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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"

  🔤 Base Form  ⏳ Past Simple  ✅ Past Participle  🇮🇹 Italian  🔍 Icon be was / were been essere 👤 become became become diventare 🔄 begin began begun iniziare 🚀 break broke broken rompere 💥 bring brought brought portare 🎁 build built built costruire 🧱 buy bought bought comprare 🛒 choose chose chosen scegliere 🎯 come came come venire 🚶‍♂️ do did done fare 🛠️ drink drank drunk bere 🥤 eat ate eaten mangiare 🍽️ fall fell fallen cadere 🍂 feel felt felt sentire/provare ❤️ find found found trovare 🔍 get got got/gotten ottenere 📦 give gave given dare 🎁 go went gone andare 🏃‍♂️ have had had avere 🤲 know knew known sapere/conoscere 🧠 leave left left lasciare/partire ✈️ make made made fare/costruire 🧩 meet met met incontrare 🤝 read read /rɛd/ read leggere 📚 run ran run correre 🏃 say said said dire 💬 see saw seen vedere 👀 send sent sent inviare 📩 sit sat sat sedersi 🪑 speak spoke spoken parlare 🗣️ take took taken prendere ✋ teach taught taught i...

  Conditional Sentences – Type 2 and Type 3 🔹 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 più paziente, riusciresti meglio nel tuo lavoro. If I were more patient, you would do better in your job. Se avessi più tempo, leggerei di più. If I had more time, I would read more. Se studiassi con costanza, imparerei più rapidamente. If you studied regularly, you would learn more quickly. Se parlassi meglio l’inglese, viaggerei di più. 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...