Future Perfect
Progressive Tense
(also called
Future Perfect Continuous)
The Future Perfect Progressive is not a very common
tense in
English. But you should know it well, and understand it when it is used.
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PERFECT here means "complete, finished".
The Future Perfect Progressive is a form
of the verb that shows the action will continue up
until some time in the future.
It does not mean the action will be "perfect" (100%). It means the
action will be
finished.
Here
are the
different usages of this tense:
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Examples
of
Typical Time Expressions
An action that will continue up
until some time in the future
(The verbs are
in bold)
They will have been
walking for 2 hours by the time they get home.

In October, he will have been working
here for a year.

By the end of
the night, he will have
been performing for 5 hours.

Joe will be tired when he
returns because
he will have been playing
outside the whole afternoon.

Mark will
become a better dancer after the lessons, because
he will have been
practicing dancing for 3 weeks.

When I leave the beach, I will have been sunbathing
for 2 hours.

At the end of the night,
Laura will be very professional, even though
she will have been
working for the entire evening.

Examples of
Typical Time Expressions
- For
- Since
- All morning
- All day

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