Saturday, September 22, 2012

Future Perfect Continuous





Form
  • Positive: Subject + have/has + been + verb-ing (present participle or -ing form of the verb)
  • Negative: Subject + have/has + not + been + verb-ing
  • Question: Have/Has + subject + been + verb-ing?



Usage


Future perfect continuous is used to talk about:

1. an action that will still in progress at a particular time in the future (or to show a duration before Something in the Future).

Common time expressions used in the Future Perfect Continuous: before, by tomorrow/8 o'clock/next month, until/till...

For examples,
  • They will have been talking for over an hour by the time Sokha arrives.
  • Sokha will have been teaching at PUC for 3 years by the time he leaves for Australia.
  • How long will you have been studying when you graduate?
  • A: When you finish the course, will you have been living in France for over a year?
  • B: No, I will not have been living here that long.

ករណីទី ១-- យើងប្រើ Future Perfect Continuous ដើម្បី​បង្ហាញ ឬ និយាយពី អ្វីដែលនឹង​កំពុង​​កើត​ឡើង​នៅ​ពេលវេលា​ណាមួយ​នៅក្នុង​​អនាគត ឬ​ក៏​ពីរយៈ​ពេល​ដែល សកម្មភាព​នោះ បាន កើតឡើង ពោលគឺ សកម្មភាព បានកើត​ឡើង​មុន​អនាគត បន្តមក​ដល់និង​កំពុងកើត​ឡើងក្នុង​អនាគត ហើយ​អាច​បន្តក្រោយ​ពេល​អនាគត។


2. cause of something in the future

For examples,
  • They might be tired when we see them because they will have been working very hard.
  • He’ll be jet lag when he gets home because he will have been flying for over six hours.

ករណីទី ២-- យើងប្រើ Future Perfect Continuous ដើម្បី បង្ហាញ ឬ និយាយពី ហេតុ (មូលហេតុ) ដែល បន្សល់​ទុកលទ្ធផល​នៅពេល​អនាគត។