English has 26 letters, and every letter has a name. Tap a letter to hear its name. The first seven are A B C D E F G.
A to G
A /eɪ/
B /biː/
C /siː/
D /diː/
E /iː/
F /ɛf/
G /dʒiː/
H to N
Seven more letters: H I J K L M N. Tap each one to hear its name.
H /eɪtʃ/
I /aɪ/
J /dʒeɪ/
K /keɪ/
L /ɛl/
M /ɛm/
N /ɛn/
O to T
Six more letters: O P Q R S T. Tap each one to hear its name.
O /oʊ/
P /piː/
Q /kjuː/
R /ɑːr/
S /ɛs/
T /tiː/
U to Z
The last six letters: U V W X Y Z. Tap each one to hear its name.
U /juː/
V /viː/
W /ˈdʌb.əl.juː/
X /ɛks/
Y /waɪ/
Z /ziː/
Try it: Sofia: What is your last name? Mei: L, I, N. Choose Mei's last name. (Nil / Lin / Lan) Answer: Lin — Mei says L, then I, then N, so her last name is Lin. Nil has the same three letters in another order, and Lan has an A Mei never says.
How do you spell that?
A name is new to you and you need the letters. Ask How do you spell that? and the other person says the letters one by one.
How do you spell that? — How do you spell that? T, A, N, A, K, A.
Sofia: This is my friend Hiroshi Tanaka.
Ira: Tanaka. How do you spell that?
Hiroshi: T, A, N, A, K, A.
Ira: Thank you. Nice to meet you, Hiroshi.
Try it: Lars: My last name is Eriksson. Sofia: ___ Lars: E, R, I, K, S, S, O, N. Choose the question Lars is answering. (How do you spell that? / How are you? / Where are you from?) Answer: How do you spell that? — Lars answers with letters, so Sofia asked How do you spell that? The other two questions ask about him, not about the letters.
at and dot
Sofia gives her email address: sofia@mail.com. She says at where you write @, and dot where you write . — "sofia at mail dot com".
at /æt/ — sofia at mail dot com
dot /dɑːt/ — sofia at mail dot com
Ethan: What is your email address?
Sofia: sofia at mail dot com.
Ethan: sofia@mail.com. Thank you.
Try it: Camila: What is your email address? Lars: lars at mail dot com. Choose Lars's email address. (lars.mail@com / lars@mail@com / lars@mail.com) Answer: lars@mail.com — Lars says at after lars and dot after mail, so the @ comes after lars and the . comes after mail: lars@mail.com. The other two put the marks in the wrong places.
zero
Lars gives his phone number: 555-2046. For the 0 he says zero — "five, five, five, two, zero, four, six".
zero /ˈzɪr.oʊ/ — five, five, five, two, zero, four, six
Yasmin: What is your phone number?
Lars: Five, five, five, two, zero, four, six.
Yasmin: 555-2046. Thank you, Lars.
Try it: Ira: What is your phone number? Diego: Five, five, five, one, zero, eight, three. Choose Diego's phone number. (555-1183 / 555-1083 / 555-1803) Answer: 555-1083 — After one Diego says zero, so a 0 comes next: 555-1083. 555-1183 puts a 1 there, and 555-1803 puts the 0 after the 8.