Lesson 13
Future perfect continuous
Perhaps the least common of our 12 tenses is the future perfect. It uses “will have been” and the present participle.
| Positive | Negative | Question |
| I will have been learning. | I won’t have been learning. | Will I have been learning? |
| You will have been learning. | You won’t have been learning. | Will you have been learn ing? |
| We will have been learning. | We won’t have been learning. | Will we have been learn ing? |
| They will have been learning. | They won’t have been learning. | Will they have been learning? |
| He will have been learning. | He won’t have been learn ing. | Will he have been learn ing? |
| She will have been learning. | She won’t have been learning. | Will she have been learning? |
| It will have been learning. | It won’t have been learning. | Will it have been learning? |
When to Use Future Perfect Continuous
This tense is used to speak about a point in the future when an action will have been taking place but is not yet finished. It is quite commonly used with “for” to highlight the period of time that the action has been taking place. It may also be used with a marker for the time that is being referred to.
- I will have been studying for five years by the time I
- She will have been working for forty-eight hours by the time she finally