Vowels and Consonants

There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. Five of these letters are called vowels, and the rest is called consonants.

The names of vowels are: a, e, i, o, u. <The sounds of these are: ….> Notice that you can say these letters without closing your mouth. When you say consonants, you block the air coming from your throat with a tongue, lips, teeth or palate. 

Examples of consonants:

B, C, D, F, G

Look at some examples of words with vowels. Listen carefully. 

MUG https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mug

CAT https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cat?q=Cat

DOG https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dog

HUG https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hug

IGLOO https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/igloo

INK https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ink

EGG https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/egg

UNCLE https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/uncle