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Lana at Wright English
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Online English teacher, GCSE and A-Level tutor, copywriter and editor, voice actor, and teller of bad jokes.
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ARE YOU FULL OF BEANS?! And... would you like to know what that means? It's a nice, simple English Idiom you can use in most situations. Example sentences in the full article: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/vs-idio...
I think I'm full of baked beans, and tiredness.

#idioms #esl #learnenglish #IELTS
3 animals are showing they are "full of beans", an English Idiom meaning "full of energy".
May 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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If you want me to vent about how much I dislike "The Prelude" by William Wordsworth (but in a educational way teaching you the context) then today is your day! www.wrightenglish.com/blog/gag-ata...

Flippin, bloody, sodding, mountain fearing weirdo.
#gcsepoetry #gcseenglish #gcse #englishliterature
The GCSE and A-Level Goblin (GAG) is pointing to a projector showing William Wordsworth saying "Mountains are too big". The title on the projector reads, "Wordsworth: About the Author. Crap homelife, scared of mountains, hated GCSE students." The article provides context for his poem "The Prelude".
May 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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If you have ever had the misfortune of reading "Prelude" (stealing a boat) by William Wordsworth, this might make sense to you: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/wtfw-pr...

Also, my condolences. I share your pain.

#gcse #alevel #poetry #englishliterature #esl #englishlanguage #english #meme
A 4 panel cartoon showing a fox in an exam hall. In each picture, the fox looks cheekier and cheekier. Panel one says, "Just a quick reminder that in English exams" (panel 2) "you can reach any conclusion you like" (panel 3) as long as you have evidence to back it up!" In panel 4 the fox writes, "William Wordsworth was afraid of mountains because..."
April 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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When you directly translate advertising, stuff gets...weird. www.wrightenglish.com/blog/bb-lang...
Not thinking about cultural differences can lead you to name your drink after liquidated people - an interesting advertising strategy!

#businessenglish #esl #englishforbusiness #productfails #memes
3 pictures show what happens when you directly translate advertising into English. Picture 1 shows three people wearing denim running out of a store where someone is shouting, "Buy more denim! You need more denim!". Picture 2 is a man in a forest running from a voice shouting, "Without a new tent, your life is pointless!" Picture 3 is a silhouette of a man running in the night from a person shouting, "Open a new bank account, Simon!"
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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We need to talk about EUGENICS - What it is, what it pretends to be, and how politicians will call it 100 other things before they use the correct word - EUGENICS www.wrightenglish.com/blog/vs-euge...
The article is ESL-friendly, so share with your ESL friends.

#esl #learnenglish #humanrights #efl
3 pictures reflect the terrible results of being seen as 'different' in modern America. Transgender people have their passports taken, autistic people are denied an education, and "foreign" people are sent to a prison in El Salvador.
April 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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What time is it? It's PREPOSITIONS OF TIME...time... www.wrightenglish.com/blog/gtg-pot1
Learn how to use in, at, and on correctly to refer to different times and events. More prepositions of time for the coming weeks. I will probably also get sick and political, so enjoy?!

#learnenglish #grammar
A silly picture using cats to give examples of when to use In, At, and On as prepositions of time. More information is in the article!
April 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Revising for your GCSEs or A-Levels? You have my sympathies, and the GCSE and A-Level Goblin has got your back with free resources for improving your 19th-century English. He also lives in hell and has to chew bricks twice a year, so give him a break: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/gag-pun...

#english
GAG the GCSE and A-Level Goblin presents a projected screen of the old satire newspaper Punch for 1841 saying, "Revise 19th-century English the fun way: Read Punch on Project Gutenberg!", while a small creature hiding in the dark says "Heh heh, I'll give him a 'punch'!"
April 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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I don't think an AI body assistant would be a great idea for people like me...

A certain list of autistic people being made by politicians left me stunned. This was the most cheerful thing I could come up with.

#chronicillness #wtf #meme #memes #humour #esl #english #englishlessons #learnenglish
An AI "body assistant" makes suggestions to me about my health like "Would you like to dislocate your hip?", "I think it's migraine o'clock!", "How about some nice old-fashioned arthritis?", and "We haven't done period pain for a while..."
April 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Do you get strangely committed to things just because you started them? There's an English phrase for that!

