Grammar Patterns

The Tale of Peter Rabbit 作品中の完了形・仮定法の文を、種類別に分類して並べています。

• 完了形 過去完了

  had forgotten

  Trigger: had + forgotten

  McGregor was on his hands and knees planting out young cabbages, but he jumped up and ran after Peter, waving a rake and calling out, 'Stop thief!' Peter was most dreadfully frightened; he rushed all over the garden, for he had forgotten the way back to the gate.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had not had

  Trigger: had + had

  It would have been a beautiful thing to hide in, if it had not had so much water in it.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had heard

  Trigger: had + heard

  Peter thought it best to go away without speaking to her; he had heard about cats from his cousin, little Benjamin Bunny.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had done

  Trigger: had + done

  His mother was busy cooking; she wondered what he had done with his clothes.

• 完了形 過去完了

  had lost

  Trigger: had + lost

  It was the second little jacket and pair of shoes that Peter had lost in a fortnight!

• 仮定法 as if 構文

  as if it were

  Trigger: as if/though + were

  A white cat was staring at some gold-fish, she sat very, very still, but now and then the tip of her tail twitched as if it were alive.

• 仮定法 助動詞 + 完了形

  might have got

  Trigger: might + have + got

  After losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster, so that I think he might have got away altogether if he had not unfortunately run into a gooseberry net, and got caught by the large buttons on his jacket.

• 仮定法 助動詞 + 完了形

  would have been

  Trigger: would + have + been

  It would have been a beautiful thing to hide in, if it had not had so much water in it.