The Past Perfect Continuous Inclusive and the Past Continuous.
The Past Perfect Continuous Inclusive should not be confused with the Past Continuous. The Past Continuous is used to denote an action going on at a definite moment in the past, no previous duration is expressed. The Past Perfect Continuous Inclusive is used when the previous duration of the action is expressed.
And now it was raining, had been rainingfor days the miserable fall rains of
Eastern France. (Heym)
The magnificent motor-car was waitingat the kerb. It had been waitingfor
two hours. (Bennett)
THE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
The formation of the Future Perfect Continuous.
1. The Future Perfect Continuous is formed by means ofthe Future Perfect of the auxiliary verb to be and Participle I of the notional verb.
2. In the interrogative form the first auxiliary verb is placed before the subject.
In the negative form the negative particle not is placed after the first auxiliary verb.
Affirmative
Interrogative
I shall have been working
Shall I have been working?
He will have been working
Will he have been working?
She will have been working
Will she have been working?
We shall have been working
Shall we have been working?
You will have been working
Will you have been working?
They will have been working
Will they have been working?
Negative
I shall not have been working
He will not have been working
She will not have been working
We shall not have been working
You will not have been working
They will not have been working
3. The contracted affirmative forms are:
I’ll have been working
He’ll have been working
The contracted negative forms are:
I shan’t have been working
He won’t have been working
4. The negative-interrogative forms are:
{Will he not have been working?
Won’t he have been working?
{Shall we not have been working?
Shan’t we have been working?
The use of the Future Perfect Continuous.
The Future Perfect Continuous denotes an action which will begin before a definite moment in the future, will continue up to that moment and will be going on at that moment.
We shall have been working at this problem for a month when you visit us a