In this blog post, you will learn about the Future Perfect Continuous Tense in English, including its structure and usage. This tense is used to describe actions that will have been happening for a certain period by a specific time in the future. Understanding how the future perfect continuous tense works will help you improve your grammar and communication skills.
What is the Future Perfect Continuous?
Action will continue in the future when it is interrupted by another action. This future verb tense often includes an indication of how long the action has been happening.
The Future Perfect Continuous is a verb form or construction used to describe actions that will continue up until a point in the future.
Structure of Future Perfect Continuous Tense
In English, the Future Perfect Progressive is formed by combining the modal “will,” the auxiliary verb “have,” “been,” and the present participle of the main verb (with an -ing ending).
For Positive Sentences:
- S + will + have + been + V-ing (present participle) +…
Example:
- We will have been living in this house for 10 years by next month.
For Negative Sentences:
- S + will + not + have + been + V-ing (present participle) +…
Example:
- I won’t have been traveling to New York for 2 years by the end of October.
For Question forms:
- Will + S + have + been + V-ing (present participle) +… ?
Example:
- Will you have been eating vegetables for three months?
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How to Use the Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Learn how and when to use the Future Perfect Continuous Tense (or the Future Perfect Progressive) in English with rules and examples.
The Future Perfect Progressive Tense is used:
1. To show that something will continue up until a particular event or time in the future
Example:
- James will have been teaching at the university for more than a year by the time he leaves for Asia.
2. To talk about something that finishes just before another time or action (in this case, in the future)
Example:
- I will be tired when I get home because I will have been walking for over an hour.
Time Expressions Used with Future Perfect Progressive
- By + this year/ month/ week
- Next year/ month/ week
- For + an hour, for 5 years
- By then
- Since morning, since 1995
- By tomorrow
Future Perfect Continuous Tense Chart
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