The Future Perfect Continuous Tense

12. The Future Perfect Continuous Tense

        
         The Future Perfect Continuous Tense mengemban hubungan yang sama dengan The Future Perfect Tense, seperti halnya The Present Perfect Continuous Tense dengan The Present Perfect Tense. Baik The Future Perfect Tense maupun The Future Perfect Continuous Tense memperlihatkan kegiatan yang akan terjadi atau akan rampung sebelum kegiatan / waktu lain di masa depan dan penggunaan keterangan waktunya yang sama, yaitu by dan in: by then, by that time, by next year, by eight o’clock; in a week’s time, in two hours, in three years, in no time. By this time next year George will have taken his university degree. When George gets his degree, he will have been studying for four years.           

         Dari dua Contoh kalimat di atas, The Future Perfect Continuous Tense (kalimat kedua) menekankan pada sifat dasar kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung (continuous / progressive) di masa depan, sedangkan The Future Perfect Tense pada hasil / akibatnya.        

       Lebih jauh The Future Perfect Continuous Tense berfungsi untuk kegiatan yang akan berlangsung terus-menerus, tapi akan berakhir, atau melambangkan kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung terus-menerus selama periode waktu yang akan berakhir di masa depan. Tenses ini dapat digunakan sebagai pengganti The Future Continuous Tense.           

         Pembuatan kalimat positif tersusun dari kata bantu kerja will atau shall setelah subyek, selanjutnya diikuti have been dan kata kerja ( present participle ) –ing. Kalimat negatifnya dengan menambahkan kata not setelah will atau shall (won’t / shan’t) dan interogatifnya dengan menempatkan kata kerja bantu di depan subyek dan seterusnya.

Pola Kalimat:

(+) S + will/shall + have + been + V1 + ing + O/Adv. 
(-)  S + will/shall + not + have + been + V1 + ing + O/Adv. 
(?) Will/Shall + S + have + been + V1 + ing + O/Adv.  


Fungsi dan Contoh:
 
i. The Future Perfect Continuous Tense untuk menyatakan peristiwa yang sudah akan terjadi dan akan tetap berlangsung terus-menerus pada saat dibicarakan selama periode waktu yang akan berakhir di masa depan.
 

• George has already been at the university for theree years. He will take his degree examination ten months from now. When George gets his degree, he will have been studying for four years.
• On 23rd October 1999 they will have been living in Beverly Hill for three years.
• By the end of the month he will have been living, working, and studying here for ten years.
• By the end of the month he will have been training horses for twenty years.
• You will have been studying English for five years by the day after tomorrow.

ii. menunjukkan tindakkan yang akan berlangsung terus-menerus selama periode waktu yang akan berakhir dan nanti telah sempurna dilakukan sebelum tindakan/waktu tertentu di masa depan.
 

• We will have been attending English classes for four years by the time the examination given again.
• I will have been doing the test (for half an hour) by the time you meet me.
• By nightfall we will have been working for ten hours without a rest.
• You and I will have been listening to music for two hours when the second plays.
• I, Ricky, Andry, Nia, and Devi will have been watching the film on TV since 7.30 to 10.15 by tonight when the national news ends.

 

EXERCISES  

I. Choose A, B, C, D, or E as the best answer by crossing (X) it. (Pililah A, B, C, D, atau E jawaban yang paling benar dengan memberi tanda silang.)     

1. She … two songs for fifteen minutes by the time the contest begins.        
A. Will have been                         C. Sings                             E. sang        
B. Will have ben singing               D. is singing    

2. Rick Price … me with his songs by the time I write some articles.        
A. Will have been accompanying     D. Has will been accompanying        
B. Will have accompanying been     E. Will have been        
C. Will been accompanying     

3. The on-lookers … for Michael Bolton to sing for hours because  he gets traffic jam.         
A. have been will waiting          D. are waiting                           
B. have will been waiting          E. will have been waiting                
C. were waiting

     
4. My mother … him to have lunch by the time he comes home.         
A. have been serving           D. will have been serving         
B. servers                              E. will serving have been         
C. will serve

    
5. Dea … tricycle by herself by the time she is four or five years old.         
A. been playing will have           D. will have been to play             
B. will have been play                E. ‘ll will have been playing to

C. will have been playing

    
6. Their neighbour the Andyas will … a new house by the time the next summer comes.         
A. leave be building                D. have been building                                          
B. have building                      E. been have dealing          
C. be built

    
7. The manager will … with that firm for two years by next year.         
A. deal                                                   D. dealing                   
B. will have been dealing                    E. have been dealing

C. will has been dealing     

8. A large military force … to the east by the time the enemy decides to conquer it. 
A. will be lying                          D. have lying been                             
B. will have be lying                 E. lying been have

C. will been lying

    
9. The weather is very bad. The ship will have been lying off-shore for two days … the time it fills in fuel.         
A. for        B. at         C. by         D. when       E. in      

