studying magic for 5 years when she moves to Greendale next April. WHEN DO I USE IT? Future perfect continuous is used to indicate that something you started in the past or you are doing at present will continue up to another action or moment in the future.
“I will have been
working in this company for 15 years by 2023” WHEN DO I USE IT? To show cause and effect.
“I’m not worried about the exams as I’ll have been
studying in the “Other Reign” for several weeks before”. REMEMBER! We cannot use a continuous form with State verbs show feelings or states, state verbs. such as love, be, forget, etc. When used in continuous form, we are changing the meaning of the verb. STRUCTURES
AFF: S + WILL HAVE BEEN + GERUND
NEG: S + WILL NOT (WON’T) HAVE BEEN +
GERUND
INT: WILL + S + HAVE BEEN + GERUND?
YOU CAN REPLACE “WILL” WITH “GOING TO!” “Sabrina is going to have been studying magic for 5 years when she moves to Greendale next April” WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO TENSES? FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE CONTINUOUS Finished action when Actions in progress the moment comes. when the moment State and actions verbs. comes. Predictions focused on Only actions verbs. result. Predictions focused on the lenght of the action. THANK YOU!