Use complex structures to speak with precision
適切で複雑なパターンを使った会話は、より印象に残ります。このレッスンでは、複雑な文法ポイントを活用しアイデアを正確に伝える方法を学習しましょう。
How do you feel about grammar? How important is it?
Answer this question:
If you won the lottery, what's the first thing you would do?
This lesson will focus on two specific grammar patterns.
1. The future perfect continuous
With the future perfect continuous, we are looking from the past to a certain point in the future. The form is:
[subject] will + have + been + present participle
We often use a time expression with it.
- Next year, I will have been working for my company for 5 years.
- In April next year, I will have been living in my apartment for 3 years.
- Soon I will have been playing golf for a decade!
Now, talk about your work or studies, living situation and a hobby. Use the future perfect continuous.
2. The third conditional
With the third conditional, we can talk about the past. Using this negatively is a very common way to say that you are happy about what happened. The form is:
if + had not + past participle … would + not have + past participle
- I lived in America for a year. It was tough because my English was terrible, but I'm happy because it motivated me to study! If I hadn't lived abroad, I would not have improved my English!
- In my first job after university, I had a really tough boss. His expectations were so high! It was tough, but if I hadn't had a strict boss, I would not have learned to work hard.
- If I hadn't taken lessons here, I wouldn't have met you!
Practice using the third conditional to talk about one of the important experiences in your life.
Now, practice using these grammar structures in your answers to some questions.