Future Perfect Continuous Tense 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 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 | 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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