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give an example of future perfect continous tense.
Explanation & Answer
How do we make the Future Perfect Continuous Tense?
The structure of the future perfect continuous tense is:
subject | + | auxiliary verb WILL | + | auxiliary verb HAVE | + | auxiliary verb BE | + | main verb |
invariable | invariable | past participle | present participle | |||||
will | have | been | base + ing |
For negative sentences in the future perfect continuous tense, we insertnot between will and have. For question sentences, we exchange thesubject and will. Look at these example sentences with the future perfect continuous tense:
subject | auxiliary verb | auxiliary verb | auxiliary 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'll |
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.
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