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(A) Pattern of English Sentences
◆		◆１．　Ｓ＋Ｖ＋Ｎｏｕｎ（ｏｒＡｄｊｅｃｔｉｖｅ）（主語＋動詞＋名詞（形容詞））１～１３
●	1	My house is only five minits' walk from the station.
	4	It is a pity that a man of your ability should remain unknown to the world.
●	8	We had a lot of snow about this time last year.
	11	Does your watch keep good time? No, it gains (loses) ten minutes a day.
	12	He behaved himself so as not to give offence to others.

◆		◆２．　Ｓ＋Ｖ＋Ｖｅｒｂａｌ，ｅｔｃ．（主語＋動詞＋準動詞，ｅｔｃ．）１４～５３
●	14	The best way to master English composition is to keep a diary in English.
	17	You can't go home yet. You are to stay here till the police arrive.
	19	If you are to know about the real world, it can only be by inferring things about it from the appearances.
●	20	His plan seemed to be too difficult, but before long it proved to be practicable.
	21	Though it looked like rain this morning, it has turned out to be a fine day.
	22	Some day you will come to realize the importance of saving.
●	26	Would you mind waiting another ten minutes?
	29	As I was free yesterday for the first time in years, I enjoyed playing tennis with my friends.
●	31	It is against the traffic rule to cross the street while the light is red.
	33	The train was behind schedule, so I could not reach my destinination on time.
	35	I am on good terms with him. He always keeps his word an is relied upon by everybody.
●	36	The damage amounted to five million yen.
	39	Many young people in the country long (yearn) for city life.
●	41	Get off at the next stop and take a bus to the airport.
	42	A slip of the tongue often brings about unexpected results.
	44	Thomas could not carry out his task on account of an accident.
	46	Frankly speaking, it was difficult for me to make out what he was saying.
	47	Please put out your cigarette.
●	48	She came very near to being run over by a car.
	50	The government should do away with these regulations.
	52	I was looking forward to the day when I could see him for the first time in five years.

◆		◆３．　Ｓ＋ｂｅ＋ｐ．ｐ．＋Ｖｅｒｂａｌ，ｅｔｃ．（主語＋ｂｅ＋ｐ．ｐ．＋準動詞，ｅｔｃ．）５４～７２
●	54	From a strictly scinentific point of view, history cannot be called a science.
	57	She is said to have been an actress about twenty years ago.
	63	Whe was kept standing in a cold room while being interrogated about her activities.
●	65	Mountaineering is attractive especially to young people becasuse it is accompanied with hardships and adventures.
	68	He is very much interested in Japanese history. We are surprised at his vast knowledge of this subject.
	69	The bill was passed by a majority, though the Democratic Party were strongly opposed to it.
	72	He soon got accustomed (used) to dormitory life and made two or three friends.

◆		◆４．　Ｓ＋ｂｅ＋Ａｄｊｅｃｔｉｖｅ＋Ｖｅｒｂａｌ，ｅｔｃ．（主語＋ｂｅ＋形容詞＋準動詞，ｅｔｃ．）７３～８９
●	73	He was very kind to invite me to his birthday party.
	74	Everybody was anxisous (eager) to know what had happened.
	75	Those who are in delicate health are apt (liable) to catch cold when the cold season sets in.
	77	I am sorry to hear you called at my home yesterday while I was out.
●	83	Mother is more anxious about the result of examination than I am.
	86	The accident was due to the drunken driving of a certain film star.
	89	Some people are rather proud of being ignorant of such an important matter.

