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. (American and British English)
- How long an activity has been going on from the present until the future. (American and British English)
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 Perfect Progressive Structure:
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I will (I’ll) have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
I will not have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
Will I have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August? |
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Yoni and I will (we’ll) have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
We will not have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
Will we have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August? |
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You will (you’ll) have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
You will not have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
Will you have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August? |
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The men will (they’ll) have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
They will not have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
Will they have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August? |
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Ben will (he’ll) have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
He will not have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
Will he have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August? |
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Maya will (she’ll) have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
She will not have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August. |
Will she have been studying at Bright English for 3 months by the end of August? |
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The computer will (it’ll) have been studying well for 3 months by the end of August. |
It will not have been studying well for 3 months by the end of August. |
Will it have been studying well for 3 months by the end of August? |
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.
Future Perfect Simple
- The Future Perfect Simple connects the present and the future together by relating to an action that starts in the present but will have been completed and will have a result\implication in the future.
- Let’s examine the following sentence: “I will have seen the new Star Wars movie by the end of this month. The speakers is maybe trying to tell us that he will have watched all the movies in the series by the end of the month or that alternatively he will be able to tell us something about it once he’s finished watching it (We connected the present and the future together - the beginning of the month and its end).
We use the Future Perfect Simple to talk about:
- Accomplishments up until a point in time in the future. (American and British English)
- Superlatives in the future. (American and British English)
- Situations – from the present until a point in time in the future. (American and British English)
- How much will have been completed of a task. (American and British English)
- Changes that will affect the future. (American and British English)
- How many times something will have happened until a point in time in the future. (American and British English)
By the end of this course, I will have learned all the tenses. (future accomplishments) | Schumacher is in the lead and it seems certain he’s going to win; he will have won the grand prix 3 times by the end of this race. (future accomplishments) |
I’m really enjoying teaching this course, if nothing changes, it will have been the course that I’ve ever taught. (superlatives in the future) | If the stock price keeps rising, this will have been the best investment I have ever made. (superlatives in the future) |
By 2012, I will have been in New York for 15 years. (how long a situation will be true until a point in time in the future) | This coming June, I will have known Jack for 9 years. (how long a situation will be true until a point in time in the future) |
By the end of next week, we will have been to Haifa and Tel Aviv, but we will not have visited Jerusalem yet. (Task completion until a point in time in the future) | By 17:00, I will have prepared the food, called the guests, but I will not have made the cake. (Task completion until a point in time in the future) |
By December, the weather will have become colder. (Completed changes until a point in time in the future) | By 2015, the cost of living will have doubled itself. (Completed changes until a point in time in the future) |
I assume that by the end of December, it will have rained at least 10 times and the Kinneret will be quite full. (How many times something will have happened until a point in time in the future) | At the end of this year, the students will have taken this test twice. (How many times something will have happened until a point in time in the future) |
Future Perfect Simple Structure:
I will have studied at Bright English. | I will not have studied at Bright English. | Will I have studied at Bright English? |
Yoni and I will (we’ll) have studied at Bright English. | We will not have studied at Bright English. | Will we have studied at Bright English? |
You will have studied at Bright English. | You will not have studied at Bright English. | Will you have studied at Bright English? |
The men will (they’ll) have studied at Bright English. | They will not have studied at Bright English. | Will they have studied at Bright English? |
Ben will (he’ll) have studied at Bright English. | He will not have studied at Bright English. | Will he have studied at Bright English? |
Maya will (she’ll) have studied at Bright English. | She will not have studied at Bright English. | Will she have studied at Bright English? |
The computer will (it’ll) have studied well. | It will not have studied well. | Will it have studied well? |
Future Perfect Simple Rules:
subject + will + have + v3
By tomorrow, I will have seen all the movies in the library.
- We use the d,ed,ied verb form in regular verbs instead of the v3(broken). (I will have studied).
- Unlike do,does,did, have\has auxiliaries do not cancel conjugation of the main verb.
– I won’t (will not) see all the movies in the library. (see- the main verb in the sentence)
– I don’t (do not) usually see all the movies in the library. (see- the main verb in the sentence)
– I didn’t (did not) see all the movies in the library. (see – the main verb in the sentence)
– I won’t (will not) have seen all the movies in the library by next week. (see – the main verb in the sentence)
Common time expressions in the Future Perfect Simple:
by 2008,2009, by the end of _______ , ever, for, since, already, yet.
