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Read the sentence given below.

• They had been demanding an apology from the minister when the police arrested them.

¾ To make a negative sentence, we add had not + been before the present participle form of
the main verb.

Read the sentence given below.

• Grandfather had not been having his regular medicines.
¾ To make an interrogative sentence, we add had before subject + been followed by the
present participle form of the main verb.

Read the sentence given below.

• Had you been paying attention to what I was saying?
Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense is used:

¾ to explain an activity that will be completed by a certain time in the future.
Read the sentence given below.

• The coconut tree will have grown by the end of this year.

Sentence Formation in Future Perfect Tense
¾ To make a positive sentence, we add will have before the past participle form of the main
verb.

Read the sentence given below.
• We will have completed our training by the end of this month.

¾ To make a negative sentence, we add will not + have before the past participle form of the
main verb.
Read the sentence given below.

• They will not have arrived by the time the show starts.

¾ To make an interrogative sentence, we add will before subject + have followed by the past
participle form of the main verb.
Read the sentence given below.

• Will they have sold the house before the auction starts?

Future Perfect Continuous Tense
The future perfect continuous tense is used:

¾ to talk about an action that will have started in the past and will still be happening at a
certain time in the future.

Read the sentence given below.
• At six o’clock, I will have been waiting for thirty minutes.

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