◆		◆５．　Ｓ＋Ｖ＋Ｏ＋Ｖｅｒｂａｌ，ｅｔｃ．（主語＋動詞＋目的語＋準動詞，ｅｔｃ．）９０～１２９
●	90	You must put up with your new post for the present. I'll find you a better place one of these days.
	91	The translation of the French novel took him more than three months.
	92	I cannot afford to leave you idle. You must take up a regular occupation.
●	93	No one in the neighborhood believed him to be a genius even after he had achieved worldwide fame.
	94	The spread of personal computers enables us to enjoy global communication.
	95	I could not get anybody to go with you, and so I went by myself.
	99	You can depend on the timetable to tell you when trains leave.
●	100	He has such a mild disposition that I have never heard him speak in a loud voice.
	101	I saw the old gentleman cross the street and enter a store on the corner.
	103	My uncle made me serve as interpreter.
	104	I would have somebody sweep this room clean.
●	106	I'll have you all speaking fluent English within a year.
	107	I'm sorry to have kept you waiting so long. A visitor has kept me busy till now.
●	108	I must get my work done by the day after tomorrow.
	112	I spoke to him in English and found I could make myself understood.
●	113	She bought a nice toy for her child.
	114	Americans are said to regard the amount of money a man makes as a criterion of his ability.
	115	He looked upon any time not spent in study as so much lost time.
	117	The speread fo television has considerably deprived us of our time for reading.
	119	He made a little statue out of soft clay.
	121	I regret that a previous engagement prevents me from accepting your kind invitation.
	125	Low temperatures turn water into ice.
	126	I tried to talk him out of the project, but in vain.
	128	Help yourself to anything you like.
	129	I took to him for direction in everything.

◆		◆６．　Ｎｏｕｎ　Ｃｌａｕｓｅ（名詞節を含む構文）１３０～１５４
●	130	That he is innocent is quite certain.
	133	Just when the first human beings will reach Jupiter remains to be seen.
	134	How much we still have to pay for peace is riddle.
●	135	The first great lesson that a young man should learn is that he knows nothing.
	136	The fact is that I don't know anything about him.
	139	That is what the British people expect of their Queen.
	142	The question is not so much what it is as how it looks.
●	143	They say that in tropical countries people usually marry in their teens.
	145	You may invite whoever wants to come.
	148	You will never know what they went through to educate their children.
●	151	They were disppointed that you could not come.
	152	I am afraid that I shall not be free till the examination is over.
	153	I'm not certain where this ought to be put.

◆		◆７．　It-（There-）　Construction （ＩｔとＴｈｅｒｅの構文）１５５～１９５
●	155	It was less than one kilometer to the village post office. But it was raining and the road was muddy.
	157	I believe it will be quite a long time before the spirit of democracy pervades our daily life.
●	158	It is easy to form a plan, but it is difficult to carry it out.
	159	It is not too much to say that this is the age of information technology.
	162	It is advisable for a person to acquire an accomplishment.
	164	He finds it very hard to do without cigarettes for even one day.
	165	I make it a rule to read the newspaper every day lest I should fall behind the times.
●	167	It seems (appears) that it is getting warmer and warmer every year.
	169	It never occurred to me that he was the right man in the right place.
	170	Because he is good, it does not follow that he is wise.
●	171	It has been announced that reilway fares will be raised by 10 percent on and after March 1st.
	175	It is a matter for congratulation (a matter of joy) that no human lives lost in the accident.
	176	It goes without saying that those who are awake to their own rights must respect those of others.
	178	I owe it entirely to him that I have thus far succeeded.
●	179	Was it Mr. Yamada that came to see me during my absence yesterday
	182	It was on the morning of February the ninth that I arrived in Londn.
	184	It was not until I saw hm laughing that I realized what a fool I had been.
●	186	It makes no difference to me whether those engaged in these activities call themselves Muslim, Christian, jew, or Hindu.
	188	It is strange how vividly I remember the scene.
●	189	There is someting refined about him. He is said to have been a man of respectable position.
	190	There must have been a tacit understanding between them.
	193	For better or worse, there is nothing for it but to leave the matter in his hands.
	194	There live in this world people of all sorts or colors and manners and customs.

