Future Perfect Continuous Tense (Will / Shall Have been) — Exercise 7 (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
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Quiz Question, Answer and Explanation
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1. By the conference, the design team __ the prototype for several months.
A) will have been prototyping
B) will prototype
C) will have prototyped
D) is prototyping
Verb (POS & meaning): prototype — verb: to build an early model to test an idea.
A) Correct: will have been prototyping — shows the design team started earlier, kept working, and by the conference the prototyping will have been happening for several months. It highlights how long they will have been doing it.
B) Wrong: will prototype — simple future. It just says they will do it, not that it has been going on for months.
C) Wrong: will have prototyped — future perfect (completed action). This says the prototyping will be finished by that time, not that it was ongoing for months.
D) Wrong: is prototyping — present continuous; it suggests it’s happening now, not that it will have been happening up to a future point.
2. By the end of the semester, the students __ collaborative projects for almost ten weeks.
A) will have been developing
B) will develop
C) will have developed
D) developed
Verb: develop — verb: to create or improve something over time.
A) Correct: will have been developing — emphasizes the students’ ongoing effort that lasts nearly ten weeks up to the semester end.
B) Wrong: will develop — only says they will start or do it sometime; no duration.
C) Wrong: will have developed — says projects will be completed, not that they were continuously worked on.
D) Wrong: developed — past tense; doesn’t fit the future time reference.
3. By tomorrow evening, I __ the new language for a few months.
A) shall have been studying
B) shall study
C) shall have studied
D) studied
Verb: study — verb: to learn about a subject by reading, practice, or classes.
A) Correct: shall have been studying — correct because “I” with “shall” plus continuous shows the learning will have been going on for months until tomorrow evening.
B) Wrong: shall study — simple future; no sense of duration.
C) Wrong: shall have studied — future perfect (completed study), not continuous practice.
D) Wrong: studied — past tense; wrong time.
4. By the time the festival opens, volunteers __ banners and signs for several days.
A) will have been painting
B) will paint
C) will have painted
D) are painting
Verb: paint — verb: to apply color or designs to surfaces.
A) Correct: will have been painting — shows many days of continuous activity up to the opening.
B) Wrong: will paint — says they will paint (future) but not that they will have been doing it for days.
C) Wrong: will have painted — says the painting will be finished; does not stress duration.
D) Wrong: are painting — present continuous; not about the future completion point.
5. By next quarter, the startup __ customer interviews for months.
A) will have been conducting
B) will conduct
C) will have conducted
D) conducted
Verb: conduct — verb: to carry out activities like interviews or experiments.
A) Correct: will have been conducting — ongoing interviews for months up to next quarter.
B) Wrong: will conduct — simple future, lacks duration.
C) Wrong: will have conducted — finished action, not continuous.
D) Wrong: conducted — past; wrong time reference.
6. By the inspection date, technicians __ sensors continuously for several days.
A) will have been calibrating
B) will be calibrating
C) will have calibrated
D) calibrate
Verb: calibrate — verb: to adjust instruments so they work accurately.
A) Correct: will have been calibrating — emphasizes continuous calibration activity for days before inspection.
B) Wrong: will be calibrating — future continuous: suggests action happening at a future moment but not the idea of duration up to that point.
C) Wrong: will have calibrated — completion, not ongoing duration.
D) Wrong: calibrate — present/instructional form, not future perfect continuous.
7. By dusk, the rescue workers __ the riverbank for hours.
A) will have been searching
B) will search
C) will have searched
D) searched
Verb: search — verb: to look for something carefully.
A) Correct: will have been searching — hunters/workers searching continuously for hours up to dusk.
B) Wrong: will search — future but not duration-focused.
C) Wrong: will have searched — means finished search; doesn’t stress continuous effort.
D) Wrong: searched — past tense.
8. By the time the equipment ships, engineers __ that prototype under stress tests for weeks.
A) will have been subjecting
B) will subject
C) will have subjected
D) are subjecting
Verb: subject (someone/something to) — verb: to expose to tests or conditions.
A) Correct: will have been subjecting — continuous stress testing for weeks prior to shipment.
B) Wrong: will subject — simple future, lacks duration nuance.
C) Wrong: will have subjected — completed action, not continuous.
D) Wrong: are subjecting — present continuous, not linked to a future completion point.
9. By the time the judges arrive, the artists __ their installations for two consecutive days.
A) will have been assembling
B) will assemble
C) will have assembled
D) assembled
Verb: assemble — verb: to put parts together to form a complete piece.
A) Correct: will have been assembling — emphasizes the continuous labor across two days.
B) Wrong: will assemble — future single event, not duration.
C) Wrong: will have assembled — completion-only idea.
D) Wrong: assembled — past.
10. By Sunday morning, the emergency crew __ debris since dawn.
A) will have been clearing
B) will clear
C) will have cleared
D) cleared
Verb: clear — verb: to remove obstacles or debris.
A) Correct: will have been clearing — continuous removal work from dawn until Sunday morning.
B) Wrong: will clear — does not emphasize ongoing process; just future action.
C) Wrong: will have cleared — focuses on completion.
D) Wrong: cleared — past tense.
