This flashcard explains that the future perfect continuous emphasizes the duration of an action that will continue up to another point in the future.
Ce flashcard explique que le futur perfect continuous met l'accent sur la durée d'une action qui se poursuivra jusqu'à un autre point dans le futur.
| Task | Darrel has realised too late that he ________ (to wait) for Jill for more than 3 hours when her aircraft lands. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 2 |
| a | will wait |
| b | will have been waiting |
| c | will have waited |
| d | will be waiting |
| comment | The Future Perfect Continuous (like the Future Perfect) expresses the idea that an action will continue up until another one or certain time point in the Future. But the Future Perfect Continuous is more concentrated on the duration. We use it when it is important for us to emphasise 'how long' something will be in progress in the future: for an hour, for a week, for a year, etc. |
| topic | future tenses |
| level | 2 |
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