◆		◆８．　Inversion, Apposition &　Parenthesis（倒置・同格・挿入）１９６～２３８
●	196	It is not wise, nor in the long run, is it kind, to tax the thrifty for the wasteful.
	198	At no time does the plain look so perfect as in early autumn.
	199	Only after a century and a half of confusion was the royal asuthority restored.
	201	"You must go to bed now." "So I must, and so must you."
	203	Happy is the child who has such a mother.
	206	From small begninnings come great things.
	207	In late summer and autumn are seen the tints of color, which are the crowning beauty of the plain.
●	211	Alfred, King of England, was a great scholar as well as a great ruler.
	216	We were all very happy at breakfast.
	218	He is pround of the fact that he has never consulted a doctor in his life.
	219	You must give up the idea that you are superior to them in every respect.
	221	I take it that we are to come early.
	222	I will see to its that everything is ready in time.
●	225	He thought, and very wisely, that it was best to do so.
	228	Few, if any, Americans grasped the significance of what had been accomplished.
	229	His condition was, if anything, worse than in the morning.
	232	We look back on days gone by if not always with affections, at any rate with a kind of wistfulness.
	235	As is often teh case with young people, he was indifferent to mnoney.

◆		◆９．　Noun Construction（名詞構文）２３９～２５６
●	239	Their son's success in the examination gave them great pleasure. ●●
	240	The sudden increase of cars is causing a large number of traffic accidents every day.
	246	Respect of (by) the young for the old is quite natural.
	254	I can take a good long rest when this work is finished.

（B)　Ｅｓｓｅｎｔｉａｌｓ　ｏｆ　Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ　Ｇｒａｍｍａｒ（重要文法を含む構文）
◆		◆１．　Ｔｅｎｓｅ（時制）２５７～２８４
●	257	His house stands on the hillside and commands a splendid view.
	259	Formerly, people did not know that the earth is round and that it moves around the sun.
●	260	The woman with a baby in her arms arrived here just now.
	263	He said that he would let us know later about the results of the examination.
●	264	We have recently come to realize that the past is the key to understanding the present and predicting the future.
	267	He says he has never caught cold during the past (last) several years.
	268	When I have finished writing the letter, I will take you to the lake about two miles beyond the hill.
●	270	When he came to Tokyo for the first time, this college had not been opened yet.
	272	He had not been employed by the company two months before his linguistic abilities were recognized.
	277	You will have seen this photograph somewhere.
●	278	It is getting rather late. I think I must be going now.
	279	He is leaving for China on business next month.

◆		◆２．　Ｖｏｉｃｅ（態）２８５～２９４
●	285	The meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
	293	The new mayor is well spoken of by the citizens.
	294	English and mathematics are made much of in senior hight schools.

◆		◆３．　Ｍｏｏｄ（法）２９５～３２６
●	295	If only I knew, I would tell you. The fact is, I have heard nothing about it.
	296	If it were (Were it) not for this defect, I would hire him at once.
	297	If you had come (Had you come) only two minutes earlier, you could have caught the bus.
	298	If my son had not been killed in the traffic accident, the would be a college student now.
	299	If you should have any trouble, don't hesitate to come to me.
	300	If you would give me another chance, I believe I could come up to your expectation.
	301	Even if the some were to rise in the west, I would not change my resolution.
●	302	But for the heat of the sun, what would become of the living things on earth?
	303	My uncle would not have employed him but that he was very energetic.
	304	Without your encouragement, I would have given up the plan.
	305	To hear him speak English, you would take him for an Englishman.
	306	The same thing, happening in wartime, would amount to disaster.
	307	A man of common sense would realize how wrong it is.
	308	I went at once; otherwise I would have missed him.
	309	People could have avoided many mistakes by simple experiments.
●	310	I felt as happy as if I were still dreaming.
	311	He pretends as though he had had nothing to do with the case.
	312	When I hear him speak English, I wish I could speak even half as well as he does.
	313	I wish I had told you about my father beforehand. I couldn't do so because of his sudden departure.
	314	I wish they would turn off the radio. It is getting on my nerves.
	315	It si time you started earning your own living.
●	316	Don't be noisy on such an occasion.
	317	Listen carefully to what I say, and you cannot fail to understand what I really mean.
	318	Be careful of your language in the presence of others, or you will be sorry for it.