Learn a great British idiom for why you must organise all the books by colour before you leave the library...
www.wrightenglish.com/blog/vs-info... #idioms #esl #english #englishteacher
This picture gives examples of the British idiom "In for a penny, in for a pound" used to describe being committed to finishing a task. There is a small boy looking VERY serious about winning a football match saluting his mother saying "I will win this match, Mother, and bring glory to our home." There is an old lady dressed in wild colours saying, "Don't say 'dress colourfully' unless you mean it!". The last picture is of a dog on a director's chair saying, "I'm gonna need you to commit to this part, Susan. You are dog's best friend."
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Hey GCSE and A-Level students, it's free stuff o'clock and I've uploaded I giant guide to choosing good quotes for exams and coursework: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/gag-evi...

Please tell me how fabulous I am and bring me chocolates. The chocolates are the priority.
#alevelenglish #gcseenglish
A GCSE and A-Level Goblin introduces the new webpage to be added to the Wright English website. He stands next to a projector screen with a view of the webpage and announces, "Free stuff, everyone! Get it while you can before Charles the knowledge demon comes back and eats it." There are party poppers, colourful flags and confetti as well as a disco ball to celebrate the new materials.
April 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I do my best, it's just that sometimes my best is being asleep, or in a ball on the sofa. Sometimes my best is adding gigantic, detailed tutorials to my website for free. It's a bit like Roulette. I want Krispy Kreme.

#esl #chronicillness #learnenglish #english #teacher #englishteacher #wtf #memes
The picture is made of 2 smaller pictures. Title: Why Don't You Update Social Media Every Day? Picture 1 shows a huge crowd of people with one saying "Let's all work together and eat doughnuts!". This picture is titled "Other companies' social media departments." The second picture is of a single woman running down a foggy road entirely by herself saying "Is this Silent Hill?". This picture is titled "All of Wright English".
April 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Are you a medical professional and thinking about working in the UK or Ireland? Bedside Manner is a vital part of treating your patients, and cultural differences greatly affect what your patients need to heal.

Read the full article here: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/bedside...
#doctor #medical
A male doctor and a male patient are seated in a treatment room, both look happy and relaxed. The doctor is smiling and has his hand on the patient's shoulder. The smiling patient says to the doctor, "You seem to actually care...", and the doctor replies, "Yes, because you are a man, and when you talk to me I believe you."
April 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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God bless Canva, and Wednesdays so I can laugh at my own terrible jokes: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/wtfw-we...
There's plenty more old-lady-English-teacher humour on there if you want more, but I do question your sanity.

#esl #learnenglish #GCSE #Alevel #englishteacher #englishtutor #memes #teacher
A four pannel picture shows: picture 1 - a cat with sunglasses on a red background 'not cool'. picture 2 - a beautiful grey cat with piercing green eyes ona purple background 'not fashionable'. picture 3 - a stripey cat with it's mouth wide open and a speech bubble with a chicken and a pineapple in it 'I am weird'. picture 4 - a plant growing in a pot with a cats feet helping you plant in the background saying "You're doing great. Keep going!" 'I am supportive'. What it's like learning with Wright English.
March 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Hey, business people! There's a free Business English grammar quiz available to test if your Business English is ready for where you want your career to go: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/bb-ppqu...
I told you I was working on something. Something useful!

#esl #businessenglish #learnenglish #grammar
A cartoon version of Lana Williams from Wright English stands in front of a screenshot of the Wright English website. The site shows the Business English Present Perfect Tense Quiz. Lana says "I've finally managed to bring grammar quizzes back!", and "When those Quiz websites say they host your quiz "free forever", they lie." This is part of the Business Builder series by Wright English.
March 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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It's vocabulary o'clock, and today we are looking at how to say that I mix up everyone's names every day! www.wrightenglish.com/blog/vs-jumble
Who's a dyslexic English teacher? Not me! It doesn't cause as many problems as you would think...

#esl #vocabulary #words #learnenglish #englishteacher #efl
A middle-aged man is staring at a pile of jigsaw puzzle pieces on a table in a mess. He looks stressed, and someone is asking him "Can you bring me the blue one please?" The thought bubble above his head says "jumbled" and there are hundreds of mixed ropes in the background.
March 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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www.wrightenglish.com if you are curious!

Here is a photo of Bumpy of tax.
March 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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I've ruined a joke for you as a special treat this What The Fluff Wednesday: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/wtfw-va... I'm an English teacher, making things less funny is what I do. I'm the hero we have, not the hero we need.

