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1. FuturePerfectContinuousTense
by:JunaidIqbal

2. Thestructureof the future perfect
continuous tense
subject
+
auxiliary
verb WILL
+
auxiliary
verb HAVE
+
auxiliary
verb BE
past
participle
been
+ main verb
invariable invariable
present
participle
base+ingwill have

3. examplesentenceswith the future perfect
continuoustense
subject
auxiliar auxilia auxiliar main
yverb ryverb yverb verb
+ I will have been working
+ You will have been travelling
- She will not have been using
- We will not have been waiting
? Will you have been playing
? Will they have been watching
for four
hours.
for two
days.
the car.
long.
football?
TV?

4. USE1 : Duration Before
Somethingin the Future
We usethe Future Perfect Continuous to show that
something will continue up until aparticular event or
time in the future. "For five minutes," "for two weeks,"
and "since Friday" are all durations which can be used
with the Future PerfectContinuous.
Notice that this is related to the PresentPerfect
Continuousand the PastPerfect Continuous;however,
with Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or
before areference point in thefuture.

5. Examples:
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• Theywill havebeentalkingfor over an hour bythe
time Thomasarrives.
Sheisgoingto havebeenworkingat that company for
three years when it finallycloses.
Jameswill havebeen teachingat the university for
more than ayear by the time he leaves forAsia.
How long will you havebeenstudyingwhen you
graduate?

6. USE2 Causeof Somethingin the
Future
Using the Future Perfect Continuous before another
action in the future is agood way to show causeand
effect.
Examples:
•Jasonwill be tired when he gets home because hewill
havebeenjoggingfor over anhour.
•Claudia's English will be perfect when shereturns to
Germany becausesheisgoingto havebeen studying
English in the United States for overtwo years.

7. FutureContinuousvs.FuturePerfect
Continuous
If you do not include aduration suchas"forfive
minutes," "for two weeks" or "since Friday,"
many Englishspeakerschooseto usethe
FutureContinuousrather than the Future
PerfectContinuous.(Be careful because this
can change the meaningof the sentence.)
FutureContinuousemphasizes interrupted
actions, whereas FuturePerfectContinuous
emphasizes aduration of time before
something in the future.

8. Examples:
• Hewill be tired becausehe will beexercising
sohard.
(This sentence emphasizes that he will betired
because he will be exercising at that exact
moment in thefuture.)
• Hewill be tired becausehe will havebeen
exercisingso hard.
(This sentence emphasizes that he will betired
because he will have been exercising for a
period of time.It is possible that he will still be
exercising at that moment OR that he will just
have finished.)

9. EXERCISE
Change the verb into
the correct form
1. By midnight, you
………………………… (dance) for 4
hours.
2. By dinner, she
…………………………
(cook) the whole afternoon.
3.He …………………………(work)
there for 10
years by 2015.
4.By next year, I …………………………
(study) English for 7 years.
5.By next week,
we …………………………(renovate)
for over a month.

10. EXERCISE
Change the verb into
the correct form
6. In 2012, they …………………………
(live) here for 4 years.
7.Before December,
Barbara…………………………(teach) for
a year.
8.By this time tomorrow,
I …………………………(do) this
exercise for a long time.
9.Jessica ………………………… (help)
them for 12 months.
10.Bob and Sarah
…………………………
(cook) for 2 hours at 8 o'clock.