1. Verb Tenses: The Future Perfect Continuous Created by Kathryn Reilly

2. Verb Tense Background Verbs change their form to allow writers to accurately describe events. Verbs alert the reader if the action is in the past, present or future. Within these three main time frames, actions can be further broken down.

3. The Future Perfect Continuous Background The future perfect continuous tense describes an event of some time being over in the future. This tense is used to describe an action that a person is often involved in for a period of time. This tense requires three auxiliary verbs: will, have and been.

4. Creating the Future Perfect Continuous To create the future perfect continuous: Subject + will + have + been + -ing verb I will have been teaching for twenty years next September. The war will have been raging for five years this winter.

5. Future Perfect Continuous Examples The future perfect continuous tense is used to describe a long event ending in the future. – At 46, she will have been dancing for over twenty years. – Next year the treasure will have been missing for three centuries.

6. Be Aware… …when phrasing a question in the future perfect continuous, will should begin the question followed by the subject. – Will I have been negotiating a cease fire for two years? …contractions may be used when creating this tense. – She won’t have been writing for two years this June.