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Business Builder: New Business English Grammar Quiz Available!
Business English grammar quizzes are back! Well, one of them is back. Wright English is a one-person business so please be patient with me.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “Jumble”
This week we are looking at the verb to “jumble” something, or to “jumble (something) up”, meaning to mix things and confuse them.
No Social Media This Week - I’m updating the website =)
No social media this week.
What The Fluff Wednesday: Why English Teachers are Safe from Vampires
Welcome to What The Fluff Wednesday and today I’m going to explain this joke because it’s funny to me, and I’m an English teacher so ruining (destroying) jokes is what I do.
Business Builder: Describing Upward Trends in Graphs
There is so much vocabulary for describing trends in visuals like graphs and charts, that we are looking at different trends each week. This is also a great article for people preparing for their IELTS as this is the vocabulary you will need for the academic writing portion if you take this version.
Vocabulary Showcase: Gender Identity Vocabulary
Welcome to a gender identity exploring Vocabulary Showcase! If you have ever been a little unsure of the correct words to describe people’s genders, or the correct prepositions, I’m here to help.
Gateway to Grammar: Prepositions of Place and Movement Part 5
It’s part five of Prepositions of Place and Movement, and you know what that means… it means it’s become too difficult to find photos of cats doing things, so I used cartoons!
GCSE and A-Level Goblin: Translations for Common Words in Shakespeare
“This week we are looking at some really simple words that come up all the time in Shakespeare, and their modern English translations.”
What The Fluff Wednesday: The Best Chance of a Grammar School Place for Your Child
If you are the lucky parent of a talented and intelligent child around the age of 9 or 10, you might be thinking about what school you would like them to go to when they finish junior school. There’s the regular comprehensive school option and the grammar school option.
Business Builder: Why Trusting ChatGPT with All of Your Business English Isn’t Smart
At this point, the majority of businesses already use AI to reduce their menial (simple unskilled) workloads, and one of the most common uses for AI is helping businesses check their business English materials. But with all this increase in AI usage, have any problems or patterns been made clear? Yes, many.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for ‘Sex’
Don’t worry we aren’t here to get weird about this topic, but let’s be honest about this - sex is a thing that people do, and it’s a word we need to know and understand. It’s also a word with many synonyms (other words with the same meanings) and it would be a good idea to understand what they mean for many reasons!
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for ‘Cringe’
Welcome to Vocabulary Showcase - don’t tell someone you are attracted to that they remind you of a family member. That’s some free advice for you.
The GCSE and A-Level Goblin: Why We Procrastinate and its Relationship with Stress
“It’s really common to get very stressed out and it’s extremely common to procrastinate because of it. So, let’s explore the relationship between stress and procrastination, so you can see how important it is to look after yourself like you are an extremely valuable china vase.”
What The Fluff Wednesday: What Happened to Social Media?
It’s not really a funny one this week - it’s just honest and sad from my personal point of view.
Business Builder: What Do You Want From IELTS Training?
There are plenty of companies and individuals out there offering some kind of IELTS preparation course online or face-to-face; this is nothing new. I’m not interested in offering what everyone else does though. I want to know what you can’t find, what you wish was available, and how you want to prepare for IELTS.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for ‘Fight’(v)
Every 6 months the two Wright English cats (Kodi and Nanook) have a little fight where they decide who the ‘boss cat’ for the next 6 months will be. This made me think about the words we use to mean fight, and how they each have slightly different uses. So, lets look at the synonyms (words with the same meaning) for ‘fight’!
What The Fluff Wednesday: The English Teaching to Tidiness Ratio
I have proof I am amazing at teaching English.
Gateway to Grammar: Prepositions of Place and Movement 4 - Opposite, Beside, Circling, and Following
Welcome to part 4 of the Gateway to Grammar series on prepositions for place (staying still - where is it?) and movement (moving around - where is it going?). Also, this is the fourth week of finding very specific cat pictures and I am suffering.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for ‘Untrustworthy’
This week in Vocabulary Showcase we are learning synonyms (words with the same meaning) as ‘untrustworthy’ because there are some times in our lives when you just can’t trust something - this holiday is a great example!
Business Builder: Warning Signs of a Bad Business English Teacher Part 2
More warning signs that your Business English teacher is a bad teacher, all from my life experience and years of teaching around Europe.