In this section you will find information about the different uses of the future perfect continuous tense with examples.
Uses of the Future Perfect Progressive Tense
To put emphasis on the duration of an ongoing event up to a specific time in the future.
By the end of the weekend, we will have been living in Korea for five years.
By the end of the year, I will have been teaching for twenty years.
Next month I will have been working as manager at the company for 2 years.
To put emphasis on the duration of an ongoing event before another event occurs in the future.
I will have been preparing dinner for three hours by the time they get home.
By the time the tour starts, they will have been giving concerts for two weeks.
We will have been waiting for the bus for 30 minutes by the time it arrives.
In the following table, you will find information about the structure of the future perfect continuous or progressive tense and positive, negative and interrogative sentences.
More information about English verb tenses here.