FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Sabrina will have been

studying magic for 5 years
when she moves to
Greendale next April.
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”
 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”.
 REMEMBER!
We cannot use a continuous form with
State verbs show
feelings or states,
state verbs.
such as love, be,
forget, etc. When
used in continuous
form, we are
changing the
meaning of the
verb.
 STRUCTURES

AFF: S + WILL HAVE BEEN + GERUND

NEG: S + WILL NOT (WON’T) HAVE BEEN +

GERUND

INT: WILL + S + HAVE BEEN + GERUND?

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