Future Perfect Continuous Tense (Will / Shall Have been) — Exercise 8 (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 reunion, alumni __ memorabilia and exhibits for several months.
A) will have been curating
B) will curate
C) will have curated
D) curated
Verb: curate — verb: to select, organize, and present items (often for an exhibit).
A) Correct: will have been curating — shows ongoing, careful work for months leading to the reunion.
B) Wrong: will curate — simple future, not duration.
C) Wrong: will have curated — finished; misses ongoing preparation nuance.
D) Wrong: curated — past.
2. By the launch, the marketing team __ promotional materials for weeks.
A) will have been producing
B) will produce
C) will have produced
D) are producing
Verb: produce — verb: to create or make something, such as materials or content.
A) Correct: will have been producing — highlights continuous creation for many weeks until launch.
B) Wrong: will produce — future action, not sustained effort.
C) Wrong: will have produced — indicates finished production, not the continuous workload idea.
D) Wrong: are producing — present continuous, not tied to future point.
3. By the end of the drill, recruits __ basic rescue techniques for hours.
A) will have been practicing
B) practice
C) will have practiced
D) will practice
Verb: practice — verb: to repeat an activity to improve skill.
A) Correct: will have been practicing — continuous practice for hours until drill’s end.
B) Wrong: practice — simple present; wrong tense and form.
C) Wrong: will have practiced — finished action focus.
D) Wrong: will practice — simple future; lacks the duration emphasis.
4. By the time funding is approved, the researchers __ preliminary tests for several cycles.
A) will have been repeating
B) will repeat
C) will have repeated
D) repeat
Verb: repeat — verb: to do something again multiple times.
A) Correct: will have been repeating — shows repeated cycles taking place until approval.
B) Wrong: will repeat — single future action, not ongoing cycles.
C) Wrong: will have repeated — completed repetition; not the continuous ongoing sense.
D) Wrong: repeat — present tense; not appropriate.
5. By the anniversary, the volunteers __ community outreach events continuously for months.
A) will have been organizing
B) will organize
C) will have organized
D) organized
Verb: organize — verb: to arrange an event or series of events.
A) Correct: will have been organizing — shows months of continuous arrangement activity up to the anniversary.
B) Wrong: will organize — simple future.
C) Wrong: will have organized — completion-focused.
D) Wrong: organized — past tense.
6. By check-out time, the housekeeping staff __ rooms for several hours.
A) will have been sanitizing
B) will sanitize
C) will have sanitized
D) sanitize
Verb: sanitize — verb: to clean thoroughly to make safe or hygienic.
A) Correct: will have been sanitizing — ongoing cleaning job for hours before checkout.
B) Wrong: will sanitize — future action, no idea of duration.
C) Wrong: will have sanitized — finished action; not focused on duration.
D) Wrong: sanitize — present imperative or general present.
7. By the end of harvest, the farmers __ the orchards for weeks.
A) will have been pruning
B) will prune
C) will have pruned
D) pruned
Verb: prune — verb: to cut away dead or overgrown branches or parts.
A) Correct: will have been pruning — continued pruning for weeks until harvest’s end.
B) Wrong: will prune — simple future.
C) Wrong: will have pruned — finished action only.
D) Wrong: pruned — past.
8. By opening night, the actors __ the play’s cues for many rehearsals.
A) will have been memorizing
B) will memorize
C) will have memorized
D) memorize
Verb: memorize — verb: to learn by heart.
A) Correct: will have been memorizing — ongoing memorization in many rehearsals.
B) Wrong: will memorize — single action future.
C) Wrong: will have memorized — finished memorization; does not stress the ongoing repetition.
D) Wrong: memorize — present.
9. By that evening, the IT team __ the migration process for days.
A) will have been executing
B) will execute
C) will have executed
D) executed
Verb: execute — verb: to carry out a plan or operation.
A) Correct: will have been executing — continuous execution over days until that evening.
B) Wrong: will execute — future but no duration.
C) Wrong: will have executed — completion-only.
D) Wrong: executed — past tense.
10. By the time the summit begins, the delegates __ negotiations behind closed doors for days.
A) will have been engaging in
B) will engage in
C) will have engaged in
D) engage in
Verb: engage in — phrasal verb: to take part in or begin an activity.
A) Correct: will have been engaging in — shows continuous negotiation before the summit.
B) Wrong: will engage in — future, not duration.
C) Wrong: will have engaged in — completion emphasis.
D) Wrong: engage in — present.
