Future Perfect Continuous Tense (Will / Shall Have been) — Exercise 9 (Every Options Explanation and Enrich English with Vocabulary Builder)
Mastering the Future Perfect Continuous Tense helps you describe actions that will continue up to a specific point in the future.
This quiz is designed to:
- help you recognize the correct future perfect continuous structure
- teach vocabulary through POS tags
- explain correct and incorrect answers in simple words
- strengthen your grammar understanding with real-life examples
By practicing all questions, you will learn both grammar usage + meaning in real life, making you confident for exams and competitive tests.
English Grammar Definition: Future Perfect Continuous Tense (will / Shall + have + been + verb-ing form)
- Form:
- will have been + verb-ing → for all subjects except “I/We” (but usage is flexible in modern English)
- shall have been + verb-ing → traditionally used for I and We
- Meaning: It expresses an action that will be in progress for a certain duration before a specific time in the future.
- Examples:
- By next June, I shall have been studying here for two years.
- They will have been traveling for eight hours by midnight.
- Main uses:
- Duration before a future point
- “Long ongoing actions” ending at or just before a future time
- Emphasis on how long something will continue
- Signal words: by next year, by then, by the time, for two hours, for months, until then…
- Negatives / Questions:
will not (won't) / shall not (shan't) + have + been + verb-ing form;Will / shall + subject + have + been + verb-ing form? - To learn more about it – Visit Here
Quiz Instructions
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Quiz Question, Answer and Explanation
Note: Do remember in the quiz box above, the questions and options will shuffle, so they won’t have the same sequence like 1, 2, 3, or A, B, C as below.
1. By the time production restarts, the team __ machine settings for several shifts.
A) will have been fine-tuning
B) will fine-tune
C) will have fine-tuned
D) fine-tune
Verb: fine-tune — verb: to make small adjustments to improve performance.
A) Correct: will have been fine-tuning — continuous small adjustments across shifts until restart.
B) Wrong: will fine-tune — future, not duration.
C) Wrong: will have fine-tuned — indicates adjustments are finished.
D) Wrong: fine-tune — present.
2. By the time the app goes live, developers __ the beta features with users for weeks.
A) will have been iterating
B) will iterate
C) will have iterated
D) iterate
Verb: iterate — verb: to repeat a process to refine or improve.
A) Correct: will have been iterating — repeated cycles with users for weeks.
B) Wrong: will iterate — single future action.
C) Wrong: will have iterated — finished multiple cycles; not emphasizing ongoing process.
D) Wrong: iterate — present.
3. By dawn, the film crew __ set changes all night.
A) will have been making
B) will make
C) will have made
D) made
Verb: make — verb: to create or perform tasks such as set changes.
A) Correct: will have been making — continuous set changes through the night up to dawn.
B) Wrong: will make — future, lacks duration implication.
C) Wrong: will have made — emphasizes completion, not the continuous effort.
D) Wrong: made — past.
4. By the time the data checkpoint is reached, analysts __ anomalous patterns for days.
A) will have been identifying
B) will identify
C) will have identified
D) identify
Verb: identify — verb: to recognize or find something specific.
A) Correct: will have been identifying — ongoing detection activity for days.
B) Wrong: will identify — future, not continuous.
C) Wrong: will have identified — completion, not continuous.
D) Wrong: identify — present.
5. By the time the ambassador arrives, diplomats __ protocol details for weeks.
A) will have been clarifying
B) will clarify
C) will have clarified
D) clarified
Verb: clarify — verb: to make something clear or easier to understand.
A) Correct: will have been clarifying — continuous discussions and fine-tuning of protocol for weeks.
B) Wrong: will clarify — future, one-time action.
C) Wrong: will have clarified — suggests finished clarifications.
D) Wrong: clarified — past.
6. By the competition, painters __ their mural techniques for many sessions.
A) will have been refining
B) will refine
C) will have refined
D) refine
Verb: refine — verb: to improve by making small changes.
A) Correct: will have been refining — shows continuous improvement over many sessions.
B) Wrong: will refine — future, not ongoing.
C) Wrong: will have refined — completion only.
D) Wrong: refine — present.
7. By launch day, the support team __ troubleshooting procedures with users for a month.
A) will have been validating
B) will validate
C) will have validated
D) validate
Verb: validate — verb: to test and confirm correctness.
A) Correct: will have been validating — continuous validation with users over a month.
B) Wrong: will validate — single future action.
C) Wrong: will have validated — completed validation; misses ongoing testing idea.
D) Wrong: validate — present.
8. By the time the permit is issued, the architects __ the plans in detail for several iterations.
A) will have been revising
B) will revise
C) will have revised
D) revise
Verb: revise — verb: to change something, usually to improve it.
A) Correct: will have been revising — shows multiple revision iterations leading up to permit issuance.
B) Wrong: will revise — future, not duration.
C) Wrong: will have revised — finished revisions; no duration emphasis.
D) Wrong: revise — present.
9. By the evaluation, the trainees __ emergency protocols repeatedly for weeks.
A) will have been rehearsing
B) will rehearse
C) will have rehearsed
D) rehearse
Verb: rehearse — verb: to practice repeatedly in preparation.
A) Correct: will have been rehearsing — ongoing repeated practice for weeks.
B) Wrong: will rehearse — single action future.
C) Wrong: will have rehearsed — completed rehearsal, not continuous.
D) Wrong: rehearse — present.
10. By the time production scales, the manufacturers __ component tolerances for weeks.
A) will have been measuring
B) will measure
C) will have measured
D) measure
Verb: measure — verb: to determine the size, amount, or degree of something.
A) Correct: will have been measuring — continuous measurement work across weeks to ensure tolerances are tight.
B) Wrong: will measure — future; no duration.
C) Wrong: will have measured — completion-only.
D) Wrong: measure — present.
