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    Future Perfect Progressive Tense

    The future perfect progressive tense is also called the future perfect continuous tense. It refers to actions that will be ongoing up until a point in the future.

    It doesn’t matter when the activity started, but it will continue for a specific period.

    Example

    By December, I will have been driving after my driving school graduation.

    Exception: You cannot use non action verbs to make sentences in the future perfect continuous tense

    Examples

    I will have read 20 books by the end of the year.

    We will have known each other for 20 weeks by February 2023.

    future perfect progressive tense formula

    How to make a negative future perfect progressive tense sentence

    This is done by using the auxiliary not before the sentence structure

    Example

    She will not have been studying by the time we get to campus.

    They will not have been cooking by 10 am. It is very early.

    How to ask future perfect progressive questions

    This is done by using the auxiliary will + subject + sentence structure.

    Example

    Will you have been working here for ten years by July?

    Will Juliana have been studying for four years by next year?

    What will Celine have been doing?

    Exercise

    How long ………………… (work) here when he retires?

    How long ………………….. (court) her before their engagement?

    I will be tired by 6 pm because I ………………. (cook) seven dishes.

    We ………………. (wait) for a long by the time the train arrives.

    Peter ……………. (play) his final game when we go to pick him up from the amusement park.

    They ……………… (dance) throughout the rehearsals, and they will need some sodas.

    We ………………… (wed) for three months now, if not because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    She ………….. (apply) for jobs today if not for the recent appointment.

    How many weeks …………… (work) on this project?

    Self Practice

    Use the verbs below and make sentences

    Travel

    Work

    Swim

    Drink

    Drive

    Sleep

    Sing

    Live

    Grow

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