Future Perfect continuous Tense

In this tutorial you will learn about the Future Perfect continuous Tense and its application with practical example.

                                                  Future Perfect continuous Tense

In this tutorial, we will learn about  Future Perfect Continuous Tenses

Table Of Contents−

Prerequisites

Before starting with this tutorial we assume that you are best aware of the following  topics:

  • Nouns.
  • Pronouns.
  • Verbs.
  • Adjectives.
  • Adverbs.
  • Prepositions.
  • Conjunctions.
  • Interjections.

What is Present Perfect Tense?

The present perfect tense is  an action that occurred at an undefined time in the past (e.g., we have played before) or started in the past and continued to the present time .This formed by have/has Helping verb.

Future Perfect continuous Tense refers to:

  1. An action which has not started yet but will be starting: This tree will have been giving us fruits for next few years.
  2. An action that will be going on from/by a particular time period: I will have been working in this company by next two years more.

Formula:-

  1. POSITIVE SENTENCES
S   +   WILL/SHALL   +   HAVE   +   BEEN   +Ving   +   O.   +   SINCE/FOR/BY+TIME.

I               shall       have         been       doing    homework     by two hours.
We          shall       have          been      doing     homework     by two hours.
You         will         have          been      doing     homework     by two hours.
They       will         have          been      doing     homework     by two hours.
Boys       will         have          been      doing     homework     by two hours.
He           will        have           been      doing     homework     by two hours.
She         will        have           been      doing     homework     by two hours.
It             will        have           been      doing     homework     by two hours.
Ravi        will        have           been      doing     homework     by two hours.

  1. NEGATIVE SENTENCES
S   +   WON’T/SHAN’T   +   HAVE   +   BEEN   +Ving   +   O.   +   SINCE/FOR/BY+TIME.

I                 shan’t                       have          been     doing    homework     by two hours.
We            shan’t                       have          been     doing    homework     by two hours.
You           won’t                        have          been     doing    homework     by two hours.
They         won’t                        have          been     doing    homework     by two hours.
Boys         won’t                        have          been     doing    homework     by two hours.
He             won’t                        have          been     doing    homework     by two hours.
She           won’t                        have          been     doing    homework     by two hours.
It               won’t                        have          been     doing    homework     by two hours.
Ravi          won’t                        have          been     doing    homework     by two hours.

 

  1. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
WILL/SHALL   +   S   +   HAVE   +   BEEN   +Ving   +   O.   +   SINCE/FOR/BY+TIME?

Shall                 I                  have          been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Shall                 we               have          been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Will                   you             have          been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Will                   they            have          been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Will                   boys           have          been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Will                   he                have          been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Will                   she              have          been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Will                   it                  have          been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Will                  Ravi              have          been     doing    homework     by two hours?

  1. INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE SENTENCES
WON’T/SHAN’T   +   S   +   HAVE   +   BEEN   +Ving   +   O.   +   SINCE/FOR/BY+TIME?

Shan’t                         I                have         been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Shan’t                       we              have         been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Won’t                       you             have         been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Won’t                       they            have         been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Won’t                       boys           have         been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Won’t                       he               have         been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Won’t                       she             have         been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Won’t                       it                 have         been     doing    homework     by two hours?
Won’t                       Ravi            have         been     doing    homework     by two hours?

 

Rules:

  1. I, we –       shall
  2. Other subjects – will

NOTE: According to modern English rule, we can use WILL with I and WE also. It means if we do not use SHALL, it would not be considered as a grammatical mistakes.

NOTE:   In this tense, we also use ending time of the action we do. To show ending time, we use “BY (which means almost)” and it doesn’t matter whether the time is point of time or period of time.

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