Sentence structure: Future perfect continuous

In this chapter

• When do we use it?

  It says how long an activity will have been going on by a future moment. It is almost always used with for + a length of time.

• Future perfect continuous

  will have been going on until then; the future moment

  Pattern: Subject + will have been + verb + -ing

  Example: By June, I will have been learning English for five years.

  Example: At 6 p.m., we will have been driving for ten hours.

• Formula

  Positive: By noon, she will have been working for four hours. · Negative: By May, we won't have been living here for a year. · Question: Will you have been studying for long by then? · Short answer: Yes, I will. / No, I won't.

• Color-coded examples

  Example: By June, I will have been learning English for five years.

  Example: When the train arrives, we will have been traveling for twelve hours.

• Turkish equivalents

  Example: At 5 o'clock, I will have been studying for three hours.

  Example: In October, he will have been playing on this team for two years.

• Tip

  This tense is not common in everyday speech; you mostly hear it with for + a length of time. Common mistake: not “will have being” but will have been + -ing.