◆		◆４．　Ａｕｘｉｌｉａｒｙ（助動詞）３２７～３６６
●	327	I am sorry to trouble you so often, but would you kindly take this parcel to Mr. Yamada?
	328	Won't you come in and have a cup of tea?
	330	He would often tell me interestng stories whe I was a child.
●	331	You shall hear more from me by the next mail. With kind regards to you all.
	332	"Shall I send for a doctor?" "No, thank you. There's no need for one."
	335	Before you handed in your papers, you should have read them over and over again.
	337	Is it any wonder that he should have failed in the examination?
	339	There is no reason why you shouldn't do such a thing.
●	341	Ambitious boys cannot be so foolish as to indulge in sports at the expense of their school studies.
	342	He started just now, so he cannot have gone so far.
	343	If we want to live a peaceful and democratic life, we cannot help objecting (cannot but object) to war.
●	346	Father says I may go on to university, so I thing I will prepare for the entrance examination.
	347	"May I help you?""No, thank you."
	349	I may have made some minor mistakes in translation.
	352	One may as well not know a thing at all, as know it but imperfectly.
	353	You might as well throw your money away as lend it to him.
●	354	You must not park your car there without (asking) pernission.
	355	He must be very diligent. He studies as long as five hours every day.
	356	She looked so happy that I thought something wonderful must have happened to her.
●	357	I do hope I shall be able to enter this school this time and enjoy a happy school life.
	358	You need not have come all the way from such a distant place.
	359	you had better encourage your children to form the habit of reading at an early age.
●	361	You ought not to say such things in public.
	363	I used to get up early and take an hour's walk before breakfast.
	365	You don't have to worry, since you have nothing to do with this affair.
	366	In order to know a man, you have only to travel with him for a week.

◆		◆５．　Ｉｎｆｉｎｉｔｉｖｅ（不定詞）３６７～３９８
●	367	It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
	369	I could not make up my mind whom to send on my behalf.
	370	It is a very good idea, but the question is how to carry it out.
●	374	He was always the first to come and the last to leave the office.
	375	It is ten minutes before the train starts, so I will go and get a magazine to read in the train.
●	381	He will come here soon to inspect the industry of this town.
	382	He stood aside for her to enter.
	386	What a good scholar the author must be to write such a splendid book.
●	387	To tell the truth, it does not always pay to tell the truth.
	389	To do him justice, he is not without some merits.
	392	He was kind enough to see that I wanted for nothing.
	393	Few people remember today the last time an earthquake was felt in London sufficiently strongly to be generally noticiable.
	398	You are too inteligent not to pass the test.

◆		◆６．　Ｐａｒｔｉｃｉｐｌｅ　＆　Ｇｅｒｕｎｄ（分詞と動名詞）３９９～４３６
●	399	He sent me a letter asking if the book had reached me.
●	402	He sat for a long time, listening to the sound of the wind.
	405	Accepting what you say, he might still cnceivably have killed in self-defence.
	407	Having been wrongly addressed, the letter never reached him.
●	408	Speaking of doctionaries, I have (been) benefited from various kinds.
●	410	Situated on a hill, his house commands a fine view.
	414	A strange fellow, he never speaks unless (he is) spoken to.
●	415	Their conversation being in Chinese, I did not understand a single word.
	417	The Milky Way is a vast belt of distant stars, each star a sun like our own.
	419	She said her prayers, her heart full of love and tenderness.
●	421	The bride came into the room with lowered eyes and with everyone staring at her.
●	425	Some people read the newspaper while watching television.
	427	Though timid in some respects, he was very bold in others.
	428	Her sn died of cancer when still a boy.
●	429	He repents of having neglected his studies in his school days.
	433	Of all the books published recently, only a few are worth reading.
	435	There is no telling how far science may have progressed by the end of this century.

