The English alphabet is Latin script and has 26 alphabet letters. The letters of the alphabet can be written in two different formats. These are referred to as uppercase and lowercase letters. There are 5 vowels: A (a), E(e), I (i), O(o) and U(u). The rest of the letters are consonants.

Uppercase Letters (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

 

Lower Case Letters (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

Uppercase letters are typically used as follows:

• At the beginning of a sentence
• For the personal pronoun ‘I’
  
• Names and titles
• Places, countries and nationalities
• Days of the week
  
• Months of the year