GRAMMAR

▶ 時制・完了

A 時制:現在進行形の注意すべき用法

Jane and Nancy are always quarreling with each other.

B 時制:未来進行形

We will be climbing Mt. Fuji at this time tomorrow.

I will be meeting Tom at his office next Monday.

C 現在完了:「…してから~(時間)になる」を表す表現

Over 150 years have passed since the Semmering Railway was completed.
= It is〔has been〕 over 150 years since the Semmering Railway was completed.
= The Semmering Railway was completed over 150 years ago.

D 過去完了:過去のある時よりさらに前に起きた出来事などを表す

Peter ate all the cookies Mary had baked the day before.

As everyone had expected, the project was unbelievably hard.

E 過去完了:実現しなかった願望や期待を表す表現

He had wanted to sincerely apologize to Lisa for his behavior.

I had intended to finish my work before going on the trip.

F 未来完了

Sarah will have left Tokyo by two tomorrow afternoon.

I will have read the novel three times if I read it again.

Next month we will have lived in Aomori for ten years.

We’re going to leave when we have finished putting all the supplies into the truck.