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FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
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Usage:
• When the action is continuous
By the end of the month he will have been studying here for five years.
Future Perfect Continuous is normally used with
 for
to describe a period 
of time which precedes a point in the future
We’ll have been living here for three years in September.
NOTE:
Future Perfect Continuous is often used with such verbs as: learn, lie, 
live, rain, sit, wait and work to say that what is in progress now will be in 
progress in the future
By this time next week, I will have been working on this book for a year.
Exercise 32. Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable tense. In some cases, 
more that one form may be possible. Comment on the use of each form.
1. – ______________you (go) on the trip to Berlin tomorrow?
– Yes, What time ___________ the coach (leave) in the morning?
– 7.45, so I ___________(get up) early.
2. – Where____________ your class (go) for your end-of-course trip?
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This tense is not very common in English. 

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– To St. Petersburg. We ______________ (leave) on June 23rd, the day the 
term ends.
– How long _____________ (stay) there?
– About ten days.
3. – Well, I __________(go) to the office now. I ____________(meet) you this 
evening outside the cinema.
– OK. _________ you (take) your umbrella? It ____________ (rain) later 
in the day.
– I’m sure you (enjoy) the film this evening. It’s very good.
– I know. The only trouble is that it _____________ (start) at 6.45 pm.
4. – Can you give Joe a message for me?
– Sure. I ___________ (see) him at the meeting this evening.
5. – This light doesn’t work. The bulb is probably burned out. Where are the 
new light bulbs?
– I _________ (get) one for you.
6. – When are you leaving for Florida?
–Tomorrow. Just think! Two days from now I __________(lie) on the beach 
in the sun.
– Sounds great! I _____________(think) about you.
7. – ______________ you (see) your parents this Saturday? 
– Sure. Why?
– Don’t forget to give my love to them.
8. I know I ____________ never (write) as well as my sister.
9. – What ____________ you (do) after class?
– I_________ (eat) at the cafeteria with Cindy. Do you want to join us?
10. It’s very stuffy in here. _________ I (open) the window?
11. – _____________ Sue (be) free at 11.30?
– No, she ____________ (give) a press conference at that time.
12. Don’t worry. I _____________ (pay) you the money tomorrow.
13. The damage we are doing to our environment today ______________
(affect) the quality of life of future generations.
14. It ______________(rain) tomorrow.
15. – I don’t feel very well this evening.
– _____________ I (look) after the children for you?
16. – What do you want to be when you grow up? 
– I _____________ (be) an astronaut.
17. By that time we ____________ (do) all the job.
18. – Are you going to be in town next Saturday? 
– No, I _____________ (visit) my aunt in Perm.

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19. The committee __________(leave) Stockholm on Sunday morning, 
__________(arrive) in Australia on Monday, and ____________(start) 
work on Tuesday.
20. Don’t go out without a coat on. You ________________(catch) a cold.
21. I can’t go out with you on Saturday. I __________(meet) a friend.
22. – Do you think she ______________ (pass) her driving test?
– I’m afraid not. She’s too nervous.