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?
- The future perfect continuous verb tense uses 4 kinds of verbs, 3 auxiliary verbs and 1 main verb.
- - The auxiliary
verb "will" does not change according to the subject.
- The auxiliary verb "have" always stays in the base form.
- -ing is added to the base form of the main verb. - For negative sentences "not" is added between the auxiliary verb "will" and the main verb. See chart.
- For questions the order of the sentence is changed. The verb "will" comes first, then the subject. See chart.
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
- 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?
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