Future perfect, or future perfect continuous? Ask BBC Learning English

I will have done.

I will have been doing.

What's the difference?

Qual é a diferença?

That's what Ali wants to know.

É isso que o Ali quer saber.

That was Ali's question.

Essa foi a pergunta do Ali.

But we also want your questions.

Mas a gente também quer suas perguntas.

You can email us at learningenglish@bbc.co.uk

Você pode mandar e-mail para learningenglish@bbc.co.uk

Now, back to the future

Agora, de volta ao future

perfect. Let's go.

perfect. Vamos lá.

We're going to look at two similarities and five differences.

Vamos olhar duas semelhanças e cinco diferenças.

Now, both these tenses look to a point in the future and then look back.

Agora, ambos esses tempos olham para um ponto no futuro e depois olham para trás.

Now, for both these tenses we need a time reference.

Agora, para ambos esses tempos precisamos de uma referência de tempo.

Now, that might just be a date or time with 'by',

Agora, isso pode ser apenas uma data ou hora com 'by',

or it could be some other way that makes the time obvious.

ou pode ser de outra forma que torne o tempo óbvio.

The future perfect refers to actions that will be completed

O future perfect se refere a ações que serão completadas

before a time in the future.

antes de um momento no futuro.

We make it with 'will', 'have', and that's often 'will've', and the past participle.

Fazemos com 'will', 'have', e isso é frequentemente 'will've', e o particípio passado.

By the end of today, I will've found five new clients.

Because we're talking about completion,

Como estamos falando sobre conclusão,

we can use it with the question, 'how many?'

podemos usá-lo com a pergunta, 'how many?'

Here's my to do list.

Aqui está minha lista de tarefas.

By the end of today, I will have emailed these seven people,

I will have had three meetings, and I will have finished a project.

The future perfect continuous refers to something that will still be

O future perfect continuous se refere a algo que ainda estará

in progress at a point in the future.

em progresso em um ponto no futuro.

Now, we make it with 'will', 'have' and 'been', which often together is

Agora, fazemos com 'will', 'have' e 'been', que frequentemente juntos é

'will've been' and the '-ing' form.

'will've been' e a forma '-ing'.

By three o'clock, I will have been talking about work for five hours.

I'm going to be exhausted!

Vou estar exausta!

By the end of this week,

we'll have been planning this project for five days.

It'll be time to get started.

Vai ser hora de começar.

Here, we're focusing on the action itself and the length of time spent doing it.

Aqui, estamos focando na ação em si e no tempo gasto fazendo.

We can use it with the question, 'how long?'

Podemos usá-lo com a pergunta, 'how long?'

By next week, I will have been working here for eight years.

Maybe I should try something new.

Talvez eu deva tentar algo novo.

Remember, we don't usually use '-ing' forms with state verbs,

Lembre, normalmente não usamos formas '-ing' com verbos estativos,

so we use the future perfect with state verbs.

então usamos o future perfect com verbos estativos.

By September, I will have been knowing my wife for 23 years.

By September, I will have known my wife for 23 years.

That's all for now.

Isso é tudo por agora.

Check below for more on this topic.

Confira abaixo para mais sobre este tópico.

We'll see you next time.

Te vejo na próxima.