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Future Continuous Verb Tense Chart

 

What is the structure of the future perfect continuous verb tense?

The basic structure of the present continuous tense is stateded in the chart:

Subject

+

+

+

+

-

-

 

will

-

have

-

been

 

verb + -ing

 


How to build sentences using the future perfect verb continuous tense?

Positive Sentences

Subject

+

Auxiliary Verb "will"

+

Auxiliary Verb "have"

+

Auxiliary Verb "been"

+

Main Verb

+

Continue the Sentence

I, We, They, You, He, She, it , Singular Nouns
 Plural Nouns

Uncountable Nouns

+

will

+

have

+

been

+

verb + -ing

+

-

Examples:

  • In ten minutes I will have been waiting 1 hour for the bus.
  • We have been working here for 10 years in June.
  • Robert will have been living in France for 1 year next month.
  • We will have been saving money for many years, by the time you need to go to college.
  • It will have been raining for a long time when the rain finally stops.

Negative Sentences

Subject

+

Auxiliary Verb "Will"

+

not

+

Auxiliary Verb "Have"

+

Auxiliary Verb "to be"

+

Main Verb

+

Continue the Sentence

I, We, They, You, Plural Nouns
He, She, It
Singular Nouns
Uncountable Nouns

+

will

+

not

+

have

+

been

+

going

+

-

Examples:

  • I have not been waiting a long time.
  • The cookies have not been baking 5 minutes. It takes them time before they are done.
  • I have not been studying for many years; I guess it is time to go back to school.
  • We have not been living in this house for 2 weeks, and already the walls are dirty.
  • This car has not been working properly for the last few years, I think it is time to buy a new car.

Questions

Auxiliary Verb "Will"

+

Subject

+

Auxiliary Verb "Have"

+

Auxiliary Verb "to be"

+

Main Verb

+

Continue the Sentence

Will

+

I, we, they, you, plural nouns
he, she, it ,
singular nouns
uncountable nouns

+

have

+

been

+

verb + -ing

+

-

Examples:

  • Will I have been working here long enough to get an extra week vacation this summer?
  • Will we have been living in the states long enough to get citizenship next year?
  • Will the children have slept enough, if I wake them up when I come?