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Ram starts waiting at 9am.

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I will arrive in future at 10am.

• Ram starts waiting at 9am. I am late and cannot
arrive before 10am. Ram will have been
waiting for an hour by the time I meet him.

Notice that the long action or state can start at any time in

the past, present or future, but of course it always ends in
the future.

Next Monday we will have been living here for exactly five years.

past present future

next

Mon.

5 yrs ago

Look at these examples:

• He'll be tired when he gets here. He'll have been
travelling all day.

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