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Sentence Formation in Future Perfect Continuous Tense

¾ To make a positive sentence, we add will + have been before the present participle form of
the main verb.

Read the sentence given below.

• You will have been waiting for more than two hours when he finally arrives.
¾ To make a negative sentence, we add will + not + have been before the present participle
form of the main verb.

Read the sentence given below.

• You will not have been swimming for long when the pool shuts down.

¾ To make an interrogative sentence, we add will before the subject + have been, followed
by the present participle form of the main verb.

Read the sentence given below.
• Will you have been cooking for long when you come to my house?

Test Yourself

I. Fill in the blanks with the present perfect tense as instruted in brackets.

1. She ______________ the manuscript in detail. (study)
2. They ______________ me to bring the documents along. (ask)

3. She ______________ any chocolates for the last five years. (eat–negative)
4. Where is that rabbit? _____________ it _____________ again? (disappear –interrogative)

5. They ______________ a single fish all morning. (catch–negative)

II. Rewrite the sentences given below in the present perfect continuous tense.

1. He forgets his wallet in the car.

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2. She does not drive at night.
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3. Jenny wants to write a letter.
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4. Has she baked a cake for us?
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5. I am completing my homework.

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