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Verb Tenses: The Future Perfect Continuous Created by Kathryn Reilly Verb Tense Background • Verbs change their form to allow writers to accurately describe events. • Verbs alert the reader if the action is in the past, present or future. • Within these three main time frames, actions can be further broken down. The Future Perfect Continuous Background • The future perfect continuous tense describes an event of some time being over in the future. • This tense is used to describe an action that a person is often involved in for a period of time. • This tense requires three auxiliary verbs: will, have and been. Creating the Future Perfect Continuous • To create the future perfect continuous: Subject + will + have + been + -ing verb I will have been teaching for twenty years next September. The war will have been raging for five years this winter. Future Perfect Continuous Examples • The future perfect continuous tense is used to describe a long event ending in the future. – At 46, she will have been dancing for over twenty years. – Next year the treasure will have been missing for three centuries. Be Aware… • …when phrasing a question in the future perfect continuous, will should begin the question followed by the subject. – Will I have been negotiating a cease fire for two years? • …contractions may be used when creating this tense. – She won’t have been writing for two years this June.
