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7. I (not/finish) the essay by this weekend.

8. How (she/finish) the cleaning by six?
9. How long (you/be) in this company when she joins
your team?

10. They (not/go) by nine tonight.

The Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Positive Form: Subject + will/shall + have + been + verb (+ ing) + the rest of
the predicate

Negative Form: Subject + will not + have + been + verb (+ ing) + the rest of
the predicate

Interrogative Form: Will + Subject + have been + verb (+ ing) + the rest of
the predicate

We use the future perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that will continue
till a particular point of time in the future. For example,
• She will have been studying in this school for three years this March.

P. Complete the sentences with the future perfect continuous tense of the verbs
given in the brackets.

1. I (read) in this library for three and a half hours by the
time she comes.

2. I (work) in this company for twenty-seven years when
I retire.

3. We (live) here for thirteen years next month.

4. He (study) French for three years when he takes
the exam.

5. I (sleep) for three hours by 11 p.m.

Q. Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks with the help
of the options that follow.

Two years ago, Vidya’s firm 1) the mistake of sending her

to France. Although she 2) French at school, she soon

3) that she 4) remember much. She
5) an important meeting because she 6)

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