The alphabet
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THE ALPHABET 1. The alphabet : a. Look at the grid below and listen to the alphabet. b. Listen and complete with the missing letters that you can hear: … … I O U … H … K P Q … … c. Listen and write down all the letters that you hear. (13 letters) X … Z 2. Can / could you spell that, please?: • “green” is spelt: “access” is spelt: • majuscule = minuscule = ................................................ ( ................................................ (lower case) ) The first letter of a first name or a surname is a capital letter. Countries, languages and adjectives of nationality take capital letters. How about the days of the week and the months? Yes or No ? 3. The Greek Alphabet: Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions, and also conventionally for variables representing certain quantities. (See grid on separate sheet) BASIC PUNCTUATION • Can you fill in the grid with the name of each punctuation mark from the list underneath? Symbol . , ; _ : ’ Name Symbol ! ? « …. » ( …. ) … / @ Name dot / question mark / brackets / comma / at / full stop ( period, USA) / colon / slash / underscore / dash / apostrophe / semicolon / inverted commas / hyphen / exclamation mark / dot dot dot • In boldface (in bold type) = ............................................. • ........................................... = en italiques 4. Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering : Α Γ Ε Η Ι Λ Ν Ο Ρ Τ Φ Ψ α γ ε η ι λ ν ο ρ τ φ ψ Alpha Gamma Epsilon Eta Iota Lambda Nu Omicron Rho Tau Phi Psi Β ∆ Ζ Θ Κ Μ Ξ Π Σ Υ Χ Ω β δ ζ θ κ µ ξ π σ υ χ ω Beta Delta Zeta Theta Kappa Mu Xi Pi Sigma Upsilon Chi Omega 4. Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering : Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions, and also conventionally for variables representing certain quantities. Α Γ Ε Η Ι Λ Ν Ο Ρ Τ Φ Ψ α γ ε η ι λ ν ο ρ τ φ ψ Alpha Gamma Epsilon Eta Iota Lambda Nu Omicron Rho Tau Phi Psi Β ∆ Ζ Θ Κ Μ Ξ Π Σ Υ Χ Ω β δ ζ θ κ µ ξ π σ υ χ ω Beta Delta Zeta Theta Kappa Mu Xi Pi Sigma Upsilon Chi Omega . Name Name Alpha Α α Beta Β β Gamma Γ Delta γ ∆ δ Epsilon Ε ε Name Kappa Name Κ κ Name Omicron Ο ο Upsilon Υ υ Zeta Ζ ζ Lambda Λ λ Pi Π π Phi Φ φ Eta Η η Mu Μ µ Rho Ρ Chi Χ χ Theta Θ θ Nu Ν ν Sigma Σ σ Psi Ψ ψ Xi Ξ ξ Tau Τ τ Omega Ω ω Iota Ιι ρ
