GRAMMAR
Future Perfect Continuous (Progressive)
Future Perfect Continuous:
Future perfect continuous refers to a progressive event that will be completed at some point in the future. Here are the forms and uses of this tense.
Form of the future continuous:
will | have | been | verb+ing |
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Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
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I will have been teaching. |
I will not/won't have been teaching. |
will you have been teaching? |
NOTE:
I will have been teaching = I'll have been teaching |
I will not have been teaching = I won't have been teaching |
Examples:
- I will have been teaching for more than 35 years when I retire.
- Will you have been teaching for more than 35 years when you retire?
Use of the future perfect continuous:
It is used to show that an event will continue up until a particular event or time in the future. It is mostly used with an expression such as:
- for five minutes
- for two weeks
These expressions indicate durations.
Examples:
- She will have been working for over 8 hours by the time her children arrive. .
- He will have been studying English for three years next month.