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Grammar study page: future perfect simple v future perfect continuous

Structure of future perfect simple

The film will have started by the time we get there.

The film will not (won't) have started by the time we get there.

Will the film have started by the time we get there?


Structure of future perfect continuous

Next year I'll (I will) have been working in the company for 10 years.

I won't (will not) have been working in the company for 10 years.

Will you have been working in the company for 10 years?


Future perfect - common mistakes

Common mistakes

Correct version

Why?

The film will already has started by the time we get home.

The film will already have started by the time we get home.

The form of the future perfect is
will + have + past participle.

Will have you finished it by the time I come back?

Will you have finished it by the time I come back?

See word order and the form of the question above.


Future perfect continuous - common mistakes

Common mistakes

Correct version

Why?

I will have working in the company for 5 years next month.

I will have been working in the company for 5 years next month.

The form of the future perfect continuous is
will + have + been + past participle.

I will haven't been working in the company for 5 years next month.

I will not (won't) have been working in the company for 5 years next month.

The form of the negative is
will not + have + been + past participle.

Will have you been working in the company for 5 years next month?

Will you have been working in the company for 5 years next month?

The form of the question is
will + subject + have + been + past participle.

I'll have been working in three different positions at the company by the end of the year.

I'll have worked in three different positions at the company by the end of the year.

We use the simple form when we talk about an amount or number.


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