THE ENGLISH ALPHABET الأبجدية الإنجليزية
Capital letters :
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
Small letters :
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
Vowel letters : a , e , i , o , u الحروف المتحركة
Consonants : All the other letters الحروف الساكنة هي باقي الحروف الأخرى
• Y is sometimes a vowel and some times a consonant. احيانا ساكن واحيانا متحرك Y
* ph (f) phone , photo .
* tion (shen ) nation .
* sion (jen) conclusion.
* kn (r) Knife , Knock , Knee .
* ght (t) night , light .
A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a point . تبدأ الجملة بحرف كبير وتنتهي بنقطة
Capital letters and proper nouns : الحروف الكبيرة وأسماء العلم
Proper nouns : أسماء العلم
Names of real persons and places are called proper nouns . They must begin with capital letters
أسماء الأشخاص والأماكن الكبرى تسمى أسماء العلم ، يجب أن تبدأ بحروف كبيرة
Boys or men : Jack, Ahmed, Bob, Yousef, Tom, Ali .
Girls or women : Mary, Hal, Jane, Fatma, Ann , Abla .
Names of real places :
Countries : England , Egypt , India , China , France , America .
Cities : London , Cairo , Paris , New York , Beirut , Tokyo .
The days of the week , and the months of the year . are proper nouns. They must begin with capital letters
Sunday , Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , Friday and Saturday .
January , February , March , April , May , June , July, August , September , October, November , December .
Names of nationalities are proper nouns: American , English , French. Arab.
Exercise 1 : Read these sentences and notice the proper nouns , which begin with a capital letter .
إقرأ هذه الجمل وحدد أسماء العلم فيها
• The queen of England has a palace in London .
• The river Nile is in Africa .
• The name Ahmed is a name of an Arab .
• There are many Englishmen in India .
• It is very cold in Russia in December and January .
• The capital of France is Paris .
Exercise 2 : Write these sentences again using capital letters for the proper nouns .
أعد كتابة الجمل مستعملا الحروف الكبيرة لأسماء العلم ، وضع عددها بين قوسين
• My freind ali is going to france in april .
• The shop in London is shut in Sunday .
• It is very hot in Cairo in July and august .
• The plane is flying from Beirut to Paris .
• My freind Jacky is an Englishmen .
• Her sister marry is living in America .
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موضوع: THE ENGLISH ALPHABET 
