00:01Vowels and Consonants in English
00:04There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
00:12The names of the 26 letters are
00:16A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, U, R, S, T,
00:43U, V, W,
00:46X, Y, Z.
00:52A letter can represent a vowel sound or a consonant sound.
01:00Traditionally, there are five vowels in English.
01:05A, E, I, O, U
01:15The rest of the letters are consonants.
01:20There are 21 consonants in English.
01:25B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y,
01:48Z.
01:48Note, the letter Y is special.
01:56Sometimes Y is a consonant.
02:00And sometimes Y is a vowel.
02:05I explain this in another lesson.
02:09All words in English have a vowel.
02:16Examples of vowels and consonants in words.
02:21A is a vowel.
02:23Dog.
02:25D is a consonant.
02:30O is a vowel.
02:34G is a consonant.
02:40Eat.
02:42E is a vowel.
02:46A is a vowel.
02:51A is a vowel.
02:52T is a consonant.
02:57Cake.
03:01C is a consonant.
03:04A is a vowel.
03:08Vowel.
03:09K is a consonant.
03:13E is a vowel.
03:18Pi.
03:22P is a consonant.
03:26I is a vowel.
03:30E is a vowel.
03:33Vowel.
03:35Unicorn.
03:38U is a vowel.
03:42U is a vowel.
03:43N is a consonant.
03:46I is a vowel.
03:51C is a consonant.
03:55O is a vowel.
03:58Vowel.
04:00R is a consonant.
04:04N is a consonant.
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