Future Perfect Progressive Tense (with Examples)

The future perfect progressive tense is used for an on-going action that will be completed at some specified time in the future.

Examples of the Future Progressive Tense

Here are some examples of the future perfect progressive tense (shaded):

In July next year, you will have been studying for three years.
I will have been playing poker for 30 years by then.

Of course, you can also have the negative version, which is formed "will not have been" + [present participle]:

In July next year, you will not have been studying for three years.
I will not have been playing poker for 30 years by then.

And, the question versions:

In July next year, will you have been studying for 3 years?
Will I have been playing poker for 30 years by then?

Forming the Future Progressive Tense

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Other Future Tenses

The future perfect progressive tense is one of four future tenses. They are:

The 4 Future Tenses	Example
simple future tense	I will go
future progressive tense	I will be going
future perfect tense	I will have gone
future perfect progressive	I will have been going

Forming the Future Perfect Progressive Tense

The future perfect progressive tense is formed:

will have been + [present participle]

For example:

At 10 pm, I will have been swimming for a six hours.
They will have been talking for two hours by then.

The last word in each example above (i.e., the one that ends ing) is known as a present participle. It is formed like this:

Add ing to most verbs:

play > playing
shout > shouting

For verbs that end e, remove the e and add ing:

prepare > preparing
ride > riding

For verbs that end ie, change the ie to y and add ing:

lie > lying
untie > untying

For verbs whose last syllable is written [consonant-vowel-consonant] and is stressed, double the final consonant and add ing:

run > running
forget > forgetting

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