Future Perfect Continuous

1.

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Sabrina will have
been studying magic
for 5 years when she
moves to Greendale
next April.

2.

WHEN DO I USE IT?
Future perfect continuous is used to indicate
that something you started in the past or you
are doing at present will continue up to
another action or moment in the future.
“I will have been
working in this company
for 15 years by 2023”

3.

WHEN DO I USE IT?
To show cause and effect.
“I’m not worried about the exams as I’ll have
been studying in the “Other Reign” for
several weeks before”.

4.

REMEMBER!
State verbs
show feelings
or states, such
as love, be,
forget, etc.
When used in
continuous
form, we are
changing the
meaning of the
verb.
We cannot use a continuous
form with state verbs.

5.

STRUCTURES
AFF: S + WILL HAVE BEEN + GERUND
NEG: S + WILL NOT (WON’T) HAVE BEEN +
GERUND
INT: WILL + S + HAVE BEEN + GERUND?

6.

YOU CAN REPLACE “WILL” WITH
“GOING TO!”
“Sabrina is going to have been studying
magic for 5 years when she moves to
Greendale next April”

7.

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THESE TWO TENSES?
FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE
FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
Finished action
Actions in progress
when the moment
comes.
State and actions
verbs.
Predictions focused
on result.
when the moment
comes.
Only actions verbs.
Predictions focused
on the lenght of the
action.

8.

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