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The Future Perfect Continuous tense

Posted on July 11, 2023May 15, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, parts of speech, Perfect group of Tenses, verbsTags - about, actions, continuous, duration, future, hypothetical, in progress, in the, making, ongoing, particular, perfect, point, predictions, situations, specific, time, up until, will be

The Future Perfect Continuous tense: Affirmative: Subject + will have been + verb (with -ing) I will have been studying for three hours. Negative: Subject + will not have been + verb (with -ing) She will not have been working on this project for two weeks. Question: Will + subject + have been […]

The Past Perfect Continuous tense

Posted on July 11, 2023May 15, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, parts of speech, Perfect group of Tenses, verbsTags - action, all day, all weak, another, continued, continuous, describe, for, in the, in the past, past, perfect, point, since, started, up until

The Past Perfect Continuous tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and continued up until another point in the past.

It emphasizes the duration of the action and often suggests that the action was ongoing and unfinished at the time of the past event.

The Present Perfect Continuous tense

Posted on July 10, 2023May 15, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, parts of speech, Perfect group of Tenses, verbsTags - action, all, be, been, began, continued up, continuous, days, for, for a few, has, have, hours, in the, lately, may, morning, now, ongoing, participle, past, perfect, present, still, three, until

The Present Perfect Continuous tense is used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued up until now, and may still be ongoing.

It is typically used to describe actions or situations that have a connection to the present moment.

The Future Perfect in the Past

Posted on July 10, 2023May 15, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, parts of speech, Perfect group of Tenses, verbsTags - action, at a, completed, expectations, expected, future, have, in the, later, participle, past, perfect, polite, predictions, regret, request, should, time, to be, unfulfilled, was, wishes, would

The Future Perfect in the Past is used to talk about a completed action in the future from a point in the past. It is formed by using would have plus the past participle of the main verb.

The Future Perfect tense

Posted on July 10, 2023May 15, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, parts of speech, Perfect group of Tenses, verbsTags - about, action, already, assumptions, avbout, be, before, by, completed, completion, disappointment, events, future, in the, making, not, of an action, perfect, prediction, regret, specific, still, the time, time, will, yet

We use the Future Perfect to talk about an action that will be completed by a certain point in the future.

Example: By the time you come back, I will have finished the report.