Future Perfect
Continuous Tense
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Warm up
What will you have been doing by this time tomorrow?
What will you have been doing before you go to bed tonight?
What will you have been doing before the class ends?
He will have been driving for an hour by the time he gets home.
In November, we will have been living in Spain for eleven years.
In December, I am going to have been
working here for 10 years.
Teri will be tired when he gets here because
he will have been exercising for four hours.
•You will have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives.
•Will you have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives?
•You will not have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives.
•You are going to have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives.
More examples
:Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
The future perfect continuous, also sometimes called the future perfect progressive, is a verb tense that describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future.
subject + auxiliary verb WILL
auxiliary
verb HAVE BEEN + main verb + rest of the sentence He/ She/ It
I /We / You/
They
invariable invariable
learning English for 7 years in June.
will have been
Future perfect continuous has two different forms: "will have done" and "be going to have been doing." Unlike simple future forms, future perfect forms are usually interchangeable.
subject + auxiliary verb BE
going to have been
invariable + main verb + rest of the sentence
I am
going to have been learning English for 7 years in June.
He/ She/ It is We / You/
are
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Duration Before Something in the Future
We use the future perfect continuous to show that something will continue up until a particular event or time in the future. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Friday" are all durations which can be used with the future perfect continuous. Notice that this is related to the present perfect continuous and the past perfect continuous; however, with future perfect continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Example:
• They will have been talking for over an hour by the time Thomas arrives.
• She is going to have been working at that company for three years when it finally closes.
• How long will you have been studying when you graduate?
Notice in the examples above that the reference points (marked in italics) are in simple present rather than simple future. This is because these future events are in time clauses, and you cannot use future tenses in time clauses.
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Cause of Something in the Future
Using the future perfect continuous before another action in the future is a good way to show cause and effect.
Example:
• Claudia's English will be perfect when she returns to Germany because she is going to have been studying English in the United States for over two years.
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
ADVERB PLACEMENT
The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc.
Example:
• You will only have been waiting for a few minutes when her plane arrives.
• Will you only have been waiting for a few minutes when her plane arrives?
• You are only going to have been waiting for a few minutes when her plane arrives.
• Are you only going to have been waiting for a few minutes when her plane arrives?
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
REMEMBER No Future in Time Clauses
Like all future forms, the future perfect continuous cannot be used in clauses beginning with time expressions such as: when, while, before, after, by the time, as soon as, if, unless, etc. Instead of future perfect continuous, present perfect continuous is used.
•You won't get a promotion until you will have been working here as long as Tim.
Not Correct
•You won't get a promotion until you have been working here as long as Tim. Correct It is important to remember that non-continuous verbs cannot be used in any continuous tenses. Also, certain non-continuous meanings for mixed verbs cannot be used in continuous tenses. Instead of using Future perfect continuous with these verbs, you must use future perfect .
•Ned will have been having his driver's license for over two years. Not Correct
•Ned will have had his driver's license for over two years. Correct
Application
Co plete the ta le a d o pare it with your tea her’s’.
TASKS Teacher Student
Duration Before Something in the Future
Cause of Something in the Future
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
1. By midnight, you (dance) for 4 hours.
2. By dinner, she (cook) the whole afternoon.
3. He (work) there for 10 years by 2015.
4. By next year, I (study) English for 7 years.
5. By next week, we (renovate) for over a month.
6. In 2012, they (live) here for 4 years.
7. Before December, Barbara (teach) for a year.
8. By this time tomorrow, I (do) this exercise for a long time.
9. Jessica (help) them for 12 months.
10. Bob and Sarah (cook) for 2 hours at 8 o'clock.
11. Tomorrow at 9 o'clock I (sleep) for 10 hours.
12. On Thursday, I (fix) the car for a whole month!
13. In 10 minutes, James (wait) for 2 hours.
14. They (stand) for a whole day.
Change the verb into the correct form
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
How long will Francis and his friends have been doing the following things by the end of their school holidays?
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Example: Francis - stay at his grandma's place
Francis will have been staying at his grandma's place for three weeks.
Samantha - travel round the world Melanie - work at a summer camp
Robert - learn Spanish at a language school Kevin - work on his house
Carol - practice beach volleyball Peter - do community work
Naomi - take care of her neighbor's dog Judy - attend driving school
Ben - climb mountains Tom - do nothing
Samantha ... for a month.
Melanie ... for six weeks.
Robert ... for two months.
Kevin ... all the time.
Carol ... for more than a month.
Peter ... for three weeks.
Naomi ... for a couple of weeks.
Judy ... for quite a long time.
Ben ... for a fortnight.
Tom ... all the time.
Application
Complete the sentences below so they are true for you.
1. I ______________ for ______________ next year.
2. By next week I______________ for ______________.
3. In 10 minutes I______________ for ______________.
4. I ______________ for ______________ at 10PM.
5. I ______________ for ______________ at midnight.
6. 5 years from now, I______________ for ______________.
