形状
仮定法過去完了では、現在継続の完了形が使われる場合があります。
| If 文節 (条件) | 主節 (結果) |
|---|---|
| If + 過去完了 | 条件付完了形継続 |
| If this thing had happened | that thing would have been happening. |
機能
条件付完了形継続は、仮定法過去完了の文章に使うことができます。これは、if節の満たされなかった結果を指し、この結果を終了していない行動として表現します。
例
- If the weather had been better (but it wasn't), I'd have been sitting in the garden when he arrived (but I wasn't).
- If she hadn't got a job in London (but she did), she would have been working in Paris (but she wasn't).
- If I had had a ball I would have been playing football.
- If I had known it was dangerous I wouldn't have been climbing that cliff.
条件付完了形継続時制
すべての動詞の条件付完了形継続時制は四つの要素から成ります：
would + have + been + 現在分詞
現在分詞は、動詞の基本形の終わりに -ingを足したものです。
| 主語 | + would | + have | + been | + 現在分詞 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He | would | have | been | staying |
| They | would | have | been | going |
To Work：条件付完了形継続
| 肯定文 | 否定文 | 疑問文 | 否定疑問文 |
|---|---|---|---|
| I would have been living | I wouldn't have been living | Would I have been living? | Wouldn't I have been living? |
| You would have been living | You wouldn't have been living | Would you have been living? | Wouldn't you have been living? |
| He would have been living | He wouldn't have been living | Would he have been living? | Wouldn't he have been living? |
| She would have been living | She wouldn't have been living | Would she have been living? | Wouldn't she have been living? |
| We would have been living | We wouldn't have been living | Would we have been living? | Wouldn't we have been living? |
| They would have been living | They wouldn't have been living | Would they have been living? | Wouldn't they have been living? |