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Business Builder - Tuesdays
What The Fluff Wednesday - Wednesdays
GCSE and A-Level Goblin - Thursdays
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Blog Topics
Gateway to Grammar: Phrasal verbs with “Call”
Phrasal verbs (or split verbs) are verbs that are made of more than one word. Many of the most common phrases in English are phrasal verbs! Why? Because the English are awkward.
Wednesday Wildcard: Parent-Teacher English Vocabulary
I searched the internet for materials to teach my students useful phrases for talking to teachers about their children. I found nothing so I decided to make my own.
Business Builder: English Lunch Meetings
It can be difficult to find opportunities to practice your Business English speaking in a low-pressure situation
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
I don’t have a cat problem. YOU have a cat problem.
Gateway to Grammar: English Prefixes and Suffixes
You can really help yourself learning English by learning the building blocks of our weird little language.
Kids Corner: How to write the perfect English essay answer
To perfect your answers in English literature exams and coursework, use this easy method to structure each paragraph of your writing.
Midweek Mini-lesson Learning Disability Support in the UK
You are entitled to learning disability support if you are in education in the UK. To find out more visit the government website here…
Business Builder: Be Professional With the Passive Voice
Business English is not just a change in vocabulary and phrases, there are also grammatical skills that can help you to network, communicate, and move easily in the business world.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “support”
We are living in strange times. We can survive these times together if we support each other. Let’s look at synonyms for “support” and look at ways we can do it:
Sunday Funday: Teacher’s January Survival Guide
It’s cold, everything is online, every day I feel like a grizzly bear coming out of hibernation too early, I need my January teacher’s survival kit.
Saturday Supplement: Share with a friend
You can share your love of Wright English lessons this year and get yourself a free one hour online English lesson!
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
Introduce your children to the fun of excellent English stories for kids at a young age.
Midweek Mini-lesson Cardinal and Ordinal numbers in English
Every language has a different way of making their ordinal numbers. So here is a quick review of Cardinal (counting) and ordinal (ordering) numbers in English.
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
Sometimes you google something and get more than you bargained for.
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!
Happy New Year to everyone! 2021 has many promises for us all of a better future.
Kids Corner: “Intro to A Christmas Carol” (GCSE English)
You will be starting a new text in GCSE English classes soon in England. I will give you a little head start on “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, and help you look like a total bad ass in your English classes.