◆		◆７．　Ｒｅｌａｔｉｖｅ（関係詞）４３７～４８３
●	437	We visited Mito Park, which is famous for its plum blossoms.
	438	The man who I thought was his father proved to be a perfect stranger.
	439	Go first to those who you are sure will help you.
●	443	Through television we can learn various things which we cannot actually see or hear.
	444	Beauty is a letter of recommendation which it is almost impossible ignore.
	449	I would like to introduce to you the gentleman(whom) I spoke of the other day.
	450	He lent me two books, neither of which I have read as yet.
●	452	The ladies are looking after the children whose parents are employed in factories during the daytime.
	453	The house whose roof you see beyond the bank is Mr. Suzuki's.
●	455	There occurred the most terrible earthquake that has ever been recorded.
	457	They thought him dull, which he was not.
●	459	Are you doing what you think is right?
	462	She is what we call a talented woman.
●	465	There was a fire in this city last night. We can't tell the exact time when it broke out.
	466	The time will soon come when Japan will distinguish itself in soccer.
	468	There are some cases where the rule does not hold good.
	469	He returned to his native village, where he spent the last few years of his life.
	471	There is no reason why I should become a physician just because my father is one.
●	473	We cannot enumerate such women as have been deceived by men, and such men as have been betrayed by women.
	475	Children should not have more money than is needed.
	476	There is no man so bad but has a secret respect for the good.
●	477	They are content with things as they are.
	480	Literature reflects human activity as carried on by the best minds.
	481	This house will noto sell as it stands.
	483	He is, as it were, a grown-up baby.

◆		◆８．　Ａｄｖｅｒｂ　Ｃｌａｕｓｅ（副詞節）４８４～５３４
●	484	As science makes progress, old ways gives place to new.
	487	You must persevere in your effort before you can succeed.
	489	We drove through village after village, until we got to our destination.
	490	People do not know the value of health till they lose it.
●	493	He was dismissed simply because he failed to work as hard as possible.
	494	You should not despise newcomers just because you have been here longer.
●	496	I stayed on so that he might not feel lonely.
	498	Take this umbrella with you lest you should get wet and catch cold.
	500	I had been taught to expect the worst, so that I wasn't surprised.
	501	It was such a good joke that everybody burst out laughing.
	502	His honesty was such that he was respected by everybody.
●	503	Important as sugar is to our brain and cellular health, we cannot live upon it.
	507	Whoever may say so, it is not true.
	509	Whatever faults he may have, meanness is not one of them.
	512	Whenever she may come, I am ready to welcome her.
	513	Wherever you may go, you will not find a better place than your home.
	514	However hard one may work, one cannot master a foreign language in a year or two.
●	518	Every time I read this novel, I find it very interesting.
	521	I don't mind lending you the money provided (that) you pay it back within a month.
	523	I couldn't innocently converse with any girls at all for fear her boyfriend would suddenly appear and take me to task.
	527	The burglar wore gloves, with the result that there were no fingerprints found.
	531	You shall want for nothing as long as I live.
	533	As far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but sand.

◆		◆９．　Ｃｏｍｐａｒｉｓｏｎ（比較）５３５～５８１
●	535	I hear my father was as old as I am now when he came up to Tokyo.
	537	Thanks to these discoveries, man's life span has become twice as long as before.
	538	San Francisco is only one-tenth as populous as New York.
	540	You had better read as many newspapers as you can so that you will not be left behind the times.
	541	Tokyo was really wonderful and the welcome the Japanese extended to us was just as wonderful.
	542	At times, I waited as long as two hours for the bus to come.
●	544	The climate of England is not so mild as that of Japan, but in summer it is much cooler.
	545	Though I have neigther money not friends, I am not so unhappy as you think.
	546	Nothing is left so vividly in our mind as the impressions we received in our younger days.
	547	There is no other contry where books are read by so many people and can be bought so cheaply as in Japan.
●	550	My brother is two years older than I am, but he is three centimeters shorter.
	551	It is better to read a few books carefully than to read many at random.
	552	Thanks to his efforts, it was more successful than we had expected.
	553	She knew better than to smoke a cigarette in her baby's presence.
	559	Nations are not to be judged by their size any more than individuals.
	562	This disctionary contains not less than fifty thousand words.
	564	A man's worth should be judged by his character rather than by his social position.
	565	I would rather be poor than make money by dishonest means.
●	567	He lost the greater part of his fortune in speculation.
	569	The boy more than justified the favorable opinion they har formed of him.
	572	Everyone has a right to enjoy his liberty, much (still) more his life.
	573	He cannot speak English, much (stil) less German.
●	574	The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. The more I realize I don't know, the more I want to learn.
	577	Mars is all the more interesting for its close resemblance to our earth.
	578	I do not love him the less for his faults. =He has faults, but I love him none the less.
	579	He worked all the harder because his master praised him.
●	580	This is the most difficult day I have had since I came up to Tokyo.
	581	We expected we would have a warm January, but we hear that this winter is the coldest in twenty years.

