‘The run ends in the centre of this beautiful village’: readers’ favourite small ski resorts in...
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EN: Use the past tense verb 'shared' to talk about an action completed in the past. Regular verbs form the past tense by adding '-ed' (or just '-d' to verbs ending in 'e').
Students shared their travel stories in class yesterday.
EN: The Guardian is a well-known British daily newspaper. It frequently invites readers to share their own travel tips and hidden gems, which creates community-driven travel features.
EN: The verb 'help' can be followed by an object and then either a bare infinitive (verb without 'to') or a to-infinitive: 'help somebody (to) do something'. Here, both 'enjoy' and 'avoid' are bare infinitives joined by 'and'.
Regular exercise helps people stay healthy.
EN: Use the prepositional phrase 'next to' to describe that someone or something is immediately beside another place or object.
There is a lovely cafe next to the library.
EN: Bad Gastein is a historic spa town in the Austrian Alps known for Belle Époque buildings, thermal waters, and ski resorts that are uniquely accessible directly by rail.
EN: Use 'by + [transportation]' (e.g., by train, by bus, by car) to say how you travel. Note that there is no 'a' or 'the' before the vehicle.
We went to the ski resort by bus.
EN: Many Alpine regions in Austria promote eco-friendly tourism by including free local public transport (such as trains or ski buses) for visitors holding a local guest card.
EN: We use the preposition 'with' to describe someone or something that has or includes something. In this pattern, 'families with children' means 'families who have children'.
This is a quiet hotel for couples with babies.
EN: Puy-Saint-Vincent is located in the French Alps. Unlike massive, busy resorts, smaller ski areas in France often offer gentler slopes, family-friendly facilities, and a calmer atmosphere, making them popular choices for parents traveling with young children.
EN: Use 'learn to + verb' to talk about gaining a new skill or ability.
He learned to swim last summer.
EN: Ski resorts often categorize trails by slope steepness. 'Gentle slopes' (often marked as green runs) are ideal and safe for beginners and young children.
EN: Use the preposition 'up' with the verb 'go' (goes up) to describe moving to a higher place, like a hill or mountain.
The small bus goes up the hill every morning.
EN: Gaustatoppen is one of Norway's most iconic peaks. Inside the mountain runs the 'Gaustabanen', a unique underground funicular railway originally built as a secret military installation during the Cold War with NATO and US assistance, now open to tourists and skiers.
EN: Use 'can' + base verb to show ability or possibility, and put 'also' between 'can' and the main verb to add extra information.
Students can also borrow books from the local library.
EN: Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant in Norway, famous during the Second World War as the site of the 'heavy water sabotage', where resistance fighters stopped Nazi attempts to develop nuclear weapons.
Key vocabulary words with IPA pronunciation, definitions, example sentences, and interactive quizzes.
Phrases with type tags, bilingual definitions, usage notes, and example sentences.
a town or area equipped for skiing and winter sports
sports played on ice or snow, such as skiing and ice skating
without payment; at no cost
to move upwards or climb up something