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Gateway to Grammar: He / She / It - Where does the ‘S’ fit?
There are many tenses (grammar for time) in English. I am going to teach you one phrase that will help you more than anything else when it comes to English grammar!
Kids Corner: Writing in the passive voice
So now at school you need to improve your writing for non-fiction. Fiction means written stories, non-fiction means written facts, or reference books. Dictionaries, textbooks, and books about real people like the Pope are non-fiction.
Wednesday Wildcard : Free Simple English Tenses Guide
Welcome to the first Wednesday Wildcard!
This week I am highlighting the free learning resources available to you on www.wrightenglish.com
Business Builder: Practice your listening skills with 5 Business English podcasts
If you want to improve your Business English, you will find that general conversation does not really help. This is because we use specific, and often advanced, vocabulary and grammar for business.
Vocabulary Showcase: “Fat”
Sometimes we need to describe a person or animal that is “fat”, but this is not a polite way to say it. It is important to think about the feelings of the person we describe. Let’s look at different ways to describe large people and animals, and how they are used
Sunday is Funday: Learning English is a serious Business!
Sometimes you just have to have a little fun learning English, but don’t test me. Teaching English is a serious business!
Saturday Suppliment: Meet the team - Me!
You’ve met Kodi and Nanook so now it’s time to meet the brains behind Wright English and meet me: Lana Betts
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.
Kids Corner: How to start a story
Creative writing can be difficult, and the most difficult part is the start. We can’t start with “Once upon a time” anymore.
Midweek mini-lesson: Pronunciation
I go through the most difficult to pronounce words in the English language in this educational and fun video.
Business Builder 02: Saying “Thank you”
It can help to build relationships in the work environment to thank those who help you in your business. Let’s look at some different ways to so this.
Vocabulary Showcase: Clothing
Sunday Funday: Listen to your English Teacher!
All English Teachers are guilty of this!
Saturday Supplement: Meet Nanook
Name: Nanook Betts
Company Role: I’m the CEO of Wright English, Head Cuddler and the Emergency Doorbell Monitor.
Gateway to Grammar: The Present Perfect Tense - A Presently Perfect Poem
This week we are looking at the present perfect tense. The present perfect is used to describe things that started in the past and are still happening now. For things that are finished we use the past simple. Times that started in the past and are still happening now: Today, This week, This year, “yet” etc. We also use the present perfect when something has just finished, but the effects are still active such as “I have been running all day, that’s why I am so tired”.
Kids Corner 01: Shakespear as a second language
So you go to an English school and English is not your first language. At some point you will be learning Shakespeare. Nightmare right? You aren’t just learning modern English, now you have to learn Elizabethan English too? Who thought that was a good idea?!
Midweek Mini-Lesson 01: Vocabulary Mystery Game
Welcome to the very first Midweek mini-lesson. Today I'm going to show you a new way to learn lists of English vocabulary in a fun way. You can do this by yourself or with a friend to make it a little more fun.
Business Builder: Business Verbs #1
Improve your Business English vocabulary using these common verbs:
Provide – Make something available for others
Receive – You get something from someone else
Vocabulary Showcase: Indefatigable
Welcome to the Wright English Vocabulary Showcase! Today we are looking at “indefatigable” and other words that mean the same thing.
Indefatigable is an adjective used to describe someone, or something that they are doing, as continuing no matter how tired or difficult it is. Nothing can stop them. Let’s have a look at indefatigable and its synonyms in use!
Sunday is Funday: British rule the universe
Well this is scary, I am not sure I trust the British with the whole universe. You better start improving your English before the British take over Mars!