ASL alphabet quiz
Ten questions on the American Sign Language alphabet. See a handshape and name the letter, or see a letter and find its handshape. Get one wrong and it tells you what sets the two apart.
The letters people mix up
Most mistakes come from a few groups of look-alike handshapes, so the quiz offers them as the wrong answers:
- The fist letters A, E, M, N, S, T: all fists, told apart by the thumb.
- U, V, R, H, K: two fingers, together, apart, crossed, sideways, or with the thumb between them.
- G, Q and K, P: Q is a G pointing down, and P is a K pointing down.
- C, O: O closes the gap that C leaves open.
Each letter's page explains its look-alikes, with a camera check.
Now sign them
Knowing a handshape when you see it is half the skill; making it is the other half. Practise with your camera: it checks each handshape as you sign, and brings back the letters you find hard.
Start with A–F