The Future Perfect Continuous tense shows an action that will start before a specific time in the future and will continue up to that time. The formula is: will + have + been + verb-ing. It is used to talk about actions that will be in progress at a specific time in the future.
Neno la Future Perfect Continuous linaonyesha kitendo ambacho kitafanya kabla ya wakati maalum ujao na kitadumu hadi wakati huo. Fomula ni: will + have + been + verb-ing. Hutumika kuzungumzia vitendo ambavyo vitakuwa vikiendelea katika wakati maalum ujao.
Mifano & Matamshi
They will have been building the new school for six months by the time it opens.
Watakuwa wamekuwa wakijenga shule mpya kwa miezi sita kufikia itakapofunguliwa.
shows an action that will start before a specific time in the future
I will have been waiting for the bus for thirty minutes by the time it arrives.
Nitakuwa nimekuwa nasubiri basi kwa dakika thelathini kufikia lifike.
shows an action that will continue up to a specific time in the future
She will have been studying for her exams for three weeks by the time they start.
Atakuwa amekuwa akisoma majaribio yake kwa wikuu tatu kufikia zinapofungua.
shows an action that will start before a specific time in the future
will have been studying
atakuwa amekuwa anasoma
future perfect continuous
will have been working
atakuwa amekuwa akifanya kazi
future perfect continuous
will have been living
atakuwa amekuwa akiishi
future perfect continuous
will have been teaching
atakuwa amekuwa akifundisha
future perfect continuous
will have been writing
atakuwa amekuwa akiandika
future perfect continuous
will have been reading
atakuwa amekuwa akisoma
future perfect continuous
will have been playing
atakuwa amekuwa akicheza
future perfect continuous
will have been watching
atakuwa amekuwa akionyesha
future perfect continuous
will have been listening
atakuwa amekuwa akisikiliza
future perfect continuous
will have been speaking
atakuwa amekuwa akizungumza
future perfect continuous
Zoezi: Tamka mifano hii
Soma Zaidi
Mfano (Example) 1
By the time I finish my homework, I will have been studying for three hours. My sister will have been cooking dinner for two hours by the time we eat. We will have been waiting for the daladala for thirty minutes by the time it arrives.
Kufikia nitakapomaliza masomo yangu, nitakuwa nimekuwa nikisoma kwa masaa matatu. Dada yangu atakuwa amekuwa akipika chakula kwa masaa mawili kufikia tutakapokula. Tutakuwa tumekuwa tumesubiri daladala kwa muda wa dakika thelathini kufikia itakapofika.
Maelezo (Detail)
In the sentence 'By the time I finish my homework, I will have been studying for three hours', the word will have been studying is in the Future Perfect Continuous tense. This is because it shows an action that will start before a specific time in the future and will continue up to that time. Alternative examples are 'I will have been playing football for two hours by the time the game ends' or 'She will have been singing for thirty minutes by the time the concert finishes'.
Katika sentensi 'Kufikia nitakapomaliza masomo yangu, nitakuwa nimekuwa nikisoma kwa masaa matatu', maneno nitakuwa nimekuwa nikisoma yako katika neno la Future Perfect Continuous. Hii ni kwa sababu inaonyesha kitendo ambacho kitafanya kabla ya wakati maalum ujao na kitadumu hadi wakati huo. Mifano mingine ni 'Nitakuwa nimekuwa nikicheza mpira kwa masaa mawili kufikia mechi iishe' au 'Atakuwa amekuwa akimwimbia kwa dakika thelathini kufikia hafla iishe'.
Mfano (Example) 2
By next year, Ivan will have been living in Dar es Salaam for five years.
Ifikapo mwaka ujao, Ivan atakuwa amekuwa akiishi Dar es Salaam kwa miaka mitano.
Maelezo (Detail)
In the sentence 'By next year, Ivan will have been living in Dar es Salaam for five years', will have been living is in the future perfect continuous tense. It describes an action that will start before a specific time in the future and will continue up to that time. Alternatives: will have been working, will have been studying.
Katika sentensi 'Ifikapo mwaka ujao, Ivan atakuwa amekuwa akiishi Dar es Salaam kwa miaka mitano', atakuwa amekuwa akiishi imetumia wakati wa sasa unaoendelea ujao. Inaelezea kitendo ambacho kitafanya kabla ya wakati mahususi ujao na kitakuwa kimedumu hadi wakati huo.
Maswali
1
Identify the verb in the Future Perfect Continuous tense in the sentence below: (Tambua kiti cha neno la Future Perfect Continuous katika sentensi ifuatayo:)
By next year, I will have been learning English for five years.
Kufikia mwaka ujao, nitakuwa nimekuwa nikijifunza Kiingereza kwa miaka mitano.
will have been learning
2
Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence: 'By next month, I _______ English for three years.',
Kwa sababu inaonyesha kitendo ambacho kitafanya kabla ya wakati maalum ujao
3
Find the error in the sentence: 'I will have study English for five years by the time I graduate.',
Kwa sababu kiti cha neno si sahihi
4
Complete the sentence: 'By the time we arrive, they _______ their homework for two hours.',
Kwa sababu inaonyesha kitendo ambacho kitafanya kabla ya wakati maalum ujao
5
Choose the correct form: By next year, I ___ studying English.
will have been ni umbo sahihi la wakati wa sasa unaoendelea ujao.
6
Complete the sentence: By the time I arrive, Hadija ___ cooking for two hours.
will have been ni umbo sahihi la wakati wa sasa unaoendelea ujao.
7
Choose the correct form: By next year, Ivan ___ studying in Dar es Salaam for three years.
will have been ni umbo sahihi la wakati wa sasa unaoendelea ujao.
8
Complete the sentence: By the time I finish my homework, Peter ___ watching TV for two hours.
will have been ni umbo sahihi la wakati wa sasa unaoendelea ujao.
9
Choose the correct form: By next year, Ruta ___ living in Musoma for five years.
will have been ni umbo sahihi la wakati wa sasa unaoendelea ujao.
10
Complete the sentence: By the time I arrive, Mzee Wandiba ___ teaching for thirty years.
will have been ni umbo sahihi la wakati wa sasa unaoendelea ujao.
11
Classify the following sentences as either affirmative, negative, or question future perfect continuous: 1) I will have been studying, 2) I will not have been studying, 3) Will I have been studying?
umbo la kwanza ni la thibitisho, la pili ni la kanusho, na la tatu ni la swali.
Zungumza
Sema: Say aloud: 'By the time I finish my homework, I will have been studying for two hours.'