English Grammar – Future perfect continuous

The Future Perfect Continuous tense is like the Future Perfect tense, but it expresses longer actions or states extending up to some specific event or time in the future.

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When to use the Future perfect continuous

• To talk about a future action that will be completed at or before a specified time.
• When we talk about a situation or an activity which will last at a specific moment in the future.

Future perfect continuous Keywords

• By then.
• By the time.
• By this time tomorrow.
• By the end of this year.
• Since morning, since 1998
• For + time: for an hour, for 3 years.
• Next Week, Next year, Next June, next month.
• By + time: by this year, by this month, by this week, by this Sunday, By Tomorrow.

Future perfect continuous Positive Form

Subject + will have been + base verb with ing + complement.

Future perfect continuous Positive Form Examples

• By 7:00 PM, I will have been studying for 6 hours.
• We will have been living in our house for 17 years.
• By midnight, she will have been sleeping for 3 hours.
• By December, I will have been studying here for 3 years.
• By next march, I will have been working here for 2 years.
• My parents will have been waiting for 1 hour, when I arrive.
• In April, we will have been teaching at this school for 3 years.
• We’re late, I think they will have been waiting for us for long time, we would better go.
• In October, I will have been working at my company for five years.
• Next week, I will have been working for ABC company for 3 years.
• By the time we reach Delhi, we will have been travelling for 9 hours.
• When she retires next year, she will have been teaching for 19 years.
• By the next year, I will have been working as a teacher for 30 years.
• By the end of the month, I’ll have been working at this company for ten years.
• By the time we reach Himalaya Mountains, we will have been driving for 7 hours.
• By the time the guests arrive, I will have been cooking all day, so I will be exhausted.
• By the end of tonight’s my brother talks, we will have been travelling for a month, and we will have been in 22 cities that time.

Future perfect continuous Negative Form

Subject + will not have been + base verb with ing + complement.

Contraction:

Will not have been = won’t have been

Future perfect continuous Negative Form Examples:

1. He will not have been earning interest for a month.
2. I will not have been eating vegetables for three weeks.
3. He will not have been studying long enough to qualify.
4. Next month, we will not have been smoking for 15 years.
5. In June, I will not have been living in Istanbul for 3 years.
6. Next month, he will not have been eating meat for one year.
7. By then, we will not have been studying at this university for 4 years.
8. At that point, my family will not have been living in Turkey for 9 years.
9. I won’t have been travelling to New York for 2 years by the end of October.
10. Hopefully, I will not have been making a fool of myself when I see you at the party.
11. Next month, you will have been writing this book for 2 years. You will not have been researching any other subject.

Future perfect continuous Question Form

Will + subject + have been + base verb with ing + complement + ?

Short Answer:

Yes, I will have.
No, I will not. Or. No, I won’t.

Future perfect continuous Question Form Examples:

1. Will you have been working there for 5 months by that time?
   Yes, I will have.
2. Will Sham have been playing soccer for a year by September?
   No, she will not have.
3. On Saturday, will you have been working all week in the bookstore?
   No, I will not have.
4. Will you have been waiting for more than three hours when his plane finally arrives?
   Yes, I will have.
5. When you finish your English course, will you have been living in Madrid for over a year?
   I will not have been living here that long.
6. Will he have been studying in the new college since September?
   Yes, he will have.
7. Will you have been eating vegetables for 3 months?
   No, I will not have.
8. Will our mother have been taking her medicine for her illness since Monday?
   Yes, she will have.

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