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05.12Core
Future Perfect Continuous
How long an action will have been going on by a future point.
The structure
Positive
Subject + will have been + V-ing
Negative
Subject + will not have been + V-ing
Question
Will + subject + have been + V-ing ?
When you use it
- To measure the duration of an action up to a future moment.
- The rarest of the twelve. Recognise it, use it only when duration is truly the point.
Words that signal this tense
by next monthfor two years by thenby the time
Examples
- By next month I will have been working here for two years.اگلے مہینے تک میں یہاں دو سال سے کام کر رہا ہوں گا۔
- She will have been studying for six hours by evening.شام تک وہ چھ گھنٹے سے پڑھ رہی ہوگی۔
- They will not have been living there very long.وہ وہاں زیادہ عرصے سے نہیں رہ رہے ہوں گے۔
- How long will you have been teaching by 2030?2030 تک تم کتنے عرصے سے پڑھا رہے ہو گے؟
- By the time the course ends, I will have been learning English for a year.کورس ختم ہونے تک میں ایک سال سے انگریزی سیکھ رہا ہوں گا۔
The mistake almost everyone makes
By June I will be working here for two years.
By June I will have been working here for two years.
Duration up to a future point needs will have been + -ing.