![Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “understand”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1637001012402-GLR7B624YITBAHO0YAS8/understand.jpg)
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “understand”
Once again, I will say that English is a funny language. You can use the same word for a small stick on a tree, to explain that you have understood something…
![Wednesday Wildcard: Free Guide to Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1622040639681-CXN4Z31OQQK3QV1CY4B3/cardinal+and+ordinal.jpg)
Wednesday Wildcard: Free Guide to Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers
A new free printable guide to how to use cardinal numbers (1, 2, 3...) and ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd…) is available at www.wrightenglish.com.
![Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “fun”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1620034716414-SBJAT6YY9QFYH4TW54O4/fun.jpg)
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “fun”
I am so happy to be able to see people and garden in the sun, I am celebrating by looking at synonym vocabulary for “fun”!
![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!
![YOU ARE WANTED - Spaces for new English students!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1615377182140-I90HQWR8BV3EU7EO2TCP/wanted.png)
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.
![Sunday Funday: English club has no rules](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1613910429070-J9F8SPFITUAZKWVLD5PG/no+rules.png)
Sunday Funday: English club has no rules
One does not simply learn English! (that’s a lord of the rings reference). Just when you think you have learned a rule, an irregular verb comes along and ruins all your fun. Cruel cruel English.
![Vocabulary Showcase: “love”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1613409395122-0HTNMOUMJX7YSN9CY3IY/love.jpg)
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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1613409337008-FI0KPZCZQDKDVEWXHIEH/valentines+day.jpg)
Sunday Funday: Happy Valentine’s day
![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.
![Sunday Funday: I have a cat problem](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1610883994694-PNPPM45X86MSQPU3IYNI/cats.jpg)
Sunday Funday: I have a cat problem
I don’t have a cat problem. YOU have a cat problem.
![Gateway to Grammar: Possessive S](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e80756d04d489502433fedd/1610104250589-6EBDYAZMY6SF0IE8KAUU/possessive+s.jpg)
Gateway to Grammar: Possessive S
Would you say “the butt of the duck”, or “the duck’s butt”? Native English people would always say the duck’s butt.
![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.