1. The Alphabet (1)
Dr Gillian Townsley

3. English
Alphabet
read left to right
5 vowels; “y”
26 letters
lower case, capitals

4. Greek
Alphabet
in 21st
Century?

5. Greek
Alphabet

6. Greek
Alphabet
read left to right
7 vowels;
24 letters
lower case, capitals

7. Greek
Alphabet
Do any look
familiar?

8. Greek
Alphabet
Do any look
familiar?
a b d e i k o t u

9. Greek
Alphabet
Do any look
familiar?
a b d e i k o t u
BUT!!!
NB:
m
g y
h n
u
n v
r p
w w

10. Greek
Alphabet
Do any look
familiar?

11. Greek
Alphabet
Do any look
familiar?
A B E Z I M N O T

12. Greek
Alphabet
Do any look
familiar?
A B E Z I M N O T
BUT!!!
NB:
R P
H H
U
Y
C
X

13. Greek
Alphabet

14. Greek
Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

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Alphabet

37. Greek
Alphabet
N
B:
7 vowels
k = kin, c = loch
gg = ‘ng’ sound
s final ‘s’ at end of
word eg. Cristo"
i can be ‘y’ sound

38. Greek
Alphabet
English
vowels

39. Greek
Alphabet

40. (1)11 Letters sit on the
line and go half way up
N 1 a is not an English ‘a’
B: 2 i is not dotted
3 watch shape of these
4 n is not English ‘v’
5 watch shape of these

41. (2) 8 letters sit on the line
and go below it
N
1 g c can cross the line
B: 2 h " don’t extend far
3 compare with u
4 r is not English ‘p’
5 two forms of s
6 stems go above half way

42. (3) 3 letters sit on the line
and go above half way
(4) 3 letters sit on the line
and go above half way, and
also below the line

43. Capital Letters
ALL rest on the
line
(just as in
English)

44. NB: the ones
that differ to their
lower case letters
…

45. Go through Duff, pp 11-13
LEARN THE ab !!
Do Practice 1.1 (A, B, C,
D) Answers in the back!
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