10. The street workers will have been paving the road … three months by 2000.           A. for         B. by          C. at        D. in         E. when     

11. A village-to-village seller will … been … clothes here by the middle of Ramadan month.        
A. have – peddling                      D. be – peddling                              
B. has – peddling                        E. peddling – been

C. have – peddle

    
12. By next semester I … have … teaching the third grade students English for two periods.       A. ‘ll shall – been       C. ‘ll – be                      E. shall – will          
B. shall – been           D. been – shall           

13. People will … walking on this road by the time the street gangster is released from jail.         
A. haven’t been            C. not have been         E. not been           
B. have been not          D. not been have     

14. We … swaping the garden for two days by the time the rain falls down.            
A. have shan’t been                      D.shant’t have been                             
B. ‘ll not shall have been               E. ‘ll shan’t have been

C. ‘ll haven’t been

    
15. What will you have been doing for a year by the end of June this year?           
A. I am studying at IKIP Bandung.                              
B. I’ve been studying at IKIP Bandung.                       
C. I’ll study at IKIP Bandung.           
D. He’ll be studying at IKIP Bandung.

E. I’ll have been studying at IKIP Bandung.

    
16. Where will Udin have been playing badminton for three hours by next month?
A. He’ll have been playing it seriously for three month.           
B. He’ll have been playing it at indoor stadium for three month.           
C. He’ll have been playing it with his friend for three hours by next month.           
D. He’ll have been playing it for three hours by next month because he likes it.
E. he’ll been have playing it outside the house for three hours by next month.     

17. Ricky, Andri, Nia, Devi and I will have been watching the film on TV since 7.30 to 10.15 by tonight when the national news ends.           
A. How shall we have been watching the film on TV?           
B. Why shall we have been watching the film on TV?           
C. Where shall we have been watching The film?           
D. What shall we have been watching on TV?           
E. Who will have been watching the film on TV?     

18. Will Rudy have been sleeping for a night long by the time he has to study?
A. No, she won’t.        C. No, he won’t.            E. Yes, she will.

B. No, he will.              D. Yes, he won’t.                          

19. Will you have been talking good care of our daughter by the time I study in Bandung?           A. Yes I do.                  C. Yes, I will.                E. No, I am not.

B. Yes I have.              D. No, I haven’t.                     

20. The correct negative form of the Future Perfect Continuous Tense is …           
A. I shall have been reading books by the time the TV is on.           
B. I shan’t have been reading books by the time the TV is on.           
C. I won’t be reading books by the time the TV is on.           
D. I haven’t been reading books by the time the TV is on.           
E. I wouldn’t read books by the time the TV is on.    


II. Put the verbs between brackets into The Future Perfect Continuous Tense. (Letakkan kata kerja di antara kurung ke dalam The Future Perfect Continuous Tense.)      

Example:     

My brother (feed) the chickenfor half an hour. 
My brother will have been feeding the chicken for half an hour.    

1. The patient (wait) in the emergency room for almost two hour when a doctor treats her.        ………………………………………….    

2. My uncle (work) hard for five minutes by the end of the film on TV.        ………………………………………….    

3. She (keep) it a secret for a year before her master arrives.        ………………………………………….    

4. He (smoke) cigars for ten months by the year 1999.        
………………………………………….    

5. I (do) my homework by the time you are on your way to my house.        ………………………………………….    

6. He (trim) the hedge for the whole morning by tomorrow.        
………………………………………….    

7. Mr. Handi (teach) English for thirty years by the tome next month.        ………………………………………….    

8. We (not live) in Semarang for three months by the time they get married.        ………………………………………….    

9. She (try) to find it for the whole morning before she finds it  by tomorrow.        ………………………………………….  

10. You (waste) your time for months by the time you talk with him.         ………………………………………….

iii. Sellect the correct verb for each sentence. Use each verb only once. Use only the Future Perfect Continuous Tense of verb. (Pilih kata kerja yang tepat untuk masing-masing kalimat. Gunakan kata kerja satu kali saja. Gunakan saja kata kerja The Future Perfect Continuous Tense.)

      
Example:
 

     He … for ten hours when his boss is out.

     He will have been sleeping for ten hours when his boss is out.

     spend           read

     speak           leave

     spread          teach

     stand             tell

     ride               drive

     

      
1. I ………..… to work by bus for eight days by the time this week.

     
2. Mr. Harris ………..… that class by this semester.

     
3. We ………..… ten dollars over the weekend by the time you come.

     
4. The teacher ………..… the students the answer when the test is over.      

5. Frank ………..… the car carefully by the time the street is busy.

     
6. The men ………..… for Chicago by tonight.      

7. The students ………..… the story carefully by that time.      

8. He ………..… to his boss about that matter by the time they meet.      

9. The boy ………..… the butter on his bread by the time he has his breakfast.    

10. The teacher ………..… in front of the blackboard for two minutes by the time he explains about the sixteen English Tenses. 
                

This is the end of The Future Perfect Continuous Tense tutorial. Good luck.