Kids Corner: Intensity in adjectives
Ok kids, I need to know, how fat is your sandwich? You can say, slightly fat, pretty fat, very fat and extremely fat. That’s a bit basic though isn’t it? Let’s think about the intensity (strength) of our adjectives (describing words).
Kids Corner: Google Maps Reading Adventures
Stuck for something fun to do with your kids to help them read during lockdown? What about a google maps reading adventure?
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.
Gateway to Grammar: Modifiers - How to make a banana “slightly meaty”
Are you tired of saying “very” big, or “a little bit” small? Let’s get a little bit more creative with out modifiers. Modifiers are words that change the value or intensity of an adjective or adverb. Let’s expand our knowledge of modifiers.
Gateway to Grammar: Articles in English
To stop the confusion at the start I don’t mean news or magazine articles, articles in English grammar are “a”, “an”, and “the”. There are some simple rules of what they are and when to use them.