| to live | vivere |
| Peter lives | Peter vive |
| in London | a Londra |
| Peter lives in London. | Peter vive a Londra. |
| Peter and Susan live in London. | Peter e Susan vivono a Londra. |
| The child lived in London. | Il bambino viveva a Londra. |
| The children lived in London. | I bambini vivevano a Londra. |
| but | ma |
| during | durante |
| the second World War | la seconda guerra mondiale |
| but during the Second World War | ma durante la seconda guerra mondiale |
| Peter had been | Peter fu |
| the children had been | i bambini furono |
| forced (m- pl) | costretto - costretti |
| Peter had been forced. | Peter fu costretto. |
| Susan had been forced. | Susan fu costretta. |
| The children had been forced. | i bambini furono costretti. |
| to | a - ad |
| to abandon | abbandonare |
| The children had been forced to abandon | i bambini furono costretti ad abbandonare |
| the city | la città |
| forced (pl) to abandon the city | costretti ad abbandonare la città |
| The children had been forced to abandon the city. . | I bambini furono costretti ad abbandonare la città. |
| because of | per via di |
| bombing / bombardment | bombardamento |
| the bombings / the bombardments | i bombardamenti |
| air raids | bombardamenti aerei |
| because of the air raids | per via di bombardamenti aerei |
| The children had been forced to abandon the city because of the air raids. | I bambini furono costretti ad abbandonare la città per via di bombardamenti aerei. |
| but during the Second World War the children had been forced to abandon the city because of the air raids. | ma durante la seconda guerra mondiale i bambini furono costretti ad abbandonare la città per via di bombardamenti aerei. |
| They lived in London but had been forced to abandon the city during the Second World War because of the air raids. | Vivevano a Londra ma durante la seconda guerra mondiale furono costretti ad abbandonare la città per via di bombardamenti aerei. |