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Future Perfect Continuous

Purpose: Describing something that starts BEFORE a future point in time AND will also be ongoing at that future point in time

Active voice: I’ve been here for nine years. By this time next year, I will have been working here for 10 years.

Pronunciation: will have been working = will’uv bin working

Passive voice: There is NO PASSIVE VOICE for any perfect continuous.


Future perfect vs future perfect continuous

Experience vs time

I have worked at three different companies in this industry. If I get this new job, I will have worked for 4 different companies in this industry.

  • Present perfect (have worked) and future perfect (will have worked) deal with experiences.

I have been working at Company X for three years. If I stay here for one more year, I will have been working here for four years.

  • Present perfect continuous (have been working) and future perfect continuous (will have been working) deal with time.

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