Jifunze

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

Zoezi: Tamka mifano hii

Soma Zaidi

Mfano (Example)

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'.

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.',

3

Find the error in the sentence: 'I will have study English for five years by the time I graduate.',

4

Complete the sentence: 'By the time we arrive, they _______ their homework for two hours.',

Zungumza

Sema: Say aloud: 'By the time I finish my homework, I will have been studying for two hours.'

Sema sentensi hii kwa sauti