Future Perfect Continuous

Formación

El "future perfect continuous" está compuesto por dos elementos:
el "future perfect" del verbo "to be" (will have been) + el "present participle" del verbo principal (raíz + ing)

Sujeto + will have been + "present participle" del verbo principal
He will have been playing.
I will have been playing.
To live, "future perfect continuous"
Afirmativa Negativa Interrogativa Negativa interrogativa
I will have been living I won't have been living Will I have been living? Won't I have been living?
You will have been living You won't have been living Will you have been living? Won't you have been living?
He will have been living He won't have been living Will he have been living? Won't he have been living?
We will have been living We won't have been living Will we have been living? Won't we have been living?
They will have been living They won't have been living Will they have been living? Won't they have been living?

Funciones

Al igual que el "future perfect", empleamos este tiempo verbal para proyectarnos hacia el futuro y echar la vista atrás. El "future perfect continuous" se refiere a eventos o acciones inacabadas, situadas entre el momento presente y un tiempo futuro. La mayoría de las veces se acompaña de expresiones temporales.

Ejemplos
  • I will have been waiting here for three hours by six o'clock.
  • By 2001 I will have been living in London for sixteen years.
  • When I finish this course, I will have been learning English for twenty years.
  • Next year I will have been working here for four years.
  • When I come at 6:00, will you have been practicing long?