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FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

TENSE
(+) S + shall / will + Related with words :
have + been + V ing for ..., the last couple of
(-) S + shall / will + not + hours, all day long
have + been + V ing
(?) Shall / Will + S + Example :
have + been + V ing I will have been studying for
2 hours by the time you
arrive.
now

Event in progress : studying.


When? Before another event
x x in the future
How long? For 2 hours.
past future
2 hrs
AUXILIARY AUXILIARY
AUXILIARY VERB VERB MAIN
SUBJECT
VERB VERB

+ I, We shall / will have been watching TV

He, She, It watching


+ will have been TV
You, They
watching
- I, We shall / will not have been TV

He, She, It watching


- will not have been TV
You, They
watching
? Shall / Will I, we have been TV?

he, she, it watching


? Will have been TV?
you, they
We use the Future Perfect Continuous Tense
to talk about a long action before some
point in the future.

Look at this example :


 I will have been working here for ten years
next week.
Put the verbs into the correct form (Future Perfect
Continuous Tense)
1. By the end of the week I (work) here for four
months.
2. By the end of this month we (live) together for six
years.
3. By the end of the term she (study) for nine years.

4. By midnight we (play) this computer game for 48


hours.
5. She (talk) on the phone for the last couple of
hours.
6. They (look for) me all night long.

7. He (play) soccer all day long.

8. You (watch) TV all the time.

9. He (not / sleep) all morning.

10. (wait / they) for 2 hours?


QUIZ
1. When I arrived, Anthony __________ with his
Nintendo.
a. was playing b. has been playing
c. had been played

2. The train wasn't there. It __________ already.


a. had been left b. had left
c. has left

3. Tara is tired. She __________.


a. has been running b. had been running
c. has running
4. How long __________ each other when they got
married?
a. had they known b. have they known
c. would they know

5. I didn't have much to eat at lunch because __________


a lot at breakfast.
a. I would have eaten b. I'd eaten
c. I was eating

6. She __________ to speak English before she arrived in


America.
a. had learned already
b. will have already learned
c. had already learned
7. Ram __________ good French because he had been
studying for several years.
a. Spoke b. had spoken c. has spoken

8. I __________ from him for ten years when I received his


last letter.
a. didn't hear b. hadn't been hearing
c. hadn't heard
What tense is used in each of these sentences
below?
1. Why do you live in France?

2. I am visiting my friend.

3. I haven't had breakfast yet.

4. I have been working here since 1996.

5. Were you working at 9 o'clock?

6. Did Tara phone you yesterday?

7. We'll have finished by 6pm.

8. Will he still be going out this evening?

9. The train had already left.

10. Will you be in Bangkok tomorrow?

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