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Past and future - English lesson

The past perfect tense vs. The past perfect continuous

Basic uses:

 The past perfect is used to show that an action or event in the past took place ( or didn't take place) before another action/point of time in the past.

   Form: Had + verb in the past participle

 The past perfect continuous form indicates that a process/activity was ( or wasn't ) taking place before something else happened in the past.

   Form : Had+ been + Verb + ing

Future perfect simple vs. Future perfect continuous

Basic uses:

 We use the future perfect simple, when we want to speak about a process or activity or event completed at or done before a particular time in the future.

   Form: Will + have + verb in the past participle

 We use the future perfect continuous, if we want to stress the continuity of the future event.

                                                       Form: Will + Have + Been + Verb + ing

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1. I hadn't been seeinghadn't seenwill have been seeingI don't know this American singer on stage before.

2. Until that tune came on, I will have listenedhad listenedhadn't been listeningI don't know to rock music.

3. After I had heardwill have heardhad been heardingI don't know it, I couldn't get it out of my head.

4. By next October, we had registeredwill have been registeringwill have registeredI don't know for a university course.

5. It's possible that by then, I will have been readingwill have readhad readI don't know a lot in English.

6. My brother, Adam, will have been workinghad been workingwill have workedI don't know as a teacher for ten years by next June.

7. Our class will have been workinghad been workingwill have workedI don't know on this project for a week by next Friday.

8. I have finishedhadn't finishedwill have been finishingI don't know washing the car; we can go shopping.