Future Perfect Continuous Tense
What is the future perfect continuous tense?
The future perfect continuous, also sometimes called the future perfect progressive, is a verb tense that describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future.
Uses of the future perfect continuous tense?
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.
You can find the below points useful while you are using the future perfect continuous tense.
Denoting an action that will continue till a certain point in time
For examples:
- Sunil will have been waiting for more than five hours by the time Radha arrives.
- Sunita will have been working at the company for twelve years in 2022.
- Will they have been living in the United States for two years when they finish their postgraduate studies?
- How long will she have been playing the piano when she graduates?
- Next month, I will have been following a diet for four months.
Depicting an action or event that is the cause of another action or event that will happen in the future
For examples:
- I think my sister will be exhausted when she gets here as she will have been working out for three hours continuously.
- I will be tired by the time my cousins get home because I will have been studying for many hours.
- Sonia will be well-versed in all the concepts of geometry by 2022, as she will have been specializing in mathematics for more than six years.
Rules for Affirmative Sentences in the future perfect continuous tense
Subject + will + have + been + verb-ing form + the rest of the sentence.
- They will have been writing a letter for three hours.
- He will have been living in Padrauna since 1970.
- I will have been swimming for five hours.
Rules for Negative Sentences in the future perfect continuous tense
Subject + will + not + have + been + verb-ing form + the rest of the sentence.
- They will not have been writing a letter for three hours.
- He will not have been living in Padrauna since 1970.
- I will not have been swimming for five hours.
Rules for Interrogative Sentences in the future perfect continuous tense
will + subject + have + been + verb-ing form + the rest of the sentence.
- Will they have been writing a letter for three hours?
- Will he have been living in Padrauna since 1970?
- Will I have been swimming for five hours?
Rules for Interrogative Negative Sentences in the Future Perfect Continuous Tense
will + subject + not + have + been + verb-ing form + the rest of the sentence.
- Will they not have been writing a letter for three hours?
- Will he not have been living in Padrauna since 1970?
- Will I not have been swimming for five hours?
More examples of the future perfect continuous tense
- Question: Will we have been sleeping for two hours?
- Answer: Yes, we will have been sleeping for two hours.
- Question: Will it have been raining since last night?
- Answer: Yes, it will have been raining since last night.
- Question: Will he have been working on this project for two hours?
- Answer: No, he will not have been working on this project for two hours.
- Question: Will we have been learning French for three months?
- Answer: Yes, we will have been learning French for three months.
- Question: Will they have been cooking rice since morning?
- Answer: Yes, they will have been cooking rice since morning.
- Question: Will Mohan not have been attending the dance classes for two days?
- Answer: No, Mohan will not have been attending the dance classes for two days.
- Question: Will the boys have been chatting since morning?
- Answer: Yes, the boys will have been chatting since morning.
- Question: Will Mohan have been learning German for two months?
- Answer: Yes, Mohan will have been learning German for two months.
- Question: Will workers have been working in this building for many years?
- Answer: Yes, the workers will have been working on this building for
many years - Question: Will Diwaker not have been smoking for two months?
- Answer: No, Diwaker will not have been smoking for two months.
- Question: Will he have been taking the examination since Monday?
- Answer: Yes, he will have been taking the examination since Monday.
- Question: Will he have been crying for one hour before he gets a car?
- Answer: No, he will not have been crying for one hour before he gets a car.
- Question: Will Meena have been singing for two hours before she takes breakfast?
- Answer: Yes, Meena will have been singing for two hours before she takes breakfast.
- Question: Will she have been playing badminton for two hours?
- Answer: No, she will not have been playing badminton for two hours.
