FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

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

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	WILL HAVE BEEN	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.
You	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.
He	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.
John	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.
The boy	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.
She	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.
Angel	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.
The girl	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.
We	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.
You	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.
They	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.
The children	will have been	watching	television for four hours when you come home.

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	WILL NOT HAVE BEEN	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.
You	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.
He	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.
John	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.
The boy	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.
She	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.
Angel	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.
The girl	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.
We	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.
You	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.
They	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.
The children	will not have been	waiting	for too long when Arun arrives.

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

WILL	SUBJECT	HAVE BEEN	VERB + ing	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Will	I	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?
Will	you	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?
Will	he	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?
Will	John	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?
Will	the boy	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?
Will	she	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?
Will	Angel	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?
Will	the girl	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?
Will	we	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?
Will	you	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?
Will	they	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?
Will	the children	have been	playing	cricket for more than two hours when it gets dark?

I will have been singing
How do we make the Future Perfect Continuous Tense?
The Structure of the future perfect continous tense is:

subject	+	auxillary verb WILL	+	auxillary verb HAVE	+	auxillary verb BE	+	main verb
		invariable		invariable		past participle
		will		have		been		base+ing

For negative sentences in the future perfect continuous tense, we insert not between will and have. For question sentences, we exchange the subject and will. Look at these example sentences with the future perfect continuous tense:

	subject	auxillary verb		auxillary verb	auxillary verb	main verb
+	I	will		have	been	working	for four hours.
+	You	will		have	been	travelling	for two days.
-	She	will	not	have	been	using	the car.
-	We	will	not	have	been	waiting	long.
?	Will	you		have	been	playing	football?
?	Will	they		have	been	watching	TV?

When we use the future perfect continuous tense in speaking, we often contract the subject and auxiliary verb:

I will	I'll
you will	you'll
he will she will it will	he'll she'll it'ill
we will	we'll
they will	they'll

For negative sentences in the future perfect continuous tense, we contract with won't, like this:

I will not	I won't
you will not	you won't
he will not she will not it will not	he won't she won't it won't
we will not	we won't
they will not	they won't

How do we use the Future Perfect Continuous Tense?
We use the future perfect continuous tense to talk about a long action before some point in the future. Look at these examples:

• I will have been working here for ten years next week.
• He will be tired when he arrives. He will have been travelling for 24 hours.