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FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Future Perfect Continuous Tense in English Grammar

What is Future Perfect Continuous Tense?

"Future Perfect Continuous is used to talk about an on-going action before some point in the future."

In English language, The future perfect continuous tense represents the actions that will continue up until a specific point in time in future.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense is used to express a continued or ongoing action that will start in future and is thought to be continued till sometime in future. There will be a time reference, such as “since 2002, for two hours” from which the action will start in future and will continue.

Basic Structure of Future Perfect Continuous Tense:

• Structure for Future Perfect Continuous •

Subject Auxiliary verb Auxiliary verb Auxiliary verb Main verb
subject shall / will have be / been base + ing
I shall have been going to college.

• Structure for Negative sentence •

Subject Auxiliary verb Auxiliary verb Auxiliary verb Main verb
subject shall / will + not have be / been base + ing
I shall not have been going to college.

• Structure for interrogative sentence •

Auxiliary verb Subject Auxiliary verb Auxiliary verb Main verb
shall / will subject have be / been base + ing
Shall I have been going to college?

We normally use the future perfect continuous tense to:

• express on-going action before some point in the future.
• express a continued or ongoing action that will start in future and to be continued till sometime in future.

USES OF FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
To indicates an action in progress over a period of time that will end in the future:

The Future Perfect Continuous indicates an action represented as being in progress over a period of time that will end in the future:

Examples:
  • • By next July we shall have been living here for four years.
  • • When he gets his degree, he will have been studying at IIM for 4 years.
To talk about a long action before some point in the future:

We use the future perfect continuous tense to talk about a long action before some point in the future:

Example:
  • • I will have been working here for ten years next week.
  • • I will have been watching television for three hours when you come home.
  • • He will be tired when he arrives. He will have been travelling for 24 hours.
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE TABLE
Future Perfect Continuous Tense Table
AFFIRMATIVE
  • I shall have been going.
  • You will have been going.
  • We shall have been going.
  • He will have been going.
  • She will have been going.
  • They will have been going.
NEGATIVE
  • I shall not have been going.
  • You will not have been going.
  • We shall not have been going.
  • He will not have been going.
  • She will not have been going.
  • They will not have been going.
INTERROGATIVE
  • Shall I have been going?
  • Will you have been going?
  • Shall we have been going?
  • Will he have been going?
  • Will she have been going?
  • Will they have been going?

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