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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
Midweek Mini-lesson: Why it’s important to see your mouth when you speak
It is super important to show your mouth when you are speaking to people. Here is why!
Business Builder: Describe your industry.
Most of the time when people describe their business to clients, partners, and competitors they will use general terms to describe their whole industry. How would you describe the industry you work in?
Vocabulary Showcase: Cosy synonyns
It’s autumn, and fast approaching winter. Get your blankets out, put that kettle on, and snuggle up with me in front of the fire. Let’s have a look at some cosy synonyms in use.
Sunday is Funday: English learning priorities
What are your priorities? I think I have made it clear what I think is more important…
Saturday Supplement: Halloween English
Happy Spooky Season everyone!
Gateway to Grammar: Understanding time in English
Do you want to explore Halloweens you have had before? Do you want to show, how great Halloween was 3 years ago? Let’s explore how to use time flags in English.
Kids Corner KS2 : Using Similes to add flavour to descriptions
What is a simile? Basically it is when you compare something to something else (it comes from the word “similar”). Here is an example: “The dog puked like someone squeezing a tube of toothpaste”.
Wednesday Wildcard: Traditional language teaching sucks
Traditional language learning methods suck. Let’s look at why, and how Wright English is different.
Business Builder: Phrasal Verbs for Business
The English language has a huge vocabulary, but day to day phrasal verbs are the most common way of describing business activities. Get to grips with these phrasal verbs to improve your Business English communication.
Vocabulary Showcase: “Fear”
Welcome to the season of spooks. It is the time of the Halloweenies in English-speaking countries. To help you get in the mood we are exploring synonyms for the word “fear”. Let’s have a look at these words in sentences, but not just any sentences, spooky, freaky Halloweeny sentences!
Sunday Funday: When English Grammar saves your life
Sometimes getting your English grammar right can save your life. Its Halloween and one grammar mistake could cost you your life!
Saturday Supplement: Thank you! 100 subs
Thank you everyone for 100 subs!
Gateway to Grammar: The Oxford Comma.
Using the Oxford Comma is a choice, but I would argue it is a choice that makes a lot of sense, and can avoid some very strange misunderstandings.
Kids Corner (KS3): How to discover your love of reading
One of your tasks for Key Stage 3 in English is to read independently. That means you need to peel your face off of Imposter or detach yourself from your bike for a few hours a week and stuff your head in a book.
Midweek Mini-lesson: What to do when you make a mistake speaking English
Have you made an embaressing mistake speaking English? Well join the club! We all make mistakes when we are learning skills. Here are some strategies to handle situations where you make a mistake.
Business Builder: Business Verbs #2
Welcome to Business Builder! I will help you increase your Business English vocabulary so that you can communicate with your colleagues more confidently and effectively. Let’s look at each of these verbs in a sentence, and with a definition:
Vocabulary Showcase: “Evil”
It is the season to decorate your home with the wicked, sinful, malicious monsters of Halloween. Let’s have a look at some synonyms for “evil” in use.
Sunday is Funday: Grammar Humour
Sunday is Funday! English Nerd Alert!
Saturday Supplement: A Wright English Halloween
As the church bell rings,
The lesson begins,
And the Team chat is filled,
With devilish things.
Gateway to Grammar: It’s or Its?
Are you having trouble remembering whether you should be using “It’s” or “Its”? Join the club. Native English speakers, and in this case at least one native English teacher, struggle with it too. It breaks the rules and confuses us all. Buckle up as we go through the gateway to Grammar Town!