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FPC Future Perfect vs FPC

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Exercise 1 — Completion vs duration: choose FP or FPC

Choose Future Perfect (will have + past participle) for completed results or Future Perfect Continuous (will have been + -ing) for duration/process. Context is key.

Set:

By 5 PM, she ___ the report. (result: the report exists, it's done)

will have been writingwill have writtenwill be writingwill write

By 5 PM, she ___ for six hours. (duration: the activity is ongoing)

will have been writingwill have writtenwill be writingwrote

When I arrive, they ___ all the food. (nothing will be left)

will have been eatingwill be eatingwill have eatenhad eaten

By the end of the race, she ___ for four hours without stopping.

will have been runningwill have runwill be runninghas run

He ___ the whole novel by the time the film adaptation is released.

will have been readingwill be readinghad readwill have read

By the time you call, I ___ for an hour trying to fix this bug.

will have fixedwill have been workingwill be workinghad worked

By next year, she ___ three albums. (counting a measurable output)

will have recordedwill have been recordingwill be recordinghas recorded

By next year, she ___ for twelve months on her debut album.

will have recordedwill be recordingwill have been recordingrecords

The builders ___ on the stadium for three years by the opening ceremony.

will have completedwill be workinghad been workingwill have been working

The builders ___ the stadium by the opening ceremony. (it's ready)

will have been completingwill have completedwill be completinghad completed

Home/Tenses/Future Perfect Continuous/Future Perfect vs FPC

FPC Future Perfect vs FPC

HardC1

Exercise 1 — Completion vs duration: choose FP or FPC

Choose Future Perfect (will have + past participle) for completed results or Future Perfect Continuous (will have been + -ing) for duration/process. Context is key.

Set:

By 5 PM, she ___ the report. (result: the report exists, it's done)

will have been writingwill have writtenwill be writingwill write

By 5 PM, she ___ for six hours. (duration: the activity is ongoing)

will have been writingwill have writtenwill be writingwrote

When I arrive, they ___ all the food. (nothing will be left)

will have been eatingwill be eatingwill have eatenhad eaten

By the end of the race, she ___ for four hours without stopping.

will have been runningwill have runwill be runninghas run

He ___ the whole novel by the time the film adaptation is released.

will have been readingwill be readinghad readwill have read

By the time you call, I ___ for an hour trying to fix this bug.

will have fixedwill have been workingwill be workinghad worked

By next year, she ___ three albums. (counting a measurable output)

will have recordedwill have been recordingwill be recordinghas recorded

By next year, she ___ for twelve months on her debut album.

will have recordedwill be recordingwill have been recordingrecords

The builders ___ on the stadium for three years by the opening ceremony.

will have completedwill be workinghad been workingwill have been working

The builders ___ the stadium by the opening ceremony. (it's ready)

will have been completingwill have completedwill be completinghad completed