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English grammar / Verbs / Future

FUTURE
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

FORM
The future perfect continuous is composed of two
elements
the future perfect of the verb "to be" (will
have been) + the present participle of the main
verb (base + ing)

Subject + will have + present

been participle

He will have been playing.

I will have been playing.

TO LIVE, FUTURE PERFECT

CONTINUOUS TENSE

Affirmative Negative Interrogative Negative

Interrogative

I will have I won't Will I have Won't I have

been living have been living? been living?
been
living

You will You Will you have Won't you

have been won't been living? have been
living have living?
been
living

He will have He won't Will he have Won't he

been living have been living? have been
been living?
living

We will We won't Will we have Won't we

have been have been living? have been
living been living?
living

They will They Will they have Won't they

have been won't been living? 
have been
living have living?
been
living

FUNCTION
Like the future perfect simple, this form is used to
project ourselves forward in time and to look
back. It refers to events or actions that are
currently unfinished but will be finished at some
future time. It is most often used with a time
expression.

EXAMPLES
I will have been waiting here for
three hours by six o'clock.
By 2001 I will have been living in
London for sixteen years.
When I finish this course, I will have
been learning English for twenty
years.
Next year I will have been working
here for four years.
When I come at 6:00, will you have
been practicing long?

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