sikst] 70 seventy [sevnt] 80 - eighty [eit] 90 ninety [nnt] 100 a hundred/ one hundred [hndrd]
Ordinal numbers 1 -100
1 st the first [f:st] 2 nd the second [seknd] 3 rd the third [:d] 4 th the fourth [f:] 5 th the fifth [ff] 6 th the sixth [siks] 7 th the seventh [sevn] 8 th the eighth [eit] 9 th the ninth [nn] 10 th the tenth [ten] 11 th the eleventh [levn] 12 th the twelfth [twelf] 13 th the thirteenth 14 th the fourteenth 15 th the fifteenth 16 th the sixteenth 17 th the seventeenth 18 th the eighteenth 19 th the nineteenth 20 th the twentieth [twent] 21 st the twenty-first 22 nd the twenty-second 23 rd the twenty-third 24 th the twenty-fourth 25 th the twenty-fifth 30 th the thirtieth [:t] 40 th the fortieth [f:t] 50 th the fiftieth [fft] 60 th the sixtieth [sikst] 70 th the seventieth [sevnt] 80 th the eightieth [eit] 90 th the ninetieth [nnt] 100 th the hundredth [hndrd]