FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE TENSE
This post includes detailed expressions about Future Perfect Continuous tense and its structures in english. Please follow the list about Structure of Future Perfect Continuous Tense;
The tenses simply show the time of an action.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense indicates an action that will continue up until a point in the future.
The Structures of Future Perfect Continuous/Progressive Tense
POSITIVE FORM (+):
- Subject + WILL + HAVE BEEN + Verb-ING
NEGATIVE FORM (-):
- Subject + WILL NOT + HAVE BEEN + Verb-ING
QUESTION FORM (?):
- WILL + Subject + HAVE BEEN + Verb-ING
| POSITIVE (+) | NEGATIVE (-) | QUESTION (?) |
|---|---|---|
| I will have been starting | I will not (won’t) have been starting | Will I have been starting |
| You will have been starting | You will not (won’t) have been starting | Will you have been starting |
| He will have been starting | He will not (won’t) have been starting | Will he have been starting |
| She will have been starting | She will not (won’t) have been starting | Will she have been starting |
| It will have been starting | It will not (won’t) have been starting | Will it have been starting |
| We will have been starting | We will not (won’t) have been starting | Will we have been starting |
| You will have been starting | You will not (won’t) have been starting | Will you have been starting |
| They will have been starting | They will not (won’t) have been starting | Will they have been starting |
Positive Sentences ( Sbj + WILL + HAVE BEEN + Ving )
Examples:
- I will have been working for seven hours by the time the boss comes
- She will have been sleeping for one hour when he gets home.
- At 4 o’clock, we will have been waiting you for one hour.
- She will have been sleeping at home for two hours when we arrives.
- He will have been playing the guitar for ten years when he turn twenty.
- They will have been teaching German for 5 years by the end of this year.
- I will have been travelling to Japan by this time next week.
- When I am at school, my family will have been flying to New York.
Negative Sentences ( Sbj + WILL NOT+ HAVE BEEN + Ving )
Examples:
- I will not (won’t) have been shopping on Tuesday.
- He will not (won’t) have been playing football tomorrow evening.
- They will not (won’t) have been going for a picnic.
- We will not (won’t) have been living there for two years by the end of this year.
- I will not (won’t) have been staying in London next summer.
- She will not (won’t) have been studying Japanese next year.
- The president will not (won’t) have been talking tomorrow.
- I will not (won’t) have been searching for a new issue on internet tomorrow afternoon.
Question Sentences ( WILL + Sbj + HAVE BEEN + Ving )
Examples:
- Will you have been studying English?
- Will it have been raining for three hours?
- Will she have been teaching French for 1o years next year?
- Will the baby have been playing with toys for one hour?
- Will you have been speaking English for two years by the end of this year?
- Will you have been making a cake in the kitchen?
- Will they have been playing tennis since morning?
- Will you have been working for a long time?
