Future Perfect Progressive Tense  in English

1. In the English, the future perfect progressive tense uses 4 kinds of verbs, 3 auxiliary verbs and 1 main verb.
2. - Auxiliary verb “will” does not changes according to the subject.
   - Auxiliary verb “have” always stays in the base form.
   - Main verb – Add –ing to base form the verb of the main verb.
3. In English, for negative sentences “not” is added between the auxiliary verb”Will” and the main verb. See chart.
4. In English, for questions the order of the sentence is changed. The verb “will” comes first, then the subject. See chart.

Positive Sentences Using The Future Perfect Progressive Tense

Examples:

1. In ten minutes I will have been waiting 1 hour for the bus.
2. We have been working here 10 years in June.
3. Robert will have been living in France for 1 year next month.
4. We will have been saving money for many years, by the time you need to go to college.
5. It will have been raining for a long time, when the rain finally stops.

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      Negative Sentences Using The Future Perfect Progressive Tense

Examples:

1. I have not been waiting even 10 ten minutes for you to come.
2. The cookies have not been baking 5 minutes. It takes time till they are done.
3. I have not been studying for many years; I guess it is time to go back to school.
4. We have not been living in this house for 2 weeks, and already the walls are dirty.
5. This car has not been working properly for the last few years, I think it is time to buy a new car.

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       Questions The Future Perfect Progressive Tense

Examples:

1. Will I have been working here long enough to get an extra week vacation this summer?
2. Will we have been living in the states long enough to get citizenship next year?
3. Will the children have slept enough if I wake them up when I come?