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I'll have been working

He'll have been working

The contracted negative forms are:

I shan't have been working

He won't have been working

  1. The negative-interrogative forms are:

Will he not have been working?

Won't he have been working?

Shall we not have been working?

Shan't we have been working?

§ 35. The use of the Future Perfect Continuous.

The Future Perfect Continuous denotes an action which will begin before a definite moment in the future, will continue up to that moment and will be going on at that moment.

We shall/will have been working at this problem for a month when you visit us a second time.

The Future Perfect Continuous in the Past

§ 36. The formation of the Future Perfect Continuous in the Past.

      1. The Future Perfect Continuous in the Past is formed by means of the Future Perfect in the Past of the auxiliary verb to be and Participle I of the notional verb.

      2. In the interrogative form the first auxiliary verb is placed before the subject.

In the negative form the negative particle not is placed after the first auxiliary verb.

Affirmative

Interrogative

I should/would have been working

He would have been working

She would have been working

We should/would have been working

You would have been working

They would have been working

Should/Would I have been working?

Would he have been working?

Would she have been working? Should/Would we have been working? Would you have been working?

Would they have been working?

Negative

I should/would not have been working

He would not have been working

She would not have been working

We should/would not have been working

You would not have been working

They would not have been working

      1. The contracted affirmative forms are:

I'd have been working

He'd have been working

The contracted negative forms are:

I shouldn't have been working

He wouldn't have been working

      1. The negative-interrogative forms are:

Should I not have been working? \ Shouldn't I have been working9

Would he not have been working? Wouldn't he have been working?

§ 37. The use of the Future Perfect Continuous in the Past.

The Future Perfect Continuous in the Past denotes an action last­ing during a certain period of time before a definite moment which was future from the point of view of the past.

I wondered how long they would have been packing by the time I returned.

( For detailed treatment see Chapter XVIII.)

Table of Tenses

Present

Past

Future

Future

in the Past

Indefinite

I go to the theatre every week.

I went to the theatre last week.

I shall/will go to the theatre next week.

I said I should/ would go to the theatre next week.

Continuous

(Don't speak to him.) He is working.

When I came, he was work­ing.

(Don't come at 8.) I shall/will be working.

He said he would be

working at 8 o'clock.

Perfect

1. (I can return the books to the library.)

I have read them.

2. I have known him for two years.

1. I had read all the books by the 1st of April.

2. By 2005 I had known him for two years.

1. I shall/will have read all the books by the 1st of April.

2. By 2015 I shall/will have known him for twelve years.

I said I should/ would have read all the books by the 1st of April.

Continuous

Perfect

1. I have been

reading the book for a week.

2. (I am very tired.) I have been reading

a lot.

1. I had been

reading the book for a week, when you asked me for it

2. (I was very tired.) I had been reading

a lot.

By the 1st of

May I shall/will have been

reading the book for a fort­ night.

I said that by the 1st of May I should/would have been reading the book for a fort­ night.

The Passive Voice