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Weekly Series
Vocabulary Showcase - Mondays
Business Builder - Tuesdays
What The Fluff Wednesday - Wednesdays
GCSE and A-Level Goblin - Thursdays
Gateway to Grammar - Fridays
Blog Topics
Wednesday Wildcard: British New Year Traditions
New Year is coming! Have you ever wondered how the British celebrate the change of the year? Let’s have a look!
Business Builder: Nursing Vocabulary
If you plan to work as a nurse in an English-speaking hospital, General English will not cover all the terms and phrases you will need
Vocabulary Showcase: “Christmas time”
We are all in that lovely period between Christmas and New Year where it is traditional to get fat, sleep in, hug the pets, watch terrible TV, and drink too much.
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!
Gateway to Grammar: Writing lists
Santa has slightly iffy handwriting, but I assure you his grammar is on point. So let’s see how Santa writes his naughty and nice lists using commas (,).
Merry Christmas from Wright English!
Have a very Merry Christmas you beautiful people! With much love from the whole team (Me and my two cats) at Wright English.
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!
Wednesday Wildcard: Homographs
Homographs are words that are spelled exactly the same but are pronounced completely differently. They also have different meanings!
Business Builder: Stock Market Vocabulary
To improve you Business English vocabulary for the Stock Market, you need specialist Business English lessons.
Sorry I am ill
Sorry I am ill. Social media will return when I am well.
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!)
Saturday Supplement: Keeping Christmas Colourful
It’s no secret this has been a difficult time. That’s why I’m taking extra steps to keep Wright English learning fun, colourful, friendly, engaging, warm, and most importantly, a safe place to be.
Gateway to Grammar: Preposition and verb pairs
There are some prepositions and verbs that are so in love they always go together. These are preposition and verb pairs and you should respect their relationships and never separate them!
Kids Corner: Personification
Personification is when you give an object, thing, or animal the qualities of a human. So basically, every Disney film ever personifies animals.
Midweek Mini-lesson: Introducing yourself in English
Introduce yourself to others more casually in a more relaxed and natural way!
Business Builder: Catering Vocabulary
If you work in the catering industry learning general Business English terms is not going to be very helpful for you. You don’t have rollouts, outsourcing, or AGM’s.
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
Just say you didn’t do it!
Saturday Supplement: The little Wright English tree is growing
Wright English has officially earned more than it has cost in it’s lifetime! I could not be prouder of my little English learning service and how it has slowly grown during an incredibly difficult time for the whole world financially.
Gateway to Grammar: Should I take grammar lessons? Normally no…
Should I have English grammar lessons? The answer to that is almost always no.