Future Perfect Continuous Tense

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What is the Future Perfect Continuous tense used for?

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The Future Perfect Continuous tense is used to describe an action that will have been ongoing for a duration of time before a specific point in the future.

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How is the Future Perfect Continuous tense formed?

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The Future Perfect Continuous tense is formed using 'will have been' + the present participle (verb+ing).

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Provide an example of a sentence in the Future Perfect Continuous tense.

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By next year, I will have been working at this company for five years.

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What is the structure of a negative sentence in the Future Perfect Continuous tense?

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The structure is 'subject + will not have been + present participle (verb+ing).'

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How do you form a question in the Future Perfect Continuous tense?

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To form a question, invert the subject and 'will': 'Will + subject + have been + present participle (verb+ing)?'

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What is the difference between Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous tenses?

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Future Perfect indicates a completed action by a certain future time, while Future Perfect Continuous emphasizes the duration of an ongoing action up to that future time.

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What is the time reference typically used with the Future Perfect Continuous tense?

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Time references such as 'by then', 'by next year', or 'soon' are commonly used.

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Can the Future Perfect Continuous tense be used with stative verbs?

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No, the Future Perfect Continuous tense is not typically used with stative verbs, as they do not express actions that can be ongoing.

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What is the role of 'been' in the Future Perfect Continuous tense?

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'Been' is the past participle of 'be' and is used to indicate the continuous aspect of the action.

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What is an example of a question using the Future Perfect Continuous tense?

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Will they have been studying for three hours by the time the exam starts?