Tenses advanced hard
Duration of an action up to a future point.
Tenses — Expressing time: present, past and future.
1. Form: will have been + verb-ing — She will have been working. 2. Use for how long something will have been happening by a future moment: By June, I will have been working here for five years. 3. Signal words: by, for, since. 4. Rare in speech; mainly formal writing and exams.
Future perfect continuous combines duration with a future viewpoint: at some future time, the action will still be ongoing and will have lasted X.
हिंदी में
Future perfect continuous — will have been + -ing। किसी future समय तक क्रिया कितनी देर से चल रही होगी।
Q1. Fill in the blank: "By the end of the month, I ___ (save) enough money."
Answer: will have been saving
💡 Ongoing saving up to a future point → will have been + -ing.
Q2. Choose the correct form: "By sunset, we ___ on the road for twelve hours."
Answer: will have been travelling
💡 Duration up to a future time → will have been + -ing.
Q3. Translate into English: "कल सुबह तक, वे पूरी रात काम कर रहे होंगे।"
Answer: By tomorrow morning, they will have been working all night.
💡 Duration up to a future morning → will have been + -ing.
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Open Future Perfect Continuous lesson → Free practice — Sign up| Topic | Level | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Present Simple | elementary | Habits, facts and routines in the present. |
| Present Continuous | elementary | Actions happening now or around now. |
| Present Perfect | intermediate | Past actions connected to the present. |
| Present Perfect Continuous | intermediate | Actions that started in the past and continue to now. |
| Past Simple | elementary | Completed actions in finished time. |
| Past Continuous | intermediate | Actions in progress at a point in the past. |
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