Question

The future perfect continuous tense uses the following construction:

• A. will + be + the present participle (the base verb + -ing)
• B. will + (base form of verb)
• C. will + have + been + the verb's present participle (base verb + -ing)
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

will + have + been + the verb's present participle (base verb + -ing)

Option C is correct. The construction "will have been" indicates that we are projecting ourselves forward in time and looking back at the duration of the activity. The "-ing" for of the verb indicates that the activity will have begun in the past, present or future and is expected to continue into the future.

Option A is incorrect. The construction is of future continuous.

Option B is incorrect as it is the construction is of future simple.

Option D is incorrect as the answer lies in option C.