TENSE TUESDAY: FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS vs. FUTURE PERFECT
28 / 04 / 2015
TENSE TUESDAY: FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS VS. FUTURE PERFECT: meaning and examples
Happy Tuesday, everyone!
Remember that in English, we have two forms we use to talk about the future:
-WILL INFINITIVE (Example: I will have the eggs and bacon, please.)
-BE GOING TO INFINITIVE. (Example: I am going to fly to California this summer.)
So the FUTURE PERFECT and the FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS will have two possible forms, depending on which future form we use in the sentence.
THE FUTURE PERFECT
-WILL HAVE PAST PARTICIPLE
-IS/AM/ARE GOING TO HAVE PAST PARTICIPLE.
Example 1: By November he will have worked as Vice President for 10 years.
Example 2: This spring she is going to have volunteered with us for a year.
We looked at this tense on November 11, 2014. Click on the link below to see that lesson.
https://www.ziggurat.es/es/lecciones_ingles/index.asp?id=2455
THE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
-WILL HAVE BEEN ING
-IS/AM/ARE GOING TO HAVE BEEN ING.
Example 3: By November he will have been working as Vice President for 10 years.
Example 4: This spring she is going to have been volunteering with us for a year.
We looked at this tense on April 14, 2015. Click on the link below to see that lesson.
https://www.ziggurat.es/es/lecciones_ingles/index.asp?id=2554
So when do we use each?
In the above examples, we can use either. We can use both the FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS and the FUTURE PERFECT to talk about habits and things we do every day, like WORK.
We often use the FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS when we want to emphasize the ACTION of the sentence. In the above examples, "will have been working" puts more emphasis on the activity of WORKING than "will have worked." If the action is very important, use the FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS. Let's look at one more example.
Example 5: He will have served in the military for two decades by the end of this year.
Example 6: He will have been serving in the military for two decades by the end of this year.
Example 6 puts more of an emphasis on SERVING than in Example 5.
Remember that we CANNOT use the FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS with NON-ACTION VERBS.
Example 7: He will have beenbeing a doctor for a year in 2017.
Example 8: He will have been a doctor for a year in 2017.
That's all for today. If you have any questions remember to post them on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ZigguratEscuelaCorporativadeIdiomas.
See you tomorrow for Wordy Wednesday!
Remember that in English, we have two forms we use to talk about the future:
-WILL INFINITIVE (Example: I will have the eggs and bacon, please.)
-BE GOING TO INFINITIVE. (Example: I am going to fly to California this summer.)
So the FUTURE PERFECT and the FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS will have two possible forms, depending on which future form we use in the sentence.
THE FUTURE PERFECT
-WILL HAVE PAST PARTICIPLE
-IS/AM/ARE GOING TO HAVE PAST PARTICIPLE.
Example 1: By November he will have worked as Vice President for 10 years.
Example 2: This spring she is going to have volunteered with us for a year.
We looked at this tense on November 11, 2014. Click on the link below to see that lesson.
https://www.ziggurat.es/es/lecciones_ingles/index.asp?id=2455
THE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
-WILL HAVE BEEN ING
-IS/AM/ARE GOING TO HAVE BEEN ING.
Example 3: By November he will have been working as Vice President for 10 years.
Example 4: This spring she is going to have been volunteering with us for a year.
We looked at this tense on April 14, 2015. Click on the link below to see that lesson.
https://www.ziggurat.es/es/lecciones_ingles/index.asp?id=2554
So when do we use each?
In the above examples, we can use either. We can use both the FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS and the FUTURE PERFECT to talk about habits and things we do every day, like WORK.
We often use the FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS when we want to emphasize the ACTION of the sentence. In the above examples, "will have been working" puts more emphasis on the activity of WORKING than "will have worked." If the action is very important, use the FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS. Let's look at one more example.
Example 5: He will have served in the military for two decades by the end of this year.
Example 6: He will have been serving in the military for two decades by the end of this year.
Example 6 puts more of an emphasis on SERVING than in Example 5.
Remember that we CANNOT use the FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS with NON-ACTION VERBS.
Example 7: He will have been
Example 8: He will have been a doctor for a year in 2017.
That's all for today. If you have any questions remember to post them on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ZigguratEscuelaCorporativadeIdiomas.
See you tomorrow for Wordy Wednesday!
