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Grammar
What tense is used to talk about things that will have happened and continue to happen in the future?
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The tense used to talk about things that will have happened and continue to happen in the future is the future perfect tense.
The future perfect tense is used to describe an action that will be completed before a certain point in the future. It is formed by using “will have” + the past participle of the verb.
For example:
- By the end of the year, I will have graduated from college.
- By 2025, the company will have established operations in 10 countries.
- By this time next month, I will have finished writing my novel.
The future perfect tense indicates that something will be completed or have happened by a specific time in the future. It’s useful for describing actions or events that will be finished before some future point in time.
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To talk about things that will have happened and continue to happen in the future, you generally use the future perfect continuous tense. This tense is used to describe an ongoing action that will be happening up until a certain point in the future.
Here’s how it’s formed:
Subject + will have been + present participle (verb+ing)
For example:
“By next year, I will have been working here for five years.”
“By the time you arrive, we will have been waiting for over an hour.”
In these sentences, the actions (working and waiting) are continuous up until a future point in time.
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