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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
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “strong”
“Strong” is another one of those words we use all the time. It is a little basic (easy/normal/simple) though isn’t it?
Business Builder: Good British English Job Interview Behaviour
How should you behave when your new boss could be British English?
Vocabulary Showcase: “bad”
Exactly how “bad” do your socks smell? Are they only a little bit bad? Or are the extremely bad?
Gateway to Grammar: Verb Families pt.6 - “ame”
It’s part six of Verb Families!
Vocabulary Showcase: “Doctor”
This week we are looking at different kinds of doctors.
Gateway to Grammar: Verb Families pt5 - ‘own’
Welcome to Gateway to Grammar Verb Families part 5! The irregular verb family this week is the ‘own’ family…
Kids Corner: Comparing and Analysing poetry - Literary techniques
Part four of analysing and comparing poetry for GCSE and A-Level is Literary techniques!
Wednesday Wildcard: Professional Proofreading Service
How confident are you that the English text is as good as your work?
Business Builder: Business English services for Cartoonists and Illustrators
My business, Wright English, offers two services designed especially for cartoonists, and illustrators…
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “hide”
There are other ways to say “hide” (synonyms), so let’s take a look at those…
Gateway to Grammar: Verb Families p4: ‘un’
This week we are continuing to look at past tense verb families. This week is the ‘un’ family…
Kids Corner: Analysing and comparing Poems for GCSE - contents
Welcome to part three of how to analyse and compare poetry for GCSE and A Level English!
Wednesday Wildcard: Why I Tell My Students about My Disabilities?
I run a small business teaching English online to people all over the world, and I have disabilities…
Business Builder: Business English for Construction
As a construction worker or builder, you might think you don’t need excellent English…
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “hope”
Welcome my friends to 2022! I’m calling this the year of hope…
Wednesday Wildcard: New Wright English Office Colours!
Jaqueline Wright (My Mum) is the best! She came and decorated the office for me while I was on holiday!
Business Builder: New Job in England? Do NOT Bring Gifts!
Congratulations you have a new job in a new English-speaking culture. My first piece of advice is do not bring gifts with you!
Vocabulary Showcase: Synonyms for “photograph”
I am here to give you some new ways to say photograph!
Sunday Funday: Oh Christmas Tree
Christmas is just a time you KNOW the cats rule the house and they just allow you to sleep in it…
Gateway to Grammar: Verb Families pt.3 “ee”
It is part three of the Verb Family series. This is a great way to learn how to put verbs into the past simple and present perfect tenses in English.