Future Perfect Progressive
- The Future Perfect Progressive connects the past and the present together by relating to an action that originates in the present and continues until a certain point in time in the future.
- Let’s examine the following sentence: “by the end of this year, I will have been working for this company for 3 years”. The speaker wants to imply that he will be experienced or will know a lot about the company by that point in time in the future or possibly will be interested in changing jobs. We connected between the present and a point in time in the future.
We use the Future Perfect Progressive to talk about:
- An extended process activity with a result in the future
- How long an activity has been going on from the present until the future
| By 12:00, I will have been walking on the Blvd. all morning, I won't have the energy to come play basketball. (process with result in the future) | By 6:00 p.m. she'll have been working in the garden for 8 straight hours, her back will probably hurt, she won't be able to come help you move. (process with result in the future) |
| By the end of this year, I will have been working as a teacher for 10 years straight, that's a lot! (how long an activity has been going on into the future) | By June next year, they will have been working for Intel for 15 years! (how long an activity has been going on into the future) |
Future Progressive Structure:
I:
I will have been studying at Bright English.
I will not have been studying at Bright English.
Will I have been studying at Bright English?
We:
Ben and I (we) will have been studying at Bright English.
We will not have been studying at Bright English.
Will we have been studying at Bright English?
You:
You will have been studying at Bright English.
You will not have been studying at Bright English.
Will you have been studying at Bright English?
They:
Ben and Maya (they) will have been studying at Bright English.
They will not have been studying at Bright English.
Will they have been studying at Bright English?
He:
Ben (he) will have been studying at Bright English.
He will not have been studying at Bright English.
Will he have been studying at Bright English?
She:
Maya (she) will have been studying at Bright English.
She will not have been studying at Bright English.
Will she have studying at Bright English?
It:
It (the computer) will have been studying well.
It will not have been studying well.
Will it have been studying well?
Future Perfect Progressive Rules:
Subject + will + have + been + verb.ing
- We use -won’t have to make negatives (see table above)
- We use – will + subject + have to make questions (see table above)
- We do not usually use the Future Perfect Progressive with verbs such as understand, own, dis(like), belong, know which describe unchanging states. (I will have been owning a big car × incorrect)
Common time experessions in the Future Perfect Progressive:
by 2008,2009, by the end of _______ , ever, for, since, already, yet.
