Al igual que ocurre con el futuro perfecto (future perfect), se utiliza este tiempo verbal para ir hacia el futuro y echar la vista atrás. En este caso el futuro perfecto continuo (Future perfect continuous) se refiere a eventos o acciones inacabadas, situadas entre el momento presente y un tiempo futuro. La mayoría de las veces se acompaña de expresiones temporales.
A continuación veamos la estructura:
Afirmativa: Sujeto + will have + been (participio pasado del verbo “To be”) + verbo terminado en ing
Negativa: Sujeto + will not have + been (participio pasado del verbo “To be”) + verbo terminado en ing
Interrogativa: (partícula interrogativa opcional) + will + sujeto + have + been (participio pasado del verbo “To be”) + verbo terminado en ing
Ejemplos:
- I will have been playing
- She will not have been playing
- Will they have been playing?
- How long will we have been playing?
Y para finalizar, un pequeño cuadro/resumen de esta forma verbal
| Futuro perfecto continuo (Future perfect continuous) | subject + will + have + been + verb-ing
They will have been eating fruit. We’ll have been eating all day. |
subject + will + not + have + been +verb-ing
I won’t have been eating fish. They will not have been eating lunch. |
(question word +) will + subject + have + been + verb-ing?
What will she have been eating? Will you have been eating chocolate? |