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Future Perfect Continuous - Coggle Diagram
Future Perfect Continuous
Grammar
Positive
Person +
will have been
+
-ing
Person
'll
+
have been
+
-ing
Negative
Person +
will not have been
+
-ing
Person +
won't have been
+
-ing
Question
Will
+ person +
have been
+
-ing
?
Wh-word
+
will
+ person +
have been
+
-ing
When to use
For how long in the future
If we want to state that some action
will continue up to the point in the future
(
when
Present Simple
+ FPS +
for
time_period
)
(
at
time
+ FPS +
for
time_period
)
(
by the time
Present Simple
+ FPS +
for
time_period
)
Action finished before some point in the future
We want to emphasize that action will continue just up to
some moment in a future. With visible consequences
(
by the time
Present Simple
+ FPS + so)
(
at
time
+ FPS)
(
when
Present Simple
+ FPS + so)
Examples
Positive
For how long in the future
She will have been cooking when courier arrives
By the time rain stops, workers will have been digging
Action finished before some point in the future
By the time tornado ends, we'll have been hiding, so
no one will hear phone rings
Negative
Action finished before some point in the future
By the time pandemic stops, they won't been socializing,
so you will not see them a lot
For how long in the future
At January Anna won't have been traveling
When ship comes, I won't have been waiting for him
Question
Action finished before some point in the future
Will Tom have been working in the evening,
so he won't hang out with us?
For how long in the future
Will he have been driving a car when sun hides?
Why will Greta have been complaining when meeting starts?
Exercises