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Future Perfect Continuous Tense

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In English, the future perfect continuous tense is used to talk about actions that will continue up until a point in the future.[1]https://7esl.com/future-perfect-continuous-tense/

Conjugation

The tense uses the verbs “will”, “have”, “been”, and the present participle (+ing).

future perfect continuous

When to Use the Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Event that continues up to a specific time in the future

You can use this tense to talk about an event in the future that will continue up to a particular time or event.

For example:

  • Susie will have been working at this company for 5 years by December of this year.
  • I will have been studying English for 6 months by the end of this month.
  • We will have been living in the same apartment for 3 years by the time we finally fixed the leak in the ceiling.

Event that just finished before another action or event

You can use this tense to talk about an event in the future that has just finished before something else.

For example:

  • I will be tired when I get home this evening because I will have been working nonstop for 36 hours.
  • Susie will be energized on Monday because she will have been relaxing for the previous week on vacation.
  • He will be sad because he will have been studying all weekend and not had any time to relax.

Example Exercises

Fill in the blanks with the future perfect continuous tense of the verbs.

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1. By midnight, you __________ (work) for 12 hours straight.

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2. Fred and Joe __________ (study) for 8 hours straight by the end of the day.

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3. By the end of the day, it __________ (not work) for 6 hours.

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4. By next year, we __________ (live) in the same apartment for 3 years.

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5. He __________ (study) for 10 years by the time he gets his PhD.

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6. By next month, I __________ (learn) English for 1 year.

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7. By December, Mr. Smith __________ (teach) at the high school for 20 years.

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8. By dinner, the turkey __________ (cook) for 8 hours.

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Future Perfect Tense

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In English, the future perfect tense describes an event that is planned or expected to happen before something else that is coming.[1]https://7esl.com/future-perfect-tense/

Conjugation

This tense uses the verb “will” to indicate the future and the verb “have” to indicate the perfect tense.

future perfect tense

When to Use the Future Perfect Tense

Action that will finish before a certain time in the future

You can use this verb tense to talk about an action that will finish before a specific time in the future.

For example:

  • By 10:30 am tomorrow, I will have completed my final test.
  • By 8 pm tomorrow, she will have already departed on her vacation.
  • By 7:30 am tomorrow, we will have finish the project.

Action that will be done before a certain event in the future

You can also use this tense to talk about actions that will take place before another event in the future.

For example:

  • I will have learnt French before I move to France.
  • They will have finished the project before they leave to go home.
  • Susie will have eaten dinner before she cleans the dishes.

To express belief that something happened in the near past

You can also use this tense to talk about the near past when you are convinced something has happened.

For example:

  • They will have arrived by now. (I am sure that they have arrived by now)
  • Frank will have finished his test already. (I am sure that Frank has already finished his test)
  • Elisabeth will have cleaned the dishes by now. (I am sure that Elisabeth has cleaned the dished by now)

Example Exercises

Fill in the blanks with the future perfect conjugation of the verbs.

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