English Alphabet. Complete the gaps.
A: Hello, and welcome to our …………… talk about the English language and its history. Today, Doctor Susan Fielding is here to talk about the English …………….. . For more information about the talks, you can visit our …………. . Doctor Fielding ...
B: Good evening. Let's start with the ………………… . What is an alphabet? The letters in an alphabet are consonants and vowels in a particular language. The English alphabet has 26 letters. The problem is, English has 40 …………… and vowels! That's 14 consonants and vowels that aren't in the alphabet. To solve this problem, English uses a combination of letters for the 14 extra consonants and vowels. For …………………. , s h represents the consonant 'sh', and c h represents the consonant 'ch'.
The English alphabet is, in fact, the same as the Latin alphabet. And the ……………… alphabet we use today comes from the Greek alphabet. The English word alphabet comes from the Greek word alphabetos, and this word is a ………………………… of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet - alpha and beta. Alpha ... beta ... alpha ... bet.