#memes #english #esl #learnenglish #englishteacher #vampires #dnd #ielts
Picture description: A vampire is standing just inside the door of a house asking a person inside "can I come in?", and the person inside says back "I don't know, can you?" The description under the picture reads: "Cursing quietly, the vampire backed away, foiled yet again by the English teacher's pedantry."
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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You've got mail! There's a new Business Builder article on describing upward trends in graphs and charts www.wrightenglish.com/blog/bb-upwa... You will be able to describe all things going up with ease! (Other directions coming in future articles)

#business #businessowner #career #businessenglish
Picture description: wooden blocks are piled up in the shape of a graph raising over time. Little green men are standing on each part of the graph saying phrases describing upward trends in graphs such as "grew slowly", "increased slightly", "rose moderately", "gradually climbed", "jumped substantially", "significantly increased", and "skyrocketed".
March 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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It's international women's day so it looks like I planned to write an article about vocabulary for gender identities, but I'm just lucky: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/vs-gend...

Humans are varied and beautiful.

#esl #vocabulary #Englishvocabulary #gender #genderidentity #learnenglish #teacher
The title of this picture is "Gender Identity vocabulary: Nouns and adjectives for describing gender in English". There are pictures of a man, a woman a genderfluid person, a non-binary person and a transgender woman with each of the gender symbols that match each picture.
March 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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I've never felt the need to be explicit about my ethical policies in my business before. Given the recent surge in hate going on around the world (esp. USA) I felt uncomfortable without saying that everyone (within reason) is welcome. What are your thoughts? Have I just agreed to buy a hovercraft?
A screenshot of the ethical policies of Wright English which are outlined in full in reader supported text at www.wrightenglish.com In summary they are I accept everyone who is not in an extremist hate group, and all ethnicities, gender identities, and sexual orientations are welcome.
March 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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It's preposition time, so get your cartoon cats ready for Gateway to Grammar: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/gtg-bef....

It finally happened. I couldn't teach this grammar entirely through cat photos; I have failed you all. Goodbye cruel world.

#grammar #englishgrammar #english #learnenglish #esl
This is a 4-panel picture with a picture for each preposition in this list: before, after, with, and alongside. In each picture, the cat is placed in the correct position compared to a train moving along a track. The title reads "Before, After, With, and Alongside - Prepositions of Place and Movement Part 5". This is part of the Gateway to Grammar series by Wright English.
March 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Shuffle thine GCSE or A-Level Booty thither to translations for common words in Shakespeare: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/gag-eli...

Once you understand these common connecting words, you'll find understanding Elizabethan English a lot easier.

#GCSE #Englishlit #englishliterature #Alevel #literature
ShakespearThe title is : Translations for common words in shakespeare
March 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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I'm here to ruin your day with all the ways that using AI to help you with your Business English can make you look like a clueless racist AND break copyright law: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/bb-aich...

You are so welcome =)

#AI #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #businessenglish #esl #englishteacher
A young business woman sits next to a robot with red eyes and an evil look, they both look at a laptop. The robot is pointing a finger in a way that implies it is teaching the woman. The woman is smiling as if she is understanding something. The robot says "Of course I can help you with that presentation, Amira. Remember, visitors to English businesses are expected to speak backwards and scream every third word =)". The title reads "Why Trusting ChatGPT with All of Your Business English Isn't Smart"
March 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Is your child worryingly intelligent? Have you thought about getting them a place in a Grammar School? I've made an article about the 11+ exam, what's in it, and whether you need to go to a grammar school anyway: www.wrightenglish.com/blog/wtfw-11...

#11+ #11plus #grammarschool #11plustutor #esl
A group of children aged 12 are standing in school uniforms on a large leather-bound book with the title "11+ for Grammar Schools". In the background is a beautifully presented traditional English grammar school. The title reads "11+ Writing and Reading Preparation Classes. The best chance of a grammar school place for your child."
March 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Welcome to the least erotic article on the internet about sex www.wrightenglish.com/blog/vs-sex where we look at synonyms for the word sex. Why? Because Wright English prepares you for real life and I am too stupid to stay out of controversy.

#english #learnenglish #esl #vocabulary #words #sendhelp
Two flies are mating and a boombox is playing Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On". The male fly is saying "I love you Margaret", while the female says "You are my whole world, Simon." There are love hearts coming from them and Simon holds a rose in his mouth. The title is "Synonyms for 'Sex'" and it is part of the Vocabulary Showcase series by Wright English.
March 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM