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The meaning of Future Perfect Continuous: rules and examples
Of all, Future Perfect Continuous is the rarest. It is used to refer to an action that:
- will begin in the future earlier than another moment (or action) in the future,
- will still take place at this point.
This situation is so rare in speech that it is difficult to find examples of Future Perfect Continuous even in texts, let alone colloquial speech.
I will give examples of how it might look.
By the end of the month, I will have been working for the company for ten years. - By the end of the month, I will have been working for the company for ten years.
In this example, “will have been working” is a committed long-term action in the future that will continue until another moment in the future occurs - “end of the month”.
One more example.
Next monday we will have been dating for a year. - Next Monday will be a year since we meet.
Here “we will have been dating” is an action in the form of a Future Perfect Continuous, it will continue until another moment in the future comes - next Monday.
Future Perfect Continuous Education
Future Perfect Continuous time is formed by:
Affirmative form
Sample sentences:
You will come back home at 7 o'clock in the evening. I will start cooking at 6 o'clock. When you come back, I will have been cooking for an hour. - You will be back home at 7 pm. I'll start cooking at 6. When you get back, I'll be cooking for an hour.
Tomorrow I will have been waiting for her letter for a year. “Tomorrow will be a year since I’m waiting for her letter.
negative form
The negative form is formed by the particle not:
Sample sentence:
By that time you will not have been working in our company long enough to get promoted. - By that time, you will not have worked in our company long enough to get a promotion.
Interrogative form
In the interrogative form, the auxiliary verb will placed before the subject.
Sample sentences:
You decided to propose her. For how long will you have been dating by that day? Two years? - You decided to propose to her. How long will you be dating by this day? Two years?
Affirmative form Future Perfect Continuous is formed using the auxiliary verb to be in Future Perfect (shall have been for the 1st person singular and plural and will have been for all other persons singular and plural) and the present participle (Participle I or ing-form) of a semantic verb.
shall have been, will have been + Participle I
I shall have been working… I will work…
He will have been writing... He will write ...
Interrogative form is formed by placing the first auxiliary verb (shall / will) in the first place - before the subject.
Shall I have been working?
Will he have been writing?
| Shall I have been cooking? | Shall we have been cooking? |
| Will you have been cooking? | Will you have been cooking? |
| Will he / she / it have been cooking? | Will they have been cooking? |
Future Perfect Continuous has no abbreviated forms.
Use
Future Perfect Continuous is used to express an action that will begin in the future and will continue until the next, later action occurs, but also in the future.
The period of time during which this first action, expressed by Future Perfect Continuous, will occur, is usually indicated by the circumstances of time with the preposition for (for three hours - within three hours, for a month - within a month etc.). The time from which such an action will begin is indicated by the circumstance of time with the preposition since - since, like the adverb since - since.
The state of such an action at some point is expressed by the circumstance of time with the prepositions by, on, before, etc.
By the New Year he will have been working as an English teacher for 20 years. He will be 20 years old on New Year's Eve as an English teacher.
Before he leaves for Moscow he will have been working at the conference for two days. Before he leaves for Moscow, he will work at the conference for two days.
On the 1st of May she will have been writing her new novel for seven years. May 1 will be seven years since she writes her new novel.
Before they go to the competition the coach will have been training them for three months. Before they go to the competition, the coach will train them for three months.
(The coach will train them until the moment when they have to leave for the competition. This first action is expressed in Future Perfect Continuous, the second in
The Future Perfect Progressive or The Future Perfect Continuous Tense in English is not often used in everyday life, but it will be useful to know in what situations Future Perfect Continuous can be used. This time is used to emphasize the duration of the action until a certain time in the future.
Many do not know that even native speakers themselves do not use this form, but it can be found in fiction or in scientific publications. In this article, you will learn when it is used and how the Future Perfect Continius is used.
Future Perfect Continuous Education
The rule of forming the Future of the perfect long tense should be very simple for you, since you know exactly how other grammatical tenses are formed.
Let's look at the Future Perfect Continuous formula:
Subject + will + have + been + V-ing. Subject is the subject.
We use exactly the same form for absolutely any of the pronouns.
Now read examples of how Future Perfect Progressive is formed in sentences:
- She ’ ll have been traveling all day so she will want to go to bed early - She will travel all day, so she will want to go to bed early.
- Next month they ’ ll have been living in your flat for four years - Next month they will live in your apartment for 4 years.
- By the time my sister gets here, I ’ ll have been sitting on the beach all day long - By the time my sister comes here, I will be sitting on the beach all day long.
- Soon, they’ ll have been fighting all afternoon - Soon, they'll be fighting all day.
If you have not read the article yet, then we would like to remind you that abbreviations are often made in colloquial speech. It is important to know abbreviated forms, since native speakers use abbreviations in their speech, this makes speech fast, and if you have not encountered such abbreviations, it is likely that you will not understand the person. But if you don't understand it, ask to repeat it until you understand =)
For example:
Auxiliary verbs are abbreviated like this: I’ll’ve and you’ll’ve.
- You’ll’ve been touring the city.
- They've been preparing the meal.
Future Perfect Continuous offer forms
Below we will analyze Future Perfect Continuous - rules and examples in tables. As we know, there are three forms of sentences: affirmative, negative and interrogative. Start exploring.
Positive sentences in Future Perfect Continuous - Positive sentences
To correctly form an affirmative sentence, first of all we need a subject, followed by will, then have, be(irregular verb - been) and the main verb in the -ing form.
| Subject | Form of verb | Examples |
| I | will + have + been + Verb-ing | By November 1st, I will have been traveling for three weeks. |
| He / She / It | He’ll have been having a good time. By the time we get there, she’ll have been jogging for over 2 hours. |
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| You | You’ll have been traveling | |
| We | We’ll have been waiting for more than 2 hours when they finally arrive. | |
| They | They will have been eating for 20 minutes when we get to the cafe. |
Negative sentences in Future Perfect Continuous - Negative sentences
To form a negative shape, just add 'not'. We can not only use the abbreviation ‘won’t’ in our speech, but also use such an abbreviation as ‘they’ll not ...’
| Subject | Form of verb | Examples |
| I | will + not + have + been + verb + ing won’t + have + been + verb + ing | By November 1st, I won’t have been traveling for three weeks. |
| He / She / It | He won’t have been teaching Serbian for 20 years by next month. She won’t have been jogging all morning. |
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| You | You won’t have been traveling a great deal by the time they return home. | |
| We | We won’t have been swimming all day. | |
| They | They won’t have been playing cricket by then. |
Question sentences in Future Perfect Continuous - Question sentences
In questions, as always, the auxiliary verb takes the first place or the abbreviated form - ‘Won’t’.
| Auxiliary Verb | Subject | Form of verb | Examples |
| Will / Won’t | I | have + been + verb + ing | Will I have been feeling better by the time my husband arrives? |
| He / She / It | Won’t he have been reading the timetable? Will she have been eating a lot to put on weight by her wedding? |
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| You | Won’t you have been trying to call her? | ||
| We | Will we have been fishing for five hours when they find us? | ||
| They | Won’t they have been building the house when he gets home? |
Future Perfect Continuous education with ‘Be going to’ turnover
The future perfect for a long time has two forms: “I’ll have been doing” and “I’m have been doing”. And they are usually used interchangeably.
Examples:
- I am going to have been learning Spanish.
- I ' ll have been learning Spanish.
Future Perfect Continuous use
1. Duration of validity until a certain time in the future
We use the future perfect continuous when we talk about current events or situations that will still continue at some point in the future.
Examples:
- By the end of this year she will have been teaching here for three years - She will be teaching here for three years by the end of this year.
- By 12 o'clock she ' ll have been waiting for five hours - By 12 o'clock she will wait for five hours.
- By April they ’ ll have been living abroad for seven years - By April they will be living abroad for seven years.
The future perfect long tense is usually used with the preposition for (during, during). This preposition tells us how long the action will take. In informal spoken or written speech, the preposition can be omitted:
- Do you realise that on Easter Sunday we ’ ll have been going out together exactly a year.
- By the time we get there, we’ ll have been driving over six hours.
2. Future Perfect Continuous can be used to show a cause or effect in the future:
- She’ll be tired when she gets back home because she ’ ll have been swimming all morning - She will be tired when she gets home because she will be swimming all morning.
- The children will have been running all day, so they’ll be hungry - Children will run all day, so they will be hungry.
- I’ll be very sleepy because I’ ll have been reading that book all night - I will be sleepy because I will read this book all night.
- By the end of this day, my Japanese will be perfect because I will have been learning it all day - By the end of the day, my Japanese will be perfect because I will be learning it all day.
Sometimes we can use both and Future Perfect Continuous. We use Future Perfect Continuous when we want to emphasize continuity of action:
- In July I ' ll have worked as a doctor for three years. ()
- In July I ' ll have been working as a doctor for three years. (Future Perfect Continuous)
Bonus rule
If the sentence starts with when, by the time, by that time, then the verb will be in, not in. Compare the examples below:
Wrong: When she will get here, we’ll have finished these exercises.
Correct: When she gets here, we’ll have finished these exercises.
Wrong: By the time I’ll retire next week, I’ll have been working here for forty years.
Correct: By the time I retire next week, I’ll have been working here for forty years.
It is also important to remember that Non-Continuous Verbs or condition verbs are not used for long tenses. Instead of the Future, the perfect long term is used.
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Future Perfect Continuous word markers
As for today's time, the following words are used with it: For and when.
Of course, these prepositions can be used with other tenses as well. The words companions help describe how long a particular activity will take.
Other common phrases may include time phrases that can indicate when the activity will be completed: By… for, in 2030, by the summer, by the end of the week, (by) this time next week / month / year etc.
Future Perfect Continuous example sentences
- By next March I’ll have been pontificating on ELL for six years - By next March, I’ll be pondering ELL for six years. (ELLs - English Language Learners)
- This winter, we won’t have been eating properly for almost a year.
- At the end of the week, they’ll have been writing this dissertation for over 3 years - At the end of the week they will be writing this dissertation for over 3 years.
- I won’t have been working two years before I go on maternity leave - I will not work for two years before I go on maternity leave.
- When he finishes this article, he’ll have been working all day without a break - When he finishes the article, he will work all day without interruption.
- David will have been practicing his speech four times by tonight so he’ll be ready to give the speech tomorrow - David will be practicing his speech four times by tonight so he’ll be ready to give the speech tomorrow.
- I saw the weather report. By the end of this week, it’ll have been raining continuously for five days –I saw the weather forecast. By the end of this week, it will rain continuously for five days.
- ‘How long does it take you to write a novel?’ ‘By December I’ll have been working on this one for two years.’ - “How long does it take you to write a novel?” "By December, I will be working on this for two years."
- By September Kumar and Ali will have been attending English lessons for 9 months - By September, Kumar and Ali will have been attending English lessons for 9 months.
- By the end of the day, Kim will have been studying for eight hours - By the end of the day, Kim will have been studying for eight hours.
Future Perfect Continuous Passive and Active
Despite the fact that Future perfect tense is not so common in colloquial speech, it is unlikely that anyone will use the passive voice in this tense. But still, let's look at a few examples of how this tense is formed in the passive voice.
Affirmative sentence
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They’ll have been teaching Italian for six years at Language School.
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Italian will have been being taught by them for six years at Language School.
Interrogative sentence
Will they have been teaching Italian for six years at Language School?
Will Italian have been being taught by them for six years at Language School?
Negative sentence
- Active voice (active voice)
They won’t have been teaching Italian for more than six years at Language School.
- Passive voice (passive voice)
Italian won’t have been being taught by them for more than six years at Language School.
Negative interrogative sentence
- Active voice (active voice)
Won`t they have been teaching Italian for six years at Language School?
- Passive voice (passive voice)
Won`t Italian have been being taught by them for six years at Language School?
Special question
- Active voice (active voice)
Where will they have been teaching Italian for six years?
- Passive voice (passive voice)
Where will Italian have been being taught by them for six years?
This is what the passive voice looks like in the Future of a perfect long time. Many people are too lazy to pronounce such a form, as they get a long sentence. One way or another, now you know that you can use this time in the passive voice as well.
Difference between Future Continuous and Future Perfect Continuous
If you did not indicate the duration in your sentence, that is, auxiliary words, then many native speakers choose exactly. Be careful when using one of these tenses, as the meaning of the sentence changes completely. Let's compare two sentences:
- She’ll be tired because she’ll be swimming -.
This sentence emphasizes that she will get tired because she will swim at a certain point in the future.
- She’ll be tired because she’ll have been swimming - Future Perfect Continuous.
This sentence emphasizes that she will get tired because she will swim for a certain period of time. It is possible that at this point she will still be swimming OR stop swimming.
Future Perfect Continuous Table
The general table is a hint that will quickly help you find the right type of proposal and the correct construction of sentences in Future Perfect Continuous.
| Types of offers | FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS |
| Affirmative sentence | S + will + have + been + V-ing S - subject; V-verb |
| Negative sentence | S + will + not + have + been + V-ing |
| Interrogative sentence (general question) | Will + S + have + been + V-ing? |
| Special question | WH + will + S + have + been + V-ing? WH-why, where, when etc. |
Future Perfect Continuous Exercises with Answers
Exercise 1... Translate the sentences into English.
1. In July we will be living in Iceland for two years.
2. In November 2018, the International Space Station will orbit the Earth for 20 years.
3. By the end of this year, I will be working as a waiter for 3 years.
4. At this time next week, my sister will be living in Spain for 20 years.
5. Will you wait more than four hours?
6. I think Sarah will be tired when she comes. She will train for 2 hours.
7. In September, I will be playing handball for 10 years.
8. I'll wait for you all night.
9. I will wash for an hour when you get back.
10. My friends will be on the beach all the vacation.
Future Perfect Continuous Education
(shall / will have been +… -ing)
Future Perfect Continuous (Future Perfect Progressive) formed by to be in the shape of ( shall have been, will have been) and the present participle of the semantic verb: He will have been working.
Shall have been- for 1 person singular / plural and will have been- for 2 and 3 persons singular / plural. Sometimes the design will have been can be used in all persons. Additionally about.
| Affirmative form | negative form | Interrogative form | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | shall / will have been working | I | Shall / Will | I | have been working? | |
| he she it |
will have been working | he she it |
will not have been working | Will | he she it |
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| we | shall / will have been working | we | shall / will not have been working | Shall / Will | we | |
| you they |
will have been working | you they |
will not have been working | Will | you they |
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Abbreviated forms:
’Ll= shall / will
shan’t= shall not
won’t= will not
Consuming Future Perfect Continuous
1. A long-term future action that will begin earlier than another future action (or moment) and will still be performed at the moment of its occurrence. Future Perfect Continuous is used when a period of time is specified during which an action will be performed: ( for… hours / weeks / years - for… hours / weeks / years, since 10 o'clock - from 10 o'clock, since morning - in the morning, since 2005 - since 2005). This form is used very rarely.
Examples: Tomorrow it will have been snowing for 3 days... - It will snow for 3 days tomorrow.
Next year sheila will have been working for this firm for 10 years... - Next year Sheila will be working in this company for 10 years.
Agree that we all sometimes want to brag about our future achievements and events to our relatives or friends. Let's imagine that by next year you will be undead for three weeks already under the sun on a sandy Miami beach, sipping a refreshing cocktail of fresh fruit. Tempting, isn't it? How do you say it in English? In such a case, the British took and came up with a special time Future Perfect Continuous. We will talk about him today. Let "s do this!
What is Future Perfect Continuous
Future perfect continuous Is an English tense, which is used only when it is necessary to focus on an action that began and continued for some time until a certain point in the future.
Nota bene: We remind you that sometimes instead of Future Perfect Continuous they say Future Perfect Progressive. Here synonymy takes place, the temporal form is the same.
Formula for building Future Perfect Continuous
Education... So, let's figure out what exactly the English sentence in Future Perfect Progressive consists of:
Subject + « will/shall» + « have been» + initial verb without particle « to", but with ending «- ing».
By this time next week Helen will have been riding the wave in Miami for ten minutes.
By this point next week, Helen will be (already) ten minutes away from the Miami wave.
Pointer words... The cliché is often used in the form “ by … for"- at some point ... for some time. Plus a variety of word markers to express future tense:
- « next morning"- the next morning;
- « in 2060"- in 2060 and other variations.
Affirmative sentence
To build an English-language "affirmative sentence" in Future Perfect Continuous, we first take subject(pronoun, noun, proper noun, etc.), to it we attach “ will" or " shall"; then there is a bunch of " have been"And, finally, the verbal infinitive with the ending" - ing».
Rules and examples for use are given below.
| I + WILL + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING | I will hum |
| You will hum | |
| She + WILL + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING He + WILL + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING It + WILL + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING |
She will hum It will hum It will hum |
| We + WILL + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING | We will hum |
| You + WILL + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING | You will hum |
| They + WILL + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING | They will hum |
I will have been holding a position of a content writer at the company forfive months by this time next Monday.
By this time next Monday, I will already be in the position of content writer at the company (already) for like five months.
Interrogative sentence
In the "interrogative sentence" everything is a little different, the first position is assigned to the auxiliary " shall/will"; stands further subject followed by the remaining elements: " have been», verb + «- ing».
| WILL + I + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING? | Will I hum? |
| WILL + You + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING? | Will you buzz? |
| WILL + She HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING? WILL + He HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING? WILL + It HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING? |
Will it hum? Will it hum? Will it hum? |
| WILL + We + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING? | Are we going to hum? |
| WILL + You HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING? | Will you buzz? |
| WILL + They HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING? | Will they hum? |
Will your daddy have been going by the same bus to job every morning for ten years at the end of the autumn?
By the end of autumn, it will be ten years old, how does your dad take the same bus every morning to get to work?
Negative sentence
In "negative sentence" we just need to take the scheme of the English statement and to " will"Just simply attach the particle" not". And it's in the bag!
| I + WILL NOT + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING | I will not hum |
| You won't buzz | |
| She + WILL NOT + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING He + WILL NOT + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING It + WILL NOT + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING |
She won't hum It will not hum It won't buzz |
| We + WILL NOT + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING | We will not hum |
| You + WILL NOT + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING | You won't buzz |
| They + WILL NOT + HAVE BEEN + BOMBINATING | They won't hum |
You won "t have been driving the car for hours without a break for lunch when we get there so you won "t need a rest before we go out.
You won't be driving for hours without a bite to eat when we get there, so there is no reason to rest until we check out.
Examples of using Future Perfect Continuous
| We use the future of the completed long to indicate that something will continue until a certain event or some time in the future: "for ten minutes" - for ten minutes, "since Sunday" - from Saturday, and so on. | Homer will get tired when he gets home because he will have been working out at the gym for over an hour. Homer will be tired when he gets home because he will train in the gym for over an hour. |
| Using Future Perfect Continuous before taking another action in the future is a great way to build causal relationships. | Guys will have been watching American Horror Story for over three hours by the time Evan and Taissa arrive. The guys will be watching American Horror Story for over three hours by the time Evan and Taissa arrive. |
Consuming Future Perfect Continuous Passive
With the active voice in Future Perfect Progressive, everything is “easy”, however, there is still one tricky question: can this time be used in passiveness.
Alas, no. Although you can turn for help to an alternative option, namely the Future Perfect Passive.
So, to build passive pledge, we need: subject+ auxiliary verb " will/shall»+ « have been» + initial the form verb without « to", But with the ending" - ed" or third form of the verb.
Nota bene: Remember that not in all cases the use of a passive is justified, therefore "be careful". So, in the last version, the construction of Passive Voice looks heaped up, albeit grammatically correct. In live speech, they will use the variant with asset, since it still sounds more laconic and harmonious.
The difference between Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous
Nota bene Also, don't forget about the free EnglishDom trainer to practice the new material: Future Perfect vs. Future Perfect Continuous.
Conclusion
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