![Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “family”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1618823190733-IETAIJ9P8RRR0CN8HCU4/family.jpg)
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “family”
The Simpsons is 3 months older than I am! Let’s have a look together at some other ways of saying “family” so you can expand (increase) your vocabulary.
![Saturday Supplement: Times are tough, can you help?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1618581336204-NQFHL36S8GW1OWYJQ0E5/times+are+tough.jpg)
Saturday Supplement: Times are tough, can you help?
Times are tough for Wright English. They could definitely be worse, but my cat colleagues and I are struggling, and we need your help. Your help will not cost you a penny.
![Sunday Funday: Don’t message me before coffee](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1617967001510-AXYW81R7EK8SZXCQLLWG/needcoffee.jpg)
Sunday Funday: Don’t message me before coffee
What? And I suppose you wake up like an angelic teaching elf with all the patience of a friendly nurse on tranquilizers, do you? Well, I don’t! I run on coffee. If I haven’t had coffee either run, stay silent, or use full words in your emails.
![Midweek Mini-lesson: How to practice speaking English in your country](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1617720631808-XINQMX7RLX94IN6ULI0M/speaking+practice+insta.jpg)
Midweek Mini-lesson: How to practice speaking English in your country
It can be a challenge to find a good way to practice your English speaking if you do not live in an English-speaking country.
![Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “ignore”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1616414739497-B22OX5WSX5APBVBJQQ14/ignore.jpg)
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “ignore”
So, how about the word “ignore”? Are there other ways to say that? This is English, of course there are hundreds of ways to say that!
![Kids Corner: Intensity in adjectives](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1615995540254-9XS6J1GKU5BQYO70PQD5/adjective+intensity.jpg)
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).
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YOU ARE WANTED - Spaces for new English students!
Right now, I have some spaces for new English students! So, you are wanted! All levels welcome. All ages welcome.
![Vocabulary Showcase: “Natural”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1611150567773-MWXF2K72R8TYW4L5E5UT/natural.jpg)
Vocabulary Showcase: “Natural”
I listen to those around me in the winter, and they see it as cold, dark, sad, and depressing. When I look around in the winter, I see stunning natural beauty all around me.
![Kids Corner: Sock Lobsters - Literature for Children](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1610040007175-RAGC1M896L89YAFP9OTY/sock+lobsters.jpg)
Kids Corner: Sock Lobsters - Literature for Children
Introduce your children to the fun of excellent English stories for kids at a young age.
![Vocabulary Showcase: “new”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1609610157582-J7DZMBMXX7TGJSGR5R3W/new.jpg)
Vocabulary Showcase: “new”
It’s January 2021, and I don’t know about you, but I have been desperate to start this year and leave 2020 behind.
![Sunday Funday: Typos that do not dissapoint](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1609609413145-O6VIBB7836ATGOX35CLS/notdissapointed.jpg)
Sunday Funday: Typos that do not dissapoint
Sometimes you google something and get more than you bargained for.
![Saturday Supplement: Teacher life in the holidays](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1609587014596-YSFXFWJ3FDRI9O5LSXGR/holidays.jpg)
Saturday Supplement: Teacher life in the holidays
On one hand I get a lot of time off at Christmas, on the other hand I get maybe a little too much time off at Christmas.
![Happy New Year from Wright English!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1609509584272-TRVT7CD8CLAAHCO4PNT6/new+year.jpg)
Happy New Year from Wright English!
Happy New Year to everyone! 2021 has many promises for us all of a better future.
![Kids Corner: Understand your Author (GCSE)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1608661510637-K4BBQAMQTGH2YDVGNNP9/understandyourauthor.jpg)
Kids Corner: Understand your Author (GCSE)
If you want to give yourself a head start in your G.C.S.E English literature classes (or mixed English classes) I have a very useful tip for you: Understand your author!
![Vocabulary Showcase: Describing Weather](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1607181761494-SPVZDKVC5JCJYDIN2ILY/weather.jpg)
Vocabulary Showcase: Describing Weather
Do you know how to describe the weather? The old joke is that the English only talk about the weather
![Sunday Funday: The dog ate my homework](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1607180515349-6971AA1U951P579GQ5QI/dogateessay.png)
Sunday Funday: The dog ate my homework
Just say you didn’t do it!
![Kids Corner: Do you struggle with imagination? No problem!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1604064165202-JOXDAW8X3N7ZTKRQM35O/noimagination.jpg)
Kids Corner: Do you struggle with imagination? No problem!
Not everyone is a walking imagination machine. Some people are blessed with a lot of logic and technical ability. Unfortunately, you still need to practice creative writing at school because life is unfair.
![Kids Corner KS2 : Using Similes to add flavour to descriptions](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1603898886718-BS5UO7D7F9P3K758GT6C/simile.jpg)
Kids Corner KS2 : Using Similes to add flavour to descriptions
What is a simile? Basically it is when you compare something to something else (it comes from the word “similar”). Here is an example: “The dog puked like someone squeezing a tube of toothpaste”.
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Saturday Supplement: Inhale Reading Exhale Writing
I was interviewed on Instagram by the lovely Olga Bond from Poland (tesol.in.poland) to talk about techniques for helping learners improve their creative writing.