Future Perfect Continuous Tense Structure has been provided here with rules of use and practical examples. This Future Perfect Continuous Tense Structure is an important topic in English Grammar as we need it for writing as well as speaking.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Continuous tense is used to express an action that is in progress for a certain period of time and will be finished in the future. For Example,
Example: By the next February, we shall have been living here in New York for two years.
Example: When Sumona gets her degree she will have been studying for five years.
In the above examples, the action words are ‘live’ and ‘study’. In the above examples, the actions are in progress for a certain period of time and they will be completed in the future. So, in such a situation, we can say the verbs in the above two sentences are in the Future Perfect Continuous Tense.
Rules of use of Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Rule 1
to indicate an action that has been happening for a certain period of time but the action will be completed in the future.
- Example: They will take a rest after they will have been working for five hours.
- Example: He will have been working hard before he succeeds.
Between two actions that will happen in the future, the one that happens for a certain period of time is in Future Perfect Continuous Tense, and the one that happens later is in Simple Future Tense or Simple Present Tense.
Rule 2
The Perfect Continuous Form will be placed before the word – “BEFORE” and after the word – “AFTER”.
- Example: I Shall have been finishing (Future Prefect Continuous form) homework before my father comes (Simple present form) from the office.
- Example: They will take (Simple future form)a rest after they will have been working (Future Prefect Continuous form) for five hours.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense Structure with Examples
Future Perfect Tense structure in different sentences has been presented in the following. Get them for practical use while speaking or writing.
Positive Sentence or Declarative Sentence
Structure
Subject + shall/will + Have+ Been + Verb + Ing + Object.
Table
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | I shall have been eating rice. | We shall have been eating rice. |
| 2nd | You will have been eating rice. | You will have been eating rice. |
| 3rd | He / She / (It) will have been eating rice. | They will have been eating rice. |
Note: We never use 'has' after 'shall' or 'will'.
Other Examples
- He will have been playing football for two hours.
- Students will have been making mistakes.
- You will have been reading history since morning.
- John will has been doing the work for four hours.
- We will have been chanting the mantras for half an hour.
Negative Sentence
Structure
Subject + shall/will + not + Have + Been + Verb + Ing + Object
Table
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | I shall not have been eating rice. | We shall not have been eating rice. |
| 2nd | You will not have been eating rice. | You will not have been eating rice. |
| 3rd | He / She / (It) will not have been eating rice. | They will not have been eating rice. |
Other Examples
- He will not have been playing football for two hours.
- Students will not have been making mistakes.
- You will not have been reading history since morning.
- John will not have been doing the work for four hours.
- We shall not have been chanting the mantras for half an hour.
Interrogative Sentence
Structure
Shall / Will + Subject+ Have + Been+ Verb + Ing + Object?
Table
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | Shall I Have been eating rice? | Shall we Have been eating rice? |
| 2nd | Will you Have been eating rice? | Will you Have been eating rice? |
| 3rd | Will he/she/(it) have been eating rice? | Will they have been eating rice? |
Other Examples
- Will he have been playing football for two hours?
- Will the students have been making mistakes?
- Will you have been reading history since morning?
- Will Smith have been doing the work for four hours?
- Shall we have been chanting the mantras for half an hour?
Negative-Interrogative Sentence
Structure
| Shall / Will + Subject( If Pronoun) + Not + Have + Been + Verb + Ing + Object? |
| Will + Not + Subject (If Noun)+ Have + Been + Verb + Ing+ Object? |
- If the Subject is “NOUN”, “Not” will be placed before “Subject”.
Example:- Will not Messi have been making a goal for Argentina?
- If the Subject is “PRONOUN”, “Not” will be placed after “Subject”.
Example:- Will they not have been completing the task?
Table
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | Shall I not have been eating rice? | Shall we not have been eating rice? |
| 2nd | Will you not have been eating rice? | Will you not have been eating rice? |
| 3rd | Will he/she/(it) not have been eating rice? | Will they not have been eating rice? |
Other Examples
- Will he not have been playing football for two hours?
- Will not students have been making mistakes?
- Will you not have been reading history since morning?
- Will not Rupa have been doing the work for four hours?
- Shall we not have been chanting the mantras for half an hour?
Change of Sentences in Future Perfect ContinuousTense
Exercise
1. Complete the following sentences with the Future Perfect Continuous forms of the Verbs given in brackets:
(I) Man …………….(try) to conquer diseases.
(ii) Rathin …………………(learm) English for five years.
(iii) It………………………. (rain) for three days.
(iv) The boy……………………. (lie) on the floor for three hours.
(v) His father ………………….. (work) in the post office for twenty years.
(vi) They ……………………….(study) French for three years.
(vii) She ……………………….. (read) David Copperfield this week.
(viii) I………………………….(write) letters all afternoon.
(ix) The baby …………………………………(cry) all the morning.
(x) You ………………………….. (live) in England since 1981.
(xi) Who……………………….. (teach) you Hindi recently?
(xii) What………… you…………. (do) since yesterday?
(xiii) How long that fire …………………….(burn)?
(xiv) His father ………………………….(wait) for you since eight o’clock.
(xv) My friend. ………………………… (be) ill for a long time.
