语法

Future Perfect Continuous Tense 将来完成进行时态

The Future Perfect Continuous Tense is formed by combining‘will/shall have been’with a present participle.

将来完成进行时态的形成方式是把‘will/shall have been’及现在分词结合起来。

will / shall have been + Present Participle = Future Perfect Continuous Tense

will / shall have been + 现在分词 = 将来完成进行时态

Examples:

例子:

will have been + watching = will have been watching

shall have been + reading = shall have been reading

We use the future perfect continuous tense to talk about how long an action will be going on at a future time.

我们用将来完成进行时态来形容一个行动在未来特定的时间里已进行多久了。

Examples:

例子:

By next year, we will/shall have been living here for eight years.

明年之前，我们将已在这儿居住了八年。

Beibei will have been playing the piano for 2 hours in 15 minutes.

十五分钟之后，贝贝将已弹钢琴两个小时了。

By 5 o’clock, my parents will have been shopping for 3 hours.

五点之前，我的父母将已购物三小时了。

Xiaofen will have been living in the U.S. for a decade in a month.

一个月之后，小芬将已在美国居住了十年。

I will/shall have been knitting for an hour in 10 minutes.

十分钟后，我们将已针织了一个小时。

By next month, Hancheng will have been working as a doctor for 5 years.

下个月前，汉成将已当一名医生五年了。

Exercises 习题

A. Fill in the blanks with the future perfect continuous tense of the verbs in brackets.

试用括号里动词的将来完成进行时态填充空格。

1. Grandma ____________ (sew) for one hour by 3 o’clock.

2. When the sun sets, Clark ____________ (fish) by the river for about three hours.

3. My son ____________ (study) in the university for three years by next month.

4. In ten minutes, Tara ____________ (talk) over the phone for an hour.

5. By the end of next week, I ____________ (work) here for three months.

6. The brothers ____________ (play) computer games for 2 hours when their father comes home.

7. In a few minutes, the gardener ____________ (rake) leaves in the garden for half an hour.

8. We ____________ (hear) the concert for an hour by half past eight.

B. Rewrite the following sentences, using the future perfect continuous tense of the verbs in brackets.

重写以下的句子，并用括号里动词的将来完成进行时态。

1. By the time dinner is ready, Heidi (revise) History for three hours.

2. Eddie and Alex (walk) for two miles by the time they reach the gas station.

3. When the library closes, we (read) for two hours.

4. The climbers (climb) the mountain for the whole day by the time the sun sets.

5. By 4 p.m., the surgeons (operate) on the patient for four hours.

6. My daughter (teach) in the kindergarten for five years by next month.

7. In half an hour, it (rain) continuously for three hours.

8. Miss Williams (type) for half an hour by the time the clock chimes midday.

Answers 答案

A.

1. will have been sewing

2. will have been fishing

3. will have been studying

4. will have been talking

5. will/shall have been working

6. will have been playing

7. will have been raking

8. will/shall have been hearing

B.

1. By the time dinner is ready, Heidi will have been revising History for three hours.

2. Eddie and Alex will have been walking for two miles by the time they reach the gas station.

3. When the library closes, we will/shall have been reading for two hours.

4. The climbers will have been climbing the mountain for the whole day by the time the sun sets.

5. By 4 p.m., the surgeons will have been operating on the patient for four hours.

6. My daughter will have been teaching in the kindergarten for five years by next month.

7. In half an hour, it will have been raining continuously for three hours.

8. Miss Williams will have been typing for half an hour by the time the clock chimes midday.