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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
Saturday Supplement: A very 2021 Holiday
Wahooooo, holiday! OK, so all it really means this time is I will not teach lessons for a week, and I can sleep as long as I like. There will be regular social media updates all week, and I am still answering any questions or requests through email or over the telephone.
Gateway to Grammar: Prepositions of place and movement
Yep (informal yes), I found a way to make more educational cat pictures. We are taking a look at prepositions of place (in and on) and movement (into and onto) and what the differences are.
Business Builder: Business English for Engineers
Not all engineering is getting your hands dirty up a transmission tower, or underneath an armoured vehicle. You need to speak with clients, broker deals, give estimates and negotiate with suppliers.
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!
Sunday Funday: “There is always a Deeper Meaning”
I don’t want to hear it! Every author in the history of humankind, has had at least 7 levels of meaning in every single word used in a book.
Saturday Supplement: A fed up working cat
“It’s a hard life being a working cat. There are so many sunbeams I can’t snooze in. Sometimes I get this itch under my chin, and the human just strokes the top of my head. What’s that about? That’s basically torture.
Gateway to Grammar: Who, Whose, and who’s?
Who, who’s, and whose? Who’s asking? You? OK, that’s enough of that. These words all have different meanings but look very similar. Let’s have a look at what they mean.
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).
Midweek Mini-lesson: How to pronounce difficult English sounds
Some English sounds can be difficult to sound, and difficult to form with your mouth. Let’s look at a video of how to make these sounds, and when to use them.
Business Builder: English for Childcare
You are trusted with the most precious parts of people’s lives, and expected to watch over them, care for them, and communicate a lot of important information to their parents.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “scientific”
In my quest to help you use different words and increase your vocabulary, I have prepared some synonyms for “scientific” for you. Let’s take a look together at these words in use!
Sunday Funday: English Tattoo Fails
Maybe you are “Awsome” and you do regret “nohing”, but I would still check with your English teacher before you get that tattoo. That could be embarrassing. Oh boy!
Saturday Supplement: Answers to your Questions
You lovely people ask me questions sometimes (which I love!) and sometimes you ask me the same questions. So, I thought, ‘why not give everyone the answers?’ So, I did. Simple as that. I’m so smart.
Gateway to Grammar: Useless English Grammar “rules”
If using a rule makes you sound like someone from 1652 it’s probably not a good rule anymore. Those rules belong in the bin (rubbish)!
Kids Corner - How I teach Sight Reading
Young people, and people of all ages with dyslexia find it difficult to sight read, and it can take a long time to learn in traditional ways.
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.
Business Builder: Business English for Real Estate
Succeeding in the Real Estate industry is all about smooth, respectful, and descriptive communication with your clients.
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “make”
I love making things, that doesn’t mean they are always brilliant works of art, but they are fun to try. Let’s have a look together at some other words that mean “make”, and expand our creative vocabularies.
Saturday Supplement: All learners get life-time free social events
Did you know that all past and current Wright English students can join exclusive social groups and events?
Sunday Funday: Learning English could be worse…
I’m just saying you could be learning German… that is like learning 16 different languages at the same time who all disagree with each other.