Verb Tenses

Perfect tenses, used to, and would for past habits

はじめに

中級では、過去と現在をつなぐ時制をマスターし、過去の習慣を表す洗練された表現を学びます。現在完了形は英語で最も重要な——そして最も間違いやすい——時制のひとつです。

「used to」と「would」の微妙な違いも探ります。どちらも過去の習慣を表しますが、なぜネイティブが場面によって使い分けるのか、その感覚をつかめるようになります。

日本語の「〜したことがある」「〜していた」と英語の時制はぴったり一致しないので、直訳せずに英語の感覚で使い分ける練習がここからの鍵になりますよ。

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この章の英文法一覧（16）

• Present Perfect Simple Connects past actions to the present moment
• Present Perfect vs Past Simple Choosing between these two tenses
• used to Describes past habits or states that no longer exist
• would (past habits) Describes repeated past actions (but not states)
• Present Perfect Continuous Actions that started in the past and continue now, with emphasis on duration
• Past Perfect An action completed before another past action
• Future Continuous Actions in progress at a specific time in the future
• going to vs will Choosing between two future forms
• Past Perfect in Narratives Using past perfect to show background events in stories
• be used to / get used to Being accustomed to something
• used to vs would (comparison) Detailed comparison of past habit structures
• Present Perfect Continuous Emphasizing duration of ongoing activities up to now
• Present Continuous for Future Using present continuous for planned arrangements
• used to vs would (Past Habits) Differences between past habit expressions
• Gerund vs Infinitive after verbs Which verbs take -ing, to + verb, or both
• Future Perfect (will have + past participle) Actions completed before a future time