Future in the Past in English: everything is simpler than it seems. Temporal forms of Future in the Past Future in the past in indirect speech

In English everything is possible. Even such an absurd name for a whole group of times - Future in the Past - the future is in the past. How can this be, you ask. How did it get into the past context? It’s very simple - we are talking about an action that was the future for a certain moment in the past. Let's give an example right away:

He said he would come at 5 o’clock. - He said he would come at 5 o’clock.

At the time he said this, it was not yet 5 o'clock. That is, the action “will come” is future in relation to the past action “said”. This is your time Future in the Past.

There are four time groups Future in the Past:

1. Future Simple in the Past
3. Future Perfect in the Past

Formation of tenses Future in the Past: formula

Time Future in the Past are formed in the same way as their analogues from the group Future, only instead will And shall are used would And should . Should used only for first person singular and plural, but there is a tendency to use would for all persons and numbers:

Future Simple in the Past	Future Continuous in the Past
I would (should) work.	I would (should) be working.
We would (should) work.	We would (should) be working.
You would work.	You would be working.
He (she, it) would work.	He (she, it) would be working.
They would work.	They would be working.

Future Perfect in the Past	Future Perfect Continuous in the Past
I would (should) have worked.	I would (should) have been working.
We would (should) have worked.	We would (should) have been working.
You would have worked.	You would have been working.
He (she, it) would have worked.	He (she, it) would have been working.
They would have worked.	They would have been working.

In interrogative form, auxiliary verb would (should ) placed before the subject:

• Would I work?
• Would we be working?
• Would he have worked?
• Would they have been working?

In a negative form not is placed after the auxiliary verb would (should ) :

• I wouldn't work.
• We wouldn't be working.
• He would not have worked.
• They would not have been working.

Used as abbreviated forms "d in the affirmative form for both auxiliary verbs and wouldn't’ t (shouldn't’ t ) in negative form:

• He'd be working.
• They wouldn't have worked.
• We shouldn't work.

Using Future in the Past: example sentences

Time Future in the Past are used in when the predicate of the main sentence is expressed by the verb in. Purpose of use Future in the Past– show that the action in the subordinate clause will occur later than the action in the main clause.

Let's give examples Future in the Past:

I thought that you would be late. - I thought you would be late. (Future Simple in the Past)

I knew we wouldbepacking next Friday. – I knew that we would be meeting next Friday. (Future Continuous in the Past)

He said he would have read the book by the time I needed it. “He said he would finish the book by the time I needed it.” (Future Perfect in the Past)

He said that by that time he would have been driving for two hours. “He said that by then he would have been driving for two hours.” (Future Perfect Continuous in the Past)

So the times Future in the Past denote a future action relative to a specific moment in the past. As can be seen from the examples, the sentence necessarily contains a verb in the past tense in the main clause, without it the use Future in the Past impossible.

If you have already come across a topic like "", you will understand that times Future in the Past arose precisely thanks to the rules of coordination. Interestingly, in English grammar books the tenses are Future in the Past are not allocated to a separate group at all, but are considered within the framework of the rules for coordinating tenses and ways of expressing future actions described from the past. In addition, about the use would instead of will we learn when studying, the rules for coordinating times also apply to it:

He says: “I won’t buy this car.” - He says: “I won’t buy this car.”

He said he wouldn’t buy that car. “He said he wouldn’t buy that car.”

She hopes she will have finished the courses by the beginning of spring. “She hopes to finish the course by early spring.”

She hoped she would have finished the courses by the beginning of spring. “She hoped that she would finish the course by the beginning of spring.

From these examples it is clear that the times of the group Future express future action relative to the present moment, and tenses of the group Future in the Past– future action relative to a past moment.

Finally, it remains to say that Future in the Past usually used after speaking verbs ( say , tell ) and mental activity ( think , know , believe , expect , hope etc.)

Application of tenses Future Continuous in the Past, Future Perfect in the Past And Future Perfect Continuous in the Past– is significantly limited, but Future Simple in the Past occurs quite often.

Theme of the times Future in the Past We looked separately at how it is treated in domestic textbooks, since it is present in schools and can cause difficulties for students. But I believe that it is more logical not to highlight these tenses, as English-speaking grammarians do, so as not to create unnecessary confusion.

Now try the following test Future in the Past to consolidate the acquired knowledge:

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Test

Future in the Past: exercises

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Correct the mistakes in the following sentences taking into account “Future in the Past” theme. There can be up to 2 mistakes in each sentence

Task 1.

Last time I see you, you are going to find a new flat.

Task 2.

I knew he would come to my party soon.

Task 3.

Yesterday I am to see my boss at 11 in the morning.

Task 4.

He promised that he will have read the book by the time I need it.

Task 5.

I am going to see him the next day.

Task 6.

Somehow I knew my car would not be ready the next week.

Task 7.

I thought you are going to miss the plane, but you manage to arrive on time.

