Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “fly”
Unfortunately, I can’t fly. Maybe Father Christmas (Santa) will give me wings for Christmas…
When even Google Search knows you are a weirdo
I swear I don’t….
Vocabulary Showcase: British insults without swearing
It is a bit of a British tradition to be gently mean to your friends. It is a strange way of showing you like them!
Sunday Funday: You don’t spellcheck your essays
I swear, if you don’t proofread your homework, I will dress like Austin Powers for our next private English lesson. You have been warned baby!
Sunday Funday: English Tattoo Fails
Maybe you are “Awsome” and you do regret “nohing”, but I would still check with your English teacher before you get that tattoo. That could be embarrassing. Oh boy!
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for ‘oblivious’
Larry is going to have a very nasty surprise in a moment. For now though, he is totally ‘oblivious’ to the cat that is stalking him (he has no idea). Let’s take a look at other words which mean oblivious.
Midweek Mini-lesson: When Should I use English contractions?
Remember you can contract all the time when you are talking, but do not use contractions in formal writing like essays, reports and letters to high status people and companies.
Vocabulary Showcase: “love”
Maybe you are all loved out already, but let’s have a look at some other ways of saying love in English
Sunday Funday: Happy Valentine’s day
Saturday Supplement: 150 Instagram followers!
I started the Wright English Instagram, learn_english_the_wright_way, in September 2020, and I’m so happy to see that it has reached 150 followers already.
Sunday Funday: English steals from Everyone
The English language? You mean Greek, German, Dutch, French, Latin, Hindi, and “Internet” all smashed together right? Yeah, that’s English.
Sunday Funday: I have a cat problem
I don’t have a cat problem. YOU have a cat problem.
Sunday Funday: Teacher’s January Survival Guide
It’s cold, everything is online, every day I feel like a grizzly bear coming out of hibernation too early, I need my January teacher’s survival kit.
Sunday Funday: “I’ll Merry Christmas you!”
Not everyone in England is holly-jolly at Christmas time. This British bulldog is having none of your Christmas nonsense!
Sunday Funday: I began a sentence with ‘because’
Don’t test me. Don’t do it. Don’t try me……. Just don’t even. (Unless you want to know why and then you can ask!)
Sunday is Funday: English learning priorities
What are your priorities? I think I have made it clear what I think is more important…