Future Perfect Continuous Tense in English Grammar
Future Perfect Continuous Tense in English Grammar
Future Perfect Continuous Tense āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ tense āϝāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤā§āϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϤāĻā§āώāĻŖ āϧāϰ⧠āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ Bengali learnersāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻŋ advanced āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŦ useful tense, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ formal writing, exam writing, future planning āĻāĻŦāĻ duration-focused sentence-āĻ âI will have been studying for two hoursâ, âShe will have been working since morningâ, âThey will have been waiting for thirty minutesââāĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ sentence āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ lesson-āĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ future perfect continuous tense meaning, uses, structure, will have been + V-ing rule, since/for rules, by the time, before, common mistakes, practice āĻāĻŦāĻ quiz āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤
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Grammar Series Navigation
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Future Perfect Continuous Tense āĻā§?
Future Perfect Continuous Tense is used to show that an action will have been continuing for a period of time before a specific time or another action in the future.
Previous Lesson-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ Connection
Lesson #26-āĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ Future Perfect Tense āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āύ, āϝāĻžāϰ structure āĻšāϞ⧠will have + V3 āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ future-āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻŽā§ā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ complete āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ Future Perfect Continuous Tense completion āύā§, āĻŦāϰāĻ duration/process focus āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§ future-āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻŽā§ā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻā§āώāĻŖ āϧāϰ⧠āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§âāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
Future Perfect Continuous Tense-āĻāϰ main structure āĻšāϞ⧠Subject + will have been + V-ing. āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠will have been āϏāĻŦ subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ main verb-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ -ing āϝā§āĻ āĻšā§āĨ¤
She will have been working since morning by the time we arrive.
They will have been waiting for thirty minutes before the bus comes.
We will have been learning grammar for many weeks by the end of this series.
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠will have been studying, will have been working, will have been waiting, āĻāĻŦāĻ will have been learning future perfect continuous tense.
Uses of Future Perfect Continuous Tense
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ card-āĻā§āϞā§āϤ⧠click āĻāϰāϞ⧠future perfect continuous tense-āĻāϰ use āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Before Future Time
For two hours by 8 pm.
Before Future Action
Before / by the time.
Future Cause
Why something will happen.
Future Progress
Learning, working, improving.
Long Duration
For years, since 2025.
Formal Planning
Course, project, progress.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense Structure
Positive, negative āĻāĻŦāĻ question structure āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
| Sentence Type | Structure | Example | Bangla Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Subject + will have been + V-ing + Object + since/for | I will have been studying for two hours by 8 pm. | āϰāĻžāϤ ā§ŽāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϧāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ |
| Negative | Subject + will not have been + V-ing | She will not have been working for long. | āϏ⧠āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§ āϧāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ |
| Question | Will + Subject + have been + V-ing? | Will they have been waiting for long? | āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āĻāĻā§āώāĻŖ āϧāϰ⧠āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§? |
| Wh-Question | Wh-word + will + Subject + have been + V-ing? | How long will you have been learning English? | āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧠English āĻļāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§? |
| Before Future Action | Future Perfect Continuous + before + Present Simple | We will have been practicing before the exam starts. | Exam āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž practice āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ |
Very Important Rule
Future Perfect Continuous Tense-āĻ main structure āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ will have been + V-ing. Correct: I will have been studying. Wrong: I will have studying / I will have been study.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense Rules
āĻāĻ tense āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠will have been, V-ing, since/for, by āĻāĻŦāĻ future deadline clear āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Basic Rule
Future perfect continuous tense-āĻāϰ structure āĻšāϞ⧠Subject + will have been + V-ing.
She will have been working.
They will have been waiting.
Will Have Been + V-ing Rule
āϏāĻŦ subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ will have been āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠main verb V-ing āĻšā§āĨ¤
He will have been studying.
They will have been studying.
We will have been studying.
Since / For Rule
Since starting point āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ For duration āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ Future perfect continuous tense-āĻ duration āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠since/for āĻā§āĻŦ important.
for two hours, for five years, for a long time
By 10 pm, she will have been working for six hours.
By next year, I will have been learning English since 2024.
By / Before Rule
By future deadline āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ Before āĻŦāĻž by the time āĻ āύā§āϝ future action-āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ duration āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
Before the class starts, we will have been waiting for ten minutes.
By the time you arrive, I will have been cooking for an hour.
