| 26 letters | vowels a, e, i, o, u; 21 consonants; y works as both | yes / my |
| A H J K | names have the sound /eɪ/ | H /eɪtʃ/ · J /dʒeɪ/ · K /keɪ/ |
| B C D E G P T V | names end in /iː/ | B /biː/ · C /siː/ · T /tiː/ |
| F L M N S X | names start with /e/ | F /ef/ · M /em/ · X /eks/ |
| I Y | names end in /aɪ/ | I /aɪ/ · Y /waɪ/ |
| O R Z | each name is its own | O /əʊ/ · R /ɑː/ · Z /zed/ |
| Q U W | names end in /juː/; W is double U | Q /kjuː/ · U /juː/ · W /ˈdʌbəljuː/ |
| Name and sound | a letter's name can differ from its sound in a word | A /eɪ/ ≠ apple /æ/ |
| US | Z is /ziː/ and R is /ɑːr/ | Z /ziː/ · R /ɑːr/ |
| Trap | the name's vowel tells G from J and E from I | G /dʒiː/ · J /dʒeɪ/ · E /iː/ · I /aɪ/ |