◆		◆10．　Ｎｅｇａｔｉｏｎ（否定）５８２～６０８
●	582	I do not expect that they will support my view.
	585	Little is known of this curious plant.
	587	He was born so poor that he received hardly any school education.
	590	Not a few people think that all foreign-made articles are superior to ones made in this country.
	593	"Will he pass the examination?" "I am afraid not."
●	595	A large number of books are published every day, but not all of them are good books.
	596	I haven't read both his novels, but judging from the one I have read, he seems to be a promising writer.
●	599	There are very few noted places in the world which my father has not yet visited.
	601	No man is so old but thinks he may live another day.
	602	One cannot read a good book without being so much the better for it.
	604	She did nothing but weep at the news.
●	605	The room allotted to me was anything but comfortable.
	606	Far from falling, the prices of commodities went on rising.

◆		◆11．　Ｃｏｒｒｅｌａｔｉｖｅ（相関語句）６０９～６２６
●	609	Goerge has two cousin, one lives in Germany and the other in Switherland.
	611	On one hand I have to work; on the other hand I have many visitors to see.
	613	It is one thing to own a library; it is quite another to use it wisely.
●	615	The book is both interesting and instructive.
	617	It is apt to get either cloudy or windy when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom
	619	The difficulty with biography is that it is partly record and partly art.
●	623	We rented the house, not because we were pleased with it, but because it was near the station.
	626	As food and drink are to animals, so are rain and sunshine to vegetables.

◆		◆12．　Ｐｒｅｐｏｓｉｔｉｏｎ（前置詞）６２７～６６０
●	627	I was born in Tokyo on the eighth of January in 1985.
	628	He stayed with us till the beginning of this month.
	631	This morning I missed the 8:30 train by five minutes.
	632	He came five minutes behind the apponted time.
	636	He left for Tokyo on urgent business by the 7 o'clock express this morning.
	638	Every student in this school must learn another foreign language besides English.
	639	The moon came out from behind the cloud.
●	643	Accordng to experts, neither mountaineering nor skiing is dangerous.
	647	Instead of sending somebody on your behalf, you had better go and speak in person.
●	650	He goes to a part-time high school every evening in addition to the work he does during the day.
	651	In case of fire, break the glass and push the red button.
	652	We are going to give a reception in honor of Mr. Clark, who camse to Japan the other day.
	655	He could not take the examination on account of his illness.
	658	He went over to America for the purpose of studying medical science.

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●	661	Do you know how high the television tower is?
	662	What do you think we must do in order to maintain world peace?
	663	"That rumor is not true, is it?" "Yes, it is true."
	665	By whom did you get this English composition corrected?
	667	What do you say to making a trip with me during the summer vacation?
●	672	"How do you find your washing machine?"" Not so bad."
	675	How old were you when this town had the big fire?
●	679	What a pity it is that you can't come.
	680	How careless you are to forget such an important thing!

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●	681	He told the bookstore keeper that he would come there again to buy the book that afternoon.
	682	He parted from me saying that he would see me the next day, but I have not heard from him since.
●	685	When I asked a college student if he ever thought about the meaning of life, he was at lost for an answer.
	686	He asked me who I thought would win the race.
	689	She asked the doctor to come and see her son again the next day.
	691	We suggested to her that we (should) go on a pictini the following Sunday.
●	692	He said that the matter was urgent, and that there was not a moment to lose.
	693	He said that he had left hiw wallet at home and asked me if I could lend him 1,000 yen.
●	695	It would cost twice as much as this.
	700	Meiji was beaten by Keio by a (the) score of three to five.