Future Perfect vs Future Perfect Continuous
Future perfect completion/result focus āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ Future perfect continuous duration/process focus āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
I will have been studying for two hours by 8 pm. = duration/process
She will have written three pages. = quantity/result
She will have been writing for an hour. = duration
Stative Verbs Usually Avoid Continuous
Know, believe, like, love, understand, own, needâāĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ stative verbs āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ continuous form-āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
By next year, I will have been knowing him for five years. â
She will have liked English for many years. â
She will have been liking English for many years. â
Common Time Expressions with Future Perfect Continuous
āĻāĻ tense-āĻ by, before, by the time, for āĻāĻŦāĻ since āĻā§āĻŦ common.
| Time Expression | Use | Example | Bangla Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| by 8 pm | Future deadline | By 8 pm, I will have been studying for two hours. | āϰāĻžāϤ ā§ŽāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϧāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ |
| by tomorrow | Future point | By tomorrow, she will have been working for three days. | āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϏ⧠āϤāĻŋāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤ |
| by the time | Before another future action | By the time you arrive, we will have been waiting for an hour. | āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϧāϰ⧠āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ |
| for two hours | Duration | He will have been running for two hours by then. | āϤāϤāĻā§āώāĻŖā§ āϏ⧠āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϧāϰ⧠āĻĻā§ā§āĻžāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤ |
| since morning | Starting point | She will have been studying since morning by 5 pm. | āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϞ ā§ĢāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϏ⧠āϏāĻāĻžāϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤ |
| for many years | Long duration | By 2030, they will have been living here for many years. | ⧍ā§Ļā§Šā§Ļ āϏāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻāϰ āϧāϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤ |
Bengali LearnersāĻĻā§āϰ Common Future Perfect Continuous Mistakes
āĻāĻ tense-āĻ learnersāϰāĻž will have been, V-ing, since/for āĻāĻŦāĻ future perfect confusion āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻā§āϞ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
I will have studying for two hours. â
I will have been studying for two hours. â
Future perfect continuous tense-āĻ will have been + V-ing āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
She will have been work since morning. â
She will have been working since morning. â
Been-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠main verb V-ing āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
They will have been waited for an hour. â
They will have been waiting for an hour. â
Will have been-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠V3 āύā§, V-ing āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
I will have been studying since two hours. â
I will have been studying for two hours. â
Duration āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠for āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Will you have been study? â
Will you have been studying? â
Question form-āĻāĻ been-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠V-ing āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
I will have been knowing him for years. â
I will have known him for years. â
Know stative verb, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ continuous form āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
Future Perfect Continuous Tense Practice
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ exercises āĻāϰ⧠future perfect continuous tense practice āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
A. Choose the Correct Form
B. Make Negative and Question
C. Quick Quiz
This Lesson Belongs to These Grammar Topics
Main Grammar homepage-āĻāϰ card/topic structure-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻ lesson connect āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤
Tense
āĻāĻ lesson tense category-āĻāϰ final detailed lesson.
Future Perfect Continuous
Future-āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāϤāĻā§āώāĻŖ āϧāϰ⧠action āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
Since / For
Starting point āĻāĻŦāĻ duration āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠since/for āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤
Advanced Writing
Formal planning, academic writing āĻāĻŦāĻ future progress āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠useful.
EngLrn Grammar Lesson Sequence
āĻāĻ lessonāĻāĻŋ Grammar Series-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāϤāĻžāĻļāϤāĻŽ lesson āĻāĻŦāĻ main tense series-āĻāϰ final lesson āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ tracked āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤
Tense Series Complete!
āĻāĻ lesson complete āĻāϰāϞ⧠EngLrn Grammar-āĻāϰ main Tense series āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ Grammar Lesson #28: Active and Passive Voice in English Grammar āĻĒā§ā§āύāĨ¤
Future Perfect Continuous Tense āύāĻŋā§ā§ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ
Beginner learnersāĻĻā§āϰ common questions-āĻāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰāĨ¤
Future Perfect Continuous Tense āĻā§?
Future Perfect Continuous Tense āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ tense āϝāĻž future-āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϤāĻā§āώāĻŖ āϧāϰ⧠āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Future Perfect Continuous Tense-āĻāϰ structure āĻā§?
Basic structure āĻšāϞ⧠Subject + will have been + V-ing. Example: I will have been studying. She will have been working.
Will have been-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻā§āύ verb form āĻŦāϏā§?
Will have been-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ V-ing āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ Correct: will have been studying, will have been working, will have been waiting.
Future Perfect āĻāĻŦāĻ Future Perfect Continuous-āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻā§?
Future Perfect result āĻŦāĻž completion focus āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ Future Perfect Continuous duration āĻŦāĻž process focus āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻā§āύ lesson āĻĒā§āĻŦ?
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ Active and Passive Voice in English Grammar āĻĒā§āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ tense āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠voice transformation āĻļā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ logical next step.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense in English Grammar for Bengali Learners
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻ Bengali learnersāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ Future Perfect Continuous Tense in English Grammar āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ Future perfect continuous tense āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤā§āϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧠action āĻāϤāĻā§āώāĻŖ āϧāϰ⧠āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Will have been + V-ing structure, positive, negative and question forms, since and for rules, by, before, by the time, future perfect vs future perfect continuous difference, stative verb mistakes āĻāĻŦāĻ practice exercises āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ learners English speaking, writing āĻāĻŦāĻ grammar accuracy improve āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
