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The future perfect THE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

The future perfect continuous can be used to predict the length of an activity.
This tense looks back from the imagined finishing time in the future.
The future perfect is used to talk about an event that will See also:
overlap with, or finish before, another event in the Infinitives and participles 51
future. It can be used in simple or continuous forms. Prepositions of time 107

THE FUTURE PERFECT
The future perfect is used to describe an action
or event that will be finished before a certain future time. “By” has a similar
meaning to “before.”

LAST JULY NOW JULY

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NOW NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY
TIME PHRASE SUBJECT “WILL HAVE BEEN” PRESENT PARTICIPLE REST OF SENTENCE

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SUBJECT “WILL HAVE” PAST PARTICIPLE OBJECT TIME PHRASE
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