Future Perfect Continuous

Formação

O tempo verbal "future perfect continuous" é composto por dois elementos:
o "future perfect" do verbo "to be" (will have been) + o "present participle" do verbo principal (radical + "ing").

Sujeito + will have been + "present participle"
He will have been playing.
I will have been playing.
To live no "future perfect continuous"
Afirmativa Negativa Interrogativa Interrogativa Negativa
I will have been living I won't have been living Will I have been living? Won't I have been living?
You will have been living You won't have been living Will you have been living? Won't you have been living?
He will have been living He won't have been living Will he have been living? Won't he have been living?
We will have been living We won't have been living Will we have been living? Won't we have been living?
They will have been living They won't have been living Will they have been living? Won't they have been living?

Funções

Assim como o "future perfect", utilizamos esse tempo verbal para nos projetar ao futuro e olhar para trás. Ele indica eventos ou ações não concluídos, situados em um período entre o presente e o futuro. Seu uso é mais frequente junto a expressões temporais.

Exemplos
  • I will have been waiting here for three hours by six o'clock.
  • By 2001 I will have been living in London for sixteen years.
  • When I finish this course, I will have been learning English for twenty years.
  • Next year I will have been working here for four years.
  • When I come at 6:00, will you have been practicing long?