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Future perfect continuous for future actions

The future perfectThe aspect expressing completion. E.g.: He’s finished university. continuousThe aspect expressing duration, formed with be + verb-ing. E.g.: What are you doing? tenseA grammatical category that is marked by verb inflection. To express when an event or action happens in time or when a state exists, we use tenses. is used for eventA general term expressing that somebody or something does something or that something happens. E.g.: An apple fell on Isaac’s head.s which will have been in progressAn action is in progress when it is happening. E.g.: When I arrived he was surfing. ("he was surfing") at a definiteRelating to a specific or determined person, thing, idea or time. E.g.: I know the guy you are talking about. ("the guy you are talking about") point of timeA particular moment in time. E.g.: She came home at six. ("six") I was born in 1980. ("1980") in the future. It relates to the future perfect tense in the same way as the present perfect continuous relates to the present perfect, or the past perfect continuous to the past perfect (durationA concept, related to the continuous aspect, expressing that an action is in progress. E.g.: What are you doing? and result/completionA concept, related to the perfect aspect, expressing that an action has finished. E.g.: He’s finished university.).

Future continuous for fixed arrangements

We can use the future continuousThe aspect expressing duration, formed with be + verb-ing. E.g.: What are you doing? tenseA grammatical category that is marked by verb inflection. To express when an event or action happens in time or when a state exists, we use tenses. for fixed arrangements and plans in the same way as we use the present continuous, although in this case these may be less definiteRelating to a specific or determined person, thing, idea or time. E.g.: I know the guy you are talking about. ("the guy you are talking about") and formalNot belonging to colloquial or everyday speech; official. E.g.: I demand that Mr Smith call the person on whom the committee has decided..

The band will be performing live sometime in October.
We will be arriving in Szeged soon.

Future continuous for actions happening over a period of time in the future

The future continuousThe aspect expressing duration, formed with be + verb-ing. E.g.: What are you doing? tenseA grammatical category that is marked by verb inflection. To express when an event or action happens in time or when a state exists, we use tenses. can express an eventA general term expressing that somebody or something does something or that something happens. E.g.: An apple fell on Isaac’s head. which will be in progressAn action is in progress when it is happening. E.g.: When I arrived he was surfing. ("he was surfing") during a certain period of timeThe length of time between two points of time. in the future. This period can be expressed with a time expressionA word or group of words used in a particular situation. E.g.: Good morning, at six, on the sofa or with a clauseA group of related words containing a subject and a verb.. If we use a clause, it will be in the present continuous tense.

Future continuous for actions happening at a particular point in the future

The future continuousThe aspect expressing duration, formed with be + verb-ing. E.g.: What are you doing? tenseA grammatical category that is marked by verb inflection. To express when an event or action happens in time or when a state exists, we use tenses. can express that an eventA general term expressing that somebody or something does something or that something happens. E.g.: An apple fell on Isaac’s head. will be in progressAn action is in progress when it is happening. E.g.: When I arrived he was surfing. ("he was surfing") at a certain moment in the future. This moment needs to be mentioned or implied. If it is mentioned, a time expressionA word or group of words used in a particular situation. E.g.: Good morning, at six, on the sofa or a time clauseA group of related words containing a subject and a verb. can be used.

Present continuous to express future

The present continuousThe aspect expressing duration, formed with be + verb-ing. E.g.: What are you doing? tenseA grammatical category that is marked by verb inflection. To express when an event or action happens in time or when a state exists, we use tenses. can express fixed social or travel arrangements and plans for the future. Note that you need to use a time expressionA word or group of words used in a particular situation. E.g.: Good morning, at six, on the sofa or some reference to future, otherwise the sentence would refer to present time.

The difference between present perfect and present perfect continuous

In contrast with the present perfectThe aspect expressing completion. E.g.: He’s finished university. simple tenseA grammatical category that is marked by verb inflection. To express when an event or action happens in time or when a state exists, we use tenses., which emphasisSpecial importance or attention given to something. E.g.: All I wanna do is have some fun.es the result of a completeA concept, related to the perfect aspect, expressing that an action has finished. E.g.: He’s finished university.d actionA general term expressing that somebody or something does something, the present perfect continuousThe aspect expressing duration, formed with be + verb-ing. E.g.: What are you doing? tense focusThe main or central point of attention or interest; what is emphasized. E.g.: All I wanna do is have some fun. ("all")es on the durationA concept, related to the continuous aspect, expressing that an action is in progress. E.g.: What are you doing? or the activity itself.

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