Future Perfect Continuous[Progressive] Tense

Use|Story comprehension|Structure|Reading passage|Translation|Story Formation

Affirmative Sentence

Subject+Will/Shall+Have+Been+Verb(first form)+ing+Object+Since/For+Time.

Examples-

1. He will have been playing cricket for two hours.
2. I shall have been writing a story  since Monday.
3. We shall have been writing an essay since ten o’clock.

• Note-We use Shall with I and We.{see example NO.2&3}

            and will with all nouns.{see example NO.1}

• How to use Since and For?

We use Since and For to mention the time.

SINCE is used when time mentioned in the sentence is Certain..{see example NO.2 & 3}

FOR is used when time mentioned in the sentence is not Certain..{see example NO.1}

Point of Time=> 3 o’clock,10 AM, Sunday,June,2019, Yesterday,Tomorrow, Morning,Birth etc.

Period of Time=> Two hours,Four months,Five years, etc.

Negative Sentence

Subject+Will/Shall++Not+Have+Been+Verb(first form)+ing+Object+Since/For+Time.

Examples-

4. He will not have been playing cricket for two hours.
5. I Shall not have been writing a story since Monday.
6. We shall not have been writing an essay since ten o’clock.

Interrogative  Sentence

Shall/Will+Subject+Not+Have+Been+Verb(first form)+ing+Object+Since/For+Time.

Examples-

7. Will he not have been playing cricket for two hours?
8. Shall I have been writing a story since Monday?
9. Shall we have been writing an essay since ten o’clock?

Main Interrogative  Sentence

Question Word+Shall/Will+Subject+Not+Have+Been+Verb(first form)+ing+Object+Since/For+Time.

Examples-

10. Why will he not have been playing cricket for two hours?
11. Where shall I have been writing a story since Monday?
12. How shall we have been writing an essay since ten o’clock?

Read the story carefully

Rocky and Sohan are going on a sleigh ride to their friend’s house for the weekend. The snow will be deep, but their horse is very strong. They are going to travel a long way. They will have been riding in the sleigh for over an hour by the time they arrive.

Rocky’s horse, Jhabra, will pull the sleigh over the snow. When they arrive, Jhabra will be tired because he will have been pulling the sleigh for over an hour. Jhabra will need food and rest because he will have been pulling the sleigh over all that snow.

Answer the following Questions

1. Where are Rocky and Sohan going?
2. How will the snow be?
3. How will they have been going?
4. Who will have been going to pull the sleigh over the snow?
5. How many hours will Jhabra have been pulling the sleigh over the snow?

Passage for Reading Comprehension

Read the following carefully and frame Question and Answers

Vicky is a window washer. Today, he is going to be washing windows on the 13th floor of a downtown office building. He will have been washing windows for almost 10 hours when he finishes all of the windows on the 13th floor. He will be very tired tonight because he will have been working so hard.

Although the work is difficult,Vicky enjoys his job. In August, he will have been working as a window washer for 5 years. He will have been washing windows in this city for the past 5 years.

Passage for Reading Comprehension

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Everyone is at church. They are listening to the minister. By the time the minister finishes his sermon, the people will have been listening to him preach for over an hour. They will have been sitting on the hard pews for over an hour.

The minister is giving the sermon. It is a long sermon. He will have been talking for over an hour by the time he finishes. He will have been standing behind the pulpit for over an hour.

Translate the following sentence into English

1. They will have been playing hockey since morning. 
2. The man will have been running in the field for an hour. 
3. We shall have been swimming in the river since 4 o’clock. 
4. They will have been going to Agra for five hours. 
5. I shall have been reading a novel since two o’clock. 
6. My brother will not have been working hard for the exam for the few weeks. 
7. She will not have been climbing on the tree since evening. 
8. I shall not have been searching for my watch for a half-hour. 
9. Our teachers will not have been teaching us since morning. 
10. Ravi will not have been saving money since his childhood. 
11. Shall we have been waiting for the train for two hours? 
12. Will Meena not have been playing with her doll for the few days? 
13. Shall I have been doing this work since 2 o’clock? 
14. Will they have been living here since 2005? 
15. Will my brother not have been going to school since Monday? 
16. Who will have been weeping for two hours at night? 
17. Why will the police have been searching for him since January? 
18. Where will they have been working since tomorrow? 
19. Which novel will the boys have been reading since Friday? 
20. How many boys will have been writing English in this room since 10 o’clock? 

Translate the following sentences into English

1. तुम दो घंटे से सड़क पर टहल रहे होगे।
2. वे इस नगर में एक सप्ताह से ठहरे रहेंगे। 
3. लड़के कुछ समय से नदी में स्नान कर रहें होंगे।
4. माली इस बाग में तीन घंटे से पानी लगा रहा होगा।
5. हम इस प्रश्न-पत्र को तीन घंटे से हल कर रहे होंगे ।
6. अगले वर्ष तुम्हारी बहिन तीन वर्ष से इस कालिज में नहीं पढ़  रही होगी ।
7. यह लड़का दो घंटे से अपना पाठ याद नहीं कर रहा होगा।
8. तुम एक सप्ताह से उसकी सहायता नहीं कर रहे होगे। 
9. मेरे मित्र दस मिनट से टेलीविजन नहीं देख रहे होंगे।
10. क्या हम अब दस मिनट से कोई कार्य नहीं कर रहे होंगे? 
11. क्या तुम एक घंटे से नहा रहे होगे?
12. क्या तुम्हारे भाई चार दिन से इस पुस्तक को नहीं पढ़ रहे होंगे?
13. क्या तुम्हारा छोटा भाई तीन साल से यहाँ नहीं पढ़ रहा होगा? 
14. क्या यह बूढ़ा व्यक्ति एक सप्ताह से यात्रा नहीं कर रहा होगा?
15. दोपहर के समय वह एक घंटे से क्या पढ़ रहा होगा
16. तुम कल दो घंटे से अपना समय नष्ट क्यों कर रहे होगे।
17. हम कल इस समय दो बजे से कहा खेल रहे होंगे
18. तुम्हें 15 मिनट से कौन नहीं पढ़ा रहा होगा
19. कितने यात्री दस बजे से ट्रेन की प्रतीक्षा कर रहे होंगे?

Content Writer– Mohammad Anas.….. Edited by– Shadab Akhtar.