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Future Perfect Continuous

Structure and Usage

Future Perfect Continuous
The future perfect continuous is used to express the duration of an action up to a future point in time. This tense is not commonly used in English.

This tense is often used with the following time expressions:

... by / ... by the time ...

Basic Construction

Positive

Subject + will + have + been + verb + ing + object(s) + time Expression

We will have been studying for two hours by the time he arrives.

Negative

Subject + will not (won't) + have + been + verb + ing + object(s) + time Expression

He won't have been working long by two o'clock.

Question

(Question Word) + will + subject + have + been + verb + ing + object(s) + time Expression

How long will you have been working on that project by the time he arrives?

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