The English alphabet has 26 letters. The letters are 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.

There are five vowels: A, E, I, O, U. All other letters are consonants. Vowels are very important — every English word has at least one vowel.

We use capital letters at the start of a sentence. We also use capitals for names. For example: My name is Maria. I live in Spain.

In English class, your teacher may ask: 'How do you spell that?' This means: say the letters. For example, CAT is C-A-T.