marți, 20 octombrie 2009

Future Perfect Continuous


Form

This form is composed of two elements: the future perfect of the verb to be (will have been) + the present participle of the main verb (base+ing):
Subject
will have been
base+ing
We
will have been
living

Affirmative
I
will have been
working
Negative
I
won't have been
working
Interrogative
Will
I have been
working?
Interrogative negative
Won't
I have been
working?

Example: to live 

Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
I'll have been living
I won't have been living
Will I have been living?
You'll have been living
You won't have been living
Will you have been living?
He'll have been living
He won't have been living
Will she have been living?
We'll have been living
We won't have been living
Will we have been living?
You'll have been living
You won't have been living
Will you have been living?
They'll have been living
They won't have been living
Will they have been living?

Function

Like the future perfect simple, this form is used to project ourselves forward in time and to look back. It refers to events or actions in a time between now and some future time, that may be unfinished.

Examples:

  • I will have been waiting here for three hours by six o'clock.
  • By 2001 I will have been living here for sixteen years.
  • By the time I finish this course, I will have been learning English for twenty years.
  • Next year I will have been working here for four years.

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