Tenses: Future perfect continuous

Future Perfect Continuous Subject + shall have been/ will have been + Verb⁴

Subject + will + have + been + V⁴ + since/ for + time expression.

Subject + will + not + have + not been + V⁴ + since/ for + time expression.

Will + Subject + have + been + V⁴ + since/ for + time expression?

Will + Subject + not + have + been + V⁴ + since/ for + time expression?

Wh- Word + will + Subject + have + been + V⁴ + since/ for + time expression?

Wh- Word + will + Subject + not + have + been + V⁴ + since/ for + time expression?

1. Continuous action lasting up to a future time
2. Duration before a future point
3. Long ongoing future activities
4. Emphasis on duration of future actions
5. Use with “for,” “since,” “by,” and “before.”
6. Future ongoing situations
7. Predictions about continuing future actions

Example Sentences:

I will have been studying English for two hours by 10 PM.

She will have been cooking since morning by the time the guests arrive.

They will have been playing cricket for three hours by sunset.

He will have been working in this company for ten years by next June.

We will have been waiting for the bus for an hour by then.

The baby will have been sleeping for three hours by noon.

My father will have been driving for six hours before he reaches Delhi.

You will have been learning English for five years by 2030.

It will have been raining for two days by tomorrow morning.

I will not have been working here for long by next year.

She will not have been living in Delhi for more than a month by then.

They will not have been using this machine for 10 years by the end of the year.

Will you have been studying for three hours by midnight?

Will he have been traveling all day by evening?

We will have been living in this house for twenty years by 2028.

The workers will have been repairing the road for many months before the project is completed.

Positive: She will have been teaching in this school for two years by the end of this month.

Negative: She will not have been teaching in this school for two years by the end of this month.

Interrogative: Will she have been teaching in this school for two years by the end of this year?

Negative Interrogative: Will she not have been teaching in this school for two years by the end of this month?

WH-Questions:

• What will she have been teaching for two years?
• Why will she have been teaching after her graduation?
• Who will have been teaching for one year in your school?
• Where will she have been teaching during summer vacation?
• Which subject will she have been teaching in the school?
• Whom will she have been teaching for 6 months in your colony?
• How will she have been teaching since the beginning?
• How long will she have been teaching in the IPS by the end of this year?