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Council officials and police were forced to step in   last year –   issuing   a closure order for the flat   banning  visitors. to step in : means to intervene - to act issuing : nice verb - to issue; a public office can issue a document, a school can issue a certificate banning : it in its -ing form, the verb is to ban to prohibit, here what's important is the structure it is equivalent to saying a flat closure order that bans visitors. "from the news in the Sun"
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Past tenses - Irregular forms

  ๐Ÿ”ค Base Form  ⏳ Past Simple  ✅ Past Participle  ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italian  ๐Ÿ” Icon be was / were been essere ๐Ÿ‘ค become became become diventare ๐Ÿ”„ begin began begun iniziare ๐Ÿš€ break broke broken rompere ๐Ÿ’ฅ bring brought brought portare ๐ŸŽ build built built costruire ๐Ÿงฑ buy bought bought comprare ๐Ÿ›’ choose chose chosen scegliere ๐ŸŽฏ come came come venire ๐Ÿšถ‍♂️ do did done fare ๐Ÿ› ️ drink drank drunk bere ๐Ÿฅค eat ate eaten mangiare ๐Ÿฝ️ fall fell fallen cadere ๐Ÿ‚ feel felt felt sentire/provare ❤️ find found found trovare ๐Ÿ” get got got/gotten ottenere ๐Ÿ“ฆ give gave given dare ๐ŸŽ go went gone andare ๐Ÿƒ‍♂️ have had had avere ๐Ÿคฒ know knew known sapere/conoscere ๐Ÿง  leave left left lasciare/partire ✈️ make made made fare/costruire ๐Ÿงฉ meet met met incontrare ๐Ÿค read read /rษ›d/ read leggere ๐Ÿ“š run ran run correre ๐Ÿƒ say said said dire ๐Ÿ’ฌ see saw seen vedere ๐Ÿ‘€ send sent sent inviare ๐Ÿ“ฉ sit sat sat sedersi ๐Ÿช‘ speak spoke spoken parlare ๐Ÿ—ฃ️ take took taken prendere ✋ teach taught taught i...

Conditionals 2 & 3 -Many examples from Italian

  Conditional Sentences – Type 2 and Type 3 ๐Ÿ”น CONDITIONAL TYPE 2 Structure: If + Simple Past → would + base form Used to talk about hypothetical situations in the present or future. Examples (Italian → English) Se fossi piรน paziente, riusciresti meglio nel tuo lavoro. If I were more patient, you would do better in your job. Se avessi piรน tempo, leggerei di piรน. If I had more time, I would read more. Se studiassi con costanza, imparerei piรน rapidamente. If you studied regularly, you would learn more quickly. Se parlassi meglio l’inglese, viaggerei di piรน. If I spoke English better, I would travel more. Se sapessi cucinare, preparerei cene speciali ogni sera. If I could cook, I would prepare special dinners every evening. Se vivessi al mare, farei il bagno ogni giorno. If I lived by the sea, I would swim every day. Se avessi una macchina sportiva, la guiderei ogni weekend. If I had a sports car, I would drive it every weekend. Additional Type 2 Examples Se amas...