The Future Perfect Continuous

Positive Form	Negative Form	Question Form
I’ll (=will) + have + been + working	I won’t (=will not) + have + been +wor -ing	Will you + have + been + - ing?
I’ll have been working.	I won’t have been working.	Will you have been working?

The Future Perfect Continuous is used to emphasize the duration of an action up to a certain time in the future.

By the end of this week, she will have been working here for six years.

NOUNS

Nouns can be countable or uncountable.Countable nouns are nouns which we can count. They have singular and plural forms. e.g. a key, two keys.

The plural is formed as follows:

Regular Plurals		Irregular Plurals
jacket	jackets	child	children
watch	watches	man	men
tomato	tomatoes	woman	women
baby	babies	foot	feet
toy	toys	tooth	teeth
leaf	leaves	mouse	mice
cliff	cliffs	sheep	sheep

Uncountable nouns are nouns which cannot count. They do not have different plural forms. Uncountable nouns include:

many types of food:	spaghetti, yoghurt, cheese, flour, butter, meat, etc.
liquids:	water, coffee, soda, lemonade, oil, petrol, tea, etc
materials:	silver, wood, crystal, plastic, porcelain, etc.
abstract nouns:	freedom, love, justice, beauty, help, education, knowledge, etc.
others:	news, advice, information, weather, furniture, luggage, baggage, hair, accommodation, behaviour, equipment, fun, research, rubbish, litter, etc.

Countable nouns

1 Can take singular or plural verbs.

The book is on the table. The books are on the table.

2 Always go with a/an/the/my, etc. in the singular.

I bought an umbrella. (NOT: I bought umbrolla.)

3 Can be used alone or with some/any/many/few in the plural.

I love carrots. // I'm going to buy some carrots.

Uncountable nouns

1 Always take singular verbs.

Sugar is fattening.

Honey comes from bees.

2 Do not go with a/an/one, two, etc.

I like to drink milk. (NOT: I like to drink a milk.)

3 Can be used alone or with some/any/much/little/the/my etc.

Remember to buy (some) cheese.

Note: We can use a/an, one/two, etc. with uncountable nouns such as coffee, tea, lemonade, etc. when we are referring to a cup, glass, bottle, etc. of a certain liquid.

Can we have two coffees and two teas, please? (= two cups of coffee and two cups of tea)

Articles

1 We use a or an the first time we mention something. When we mention it

again, we use the.

I saw a beautiful vase in an antique shop a few days ago. When I went back to the shop yesterday, the vase wasn’t there any more!

2 We do not use the:

a when we talk about people or things in general.

Dogs make very good pets.

b with the names of people and countries.

American people eat a lot of fast food.

c with many place names.

continents:	Europe, Asia	countries:	Argentina
cities:	Moscow, Madrid	lakes:	Lake Ontario
mountains:	Mount Everest	hills:	Primrose Hill
roads / streets:	Oxford Street	islands:	EasterIsland

We use the:

a with some place names

oceans and seas:	the pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea
rivers:	the River Danube, the River Thames
mountain ranges:	the Alps, the Himalayas
countries which are republics or unions:	the United kingdom, the United Arab Emirates

b with superlative forms.

the longest river in the world

c when there is only one of something

the sun the Earth the Moon the sky the pope

4 Other phrases with the

at the bottom, at the top

in the east, in the west, in the centre, in the middle

in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening

on the left, on the right

BUT: at home, at school, at university, at work, at night, n bed, in hospital, in prison, on holiday