Practice Exercise on Future Perfect Contiuous
(will have been + present participle)
Future Perfect Continuous has two different forms: “will have been doing ” and “be going to have been doing.” These forms are usually interchangeable.
Future Perfect Continuous
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Question 1 |
How long ____ you ___ ___ ______ when you open your new restaurant?
A | have you been cooking |
B | will you have been cooking |
C | were you cooking |
D | will you cook |
Question 1 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 2 |
Joseph _____ ____ ____ _____ for over two hours when Mary's plane finally arrives.
A | had been waiting |
B | have been waiting |
C | will have been waiting |
D | was waiting |
Question 2 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 3 |
By the end of the day, John Henry _____ ___ ______ 16 tons of coal from the mine.
A | had someone else carry |
B | will have carried |
C | had carried |
D | should have carried |
Question 3 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 4 |
Steve ____ ___ ___ ____ for over four hours when the train finally arrives
A | wished he was waiting |
B | will have been waiting |
C | had been waiting |
D | was waiting |
Question 4 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 5 |
In December, I ____ ___ ___ _______ English here for six months.
A | will have been learning |
B | wanted to be learning |
C | had been learning |
D | was learning |
Question 5 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 6 |
I will be tired when I finally get home because I ___ ___ ___ ____ for over two hours.
A | wanted to be jogging |
B | had been jogging |
C | was jogging |
D | will have been jogging |
Question 6 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 7 |
Joseph _____ ___ ____ ____ _____ for over nine hours when Mary's plane finally arrives!
A | haven't been waiting |
B | was not waiting |
C | had not been waiting |
D | will not have been waiting |
Question 7 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 8 |
How long ____ you ____ _____ ______ when you retire?
A | has you been working |
B | had you been working |
C | will you have been working |
D | have you worked |
Question 8 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 9 |
No, I _____ _____ ____ ____ _____ here that long.
A | would not have been living |
B | had not lived |
C | have never lived |
D | will not have been living |
Question 9 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 10 |
Even though Bill ___ ___ ___ _____ at the same job for ten years, his boss still thinks he is new.
A | was working |
B | will have been working |
C | has been working |
D | had been working |
Question 10 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 11 |
They will have a great performance because they ___ ___ ___ _____ for months.
A | had been rehearsing |
B | was really rehearsing |
C | will have been rehearsing |
D | had rehearsed |
Question 11 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 12 |
Lynn __ ____ ______ ____ ___ _____ at that private school for three years when it finally closes.
A | was going to have worked |
B | is going to have been working |
C | will have worked |
D | had worked |
Question 12 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 13 |
Even though Perry ____ ____ ____ ____ the whole night, he will still plenty of energy.
A | was dancing |
B | had danced |
C | has been dancing |
D | will have been dancing |
Question 13 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 14 |
Even though it ___ ___ ____ _____ for three days the house will still be dry.
A | will have been raining |
B | has been raining |
C | had been raining |
D | rained |
Question 14 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
Question 15 |
Julie ___ ___ ___ ______ for seven hours by the time she gets home.
A | had been driving |
B | likes to drive |
C | will have been driving |
D | wanted to be driving |
Question 15 Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous shows something will continue up to a particular time in the future. With Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.
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