7. Tomorrow at 5am, I______________ for ______________.
8. By next week, I______________ for ______________.
9. I ______________ for ______________ before December.
10. 10 years from now, I______________ for ______________.
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Combine the following pairs by changing them into the future perfect tense.
1. I will smoke. Before I stop / for 10 years.
2. My sister will date the same guy. Before she gets married / for 3 years.
3. Prof. Lee will live in Sharjah. Before she finally retires and moves back to America/ for 20 years.
4. My brother will study. By the time I tell him to stop/ for 12 hours straight.
5. My parents will save money. Before they have enough to buy their dream house / for 40 years .
6. That tree will grow. Before it is big enough to provide shade for our house / for a hundred years .
7. We will train. Before our team is ready for the next World Cup / for 2 years . 8. If it continues raining for another day. It will rain for forty days and forty nights.
9. We will climb. By the time we get to the top of the mountain/ for longer than anyone else.
10. That satellite will operate. Before it needs replacement / for 10 years .
11. My family will help my grandfather with his farm. When he sells it next year, for 20 years .
12. The sun will. Before I finally get up on Sunday/ for an hour .
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
For negative sentences we insert not between the auxiliary verb and the main verb.
subject + auxiliary verb WILL
auxiliary verb HAVE BEEN
+ main verb + rest of the sentence He/ She/ It
I /We / You/ They
invariable
not
invariable
learning English when you arrive.
will have been
subject + auxiliary verb BE
going to have been invariable
+ main
verb + rest of the sentence
I am
not going to have been
learning
English when you arrive.
He/ She/ It is We / You/
They are
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Make the future perfect continuous negative:
1. She ____________ (study), so she’ll want to study tomorrow.
2. We ____________ (work), so we’ll have lots of energy.
3. They ____________ (exercise), so they might want to go for a walk.
4. He ____________ (watch) TV all afternoon.
5. I ____________(work) here for long when I change jobs.
6. You ____________ (learn) about computers for long when you start your new job.
7. She ____________ (live) in London for six years next week, four years at most.
8. They ____________ (drink) coffee all morning.
9. He ____________(study) Japanese for ten months when he takes the exam.
10. We ____________ (travel) for very long when we arrive in Paris.
11. Eli ____________ (not travel) for months by the time she is paid.
12. As of the end of May, Susan ______ (not earn) enough credits to get her Master’s degree.
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
For question sentences, we exchange the subject and the auxiliary verb.
Auxiliary Verb Subject have been +
Present Participle Rest of Sentence
Will I / you / we / they
he / she / it
have been preparing
dinner when Jack arrives?
Wo ’t
To form questions use: Will + subject + have + been + -ing form of main verb ?
Question Word
Auxiliary
Verb Subject
have been + Present Participle
Rest of Sentence
What will wo ’t
I / you / we / they
he / she / it
have been preparing
for dinner when Jack arrives?
Notice the word order. The wh- question word comes before "will" and then the subject and the past participle of "be" (been) and then -ing of main verb.
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
1. ... their house for two or three years by the end of this year?
(the Clarks - renovate)
2. How long ... your Spanish by the time you leave for Madrid?
(you - refresh)
3. How many days ... for the message before he gets it? (Tom - wait) ... with this company for more than five years by the time he is 30? (Ben - work)
4. How long ... cakes by the end of the day? (your grandma - bake)
5. ... for the driving test for at least a month when you take it?
(you - practise)
6. ... with you for four or five years by the end of this year?
(Marion - live) How many years
7. ... the flute when she turns fifteen? (your daughter - play)
8. ... for at least twelve hours when you wake him up? (little Sam - sleep)
9. How long ... the report before you hand it over? (you - write)
Complete the questions below.
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Application
What will you have been and not have been doing ten years from now? For how long?
I will have been speaking English fluently for seven years at that time.
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Look at these example sentences with the Future Perfect Continuous Tense:
subject auxiliary verb
auxiliary verb main verb
+ I will
have been
working for four hours.
+ You will travelling for two days.
- She will not using the car.
- We will not waiting long.
? Will you playing football?
? Will they watching TV?
? What will you doing by the time I
reach home?
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Application
Put the verbs in the parenthesis in their proper form.
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE vs FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
1. Simona: Margaret is really going to speak Spanish well when she gets back from that language school in Mexico.
Isabelle: Hopefully! She (take) classes for more than six months.
Simona: She is going to be able to speak Spanish with some of our Latin American clients.
Isabelle: Good. Two clients from Peru (visit) us next month when Margaret returns. We need someone to entertain them while they are here.
2. Jason: I am leaving!
Nurse: If you would please wait, the doctor will be with you in ten minutes. The doctor is having some problems with a patient.
Jason: The doctor was having problems with that patient an hour ago. If I wait another ten minutes, I am sure he (have, still) problems with her. By the time he's finally ready to see me, I (wait) for more than two hours.
3. Mr. Jones: What are you going to be doing next year at this time?
Mr. McIntyre: I (work) for a big law firm in New Orleans.
Mr. Jones: I didn't know you were leaving Baton Rouge.