The grammar of the English language cannot be called illogical, because everyone who has come across its rules in one way or another can note that all tense forms have a clear structure and order, and almost every instance of the use of a particular construction can be explained. But one cannot help but say that the English language, from the point of view of tense formation, is completely similar to Russian. It has its own characteristics, and some rules are specific to this language. In particular, such a temporary form as Future in the Past in English.

This construction has no analogues in Russian grammar. As the name implies, with the help of such a structure the future time is expressed, which, however, is inextricably linked with the past. It is this time and its peculiarities of formation and use that will be discussed further.

The essence of time

Although the key word in the name of this form is Future, this type of tense is applicable to special situations. We are talking primarily about complex sentences, where the main part is used in the past tense, for example, in, and the dependent part, which even though it refers to the future, nevertheless, the simple Future cannot be used here, and in this case the form is relevant and forced Future in the Past. This is very often found in indirect speech (Reported Speech), when the Future in the Past Tense is used after the author’s words in the past.

Just like the simple future tense, the future in the past in English has the same categories - Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous. For clarity, below is a table of such forms and the formulas by which they are formed:

Next, we should describe in more detail the features of using each tense Future in the Past in English and give examples of their use. In addition, for these two constructions - Simple and Perfect - it is also possible to form Passive forms, i.e., according to the same principle as the ordinary future tense.

Using Fut Indefinite in the Past

A similar structure is relevant in English when it is necessary to show a typical situation in the future. The only difference is that it is used after the past tense, adjoining it as a dependent part. There is no difficulty in formation: it is an auxiliary would (and not will, as in the simple future), and an infinitive without the particle to, in other words, a verb in the first form. In Future Indefinite in the Past sentences it looks like this:

· Peter told me that he would return quite soon - Peter told me that he would return quite soon
· I wanted to know when Mr. Richards would call me again - I asked when Mr. Richards would call me again

As can be seen from the examples, the Future Simple in the Past is often preceded by the Past Simple, which is the main reason for using such a tense form.

Education and use of Fut Continuous in the Past

A tense such as Future Continuous in the Past is almost completely analogous to the usual long future tense. The only difference is that here the relationship with the past is directly traced, and the process in the future is in any case connected with the past and depends on it.

Education is similar to regular Fut. Continuous, only here the auxiliary verb is would, which shows the attitude towards the past. The formula is: would + be + V(–ing). Here, of course, there is a similarity with the Past Continuous, but the duration is aimed at action in the future:

· My wife said that the following day she would be working the whole morning. My wife told me that the next day she would work all morning.
· My friends didn’t tell me that next week they would be lying on the beach at this time. My friends didn't tell me that they would be lying on the beach at this time next week.

Application and structure of Fut Perfect in the Past

Another tense form in which English differs from Russian is the Future Perfect in the Past. In this construction, the basis is the completeness and completeness of the action associated with the future, but due to the dependence on the past, time cannot be simply Future, it takes the form of Future in the Past, and, moreover, Perfect.

The structure is formed by adding to would the auxiliary verb have, characteristic of the perfect, and the main verb in the third form, or Past Participle, as it is correctly called. Here are the situations that such a construction looks like in speech:

· I showed him the man who would have finished the whole experiment by next Friday. I showed him the very person who would complete the experiment by next Friday.
· I wondered why John would have left the house when we came. I asked why John would already be gone by the time we arrived.

Construction and application of Fut Perfect Continuous in the Past

There is another form that is used quite rarely in English, but it is possible to come across it, which means we need to talk about it. This is the Future Perfect Continuous in the Past, a structure where we are talking about an action that at a specific moment in the future will have been ongoing for some time. Many people find a connection here with the Past Perfect Continuous, but this tense still refers to the future, despite the fact that it is forced to change due to the influential main part in the past.

It looks like this: would + have + been + V(–ing), i.e. almost the same as a regular Future, except for the form of the auxiliary verb, where it changes from will to would.

Sentences with this construction are rarely used, but this does not prevent us from giving a few examples:

· He invited me to come the following day and said that by next month he would have been living there for 5 years. He invited me to come and said that by next month he will have been living there for 5 years
· She informed me that by 2019 she would have been working on her project for 10 years. She told me that by 2019 it will be 10 years since she has been working on her project

As you can see, the English language is rich in its specific features, and the future in the past tense is one of them. The examples described above will help you better understand how similar tense forms are formed and used in different situations. And the presented structures themselves can be a good help in speech and will help demonstrate to the interlocutor your knowledge of these unusual constructions, which, nevertheless, from the point of view of all existing grammatical norms, are absolutely correct and logical.

The English language is full of unusual phenomena and paradoxes. And even the future here could end up in the past. We are talking about a group of tenses, Future in the Past, identified by some linguists, expressing action in the future for a certain moment in the past. Let's look at a simple example:

In the past, when the speaker was ten years old, professional prospects were his future. And although such a “future” was not brought into practice, nevertheless, in English it is very important to show the fact that this action was “future” for a certain moment in the past, and not for the present time.

If you take a closer look at the offer … I would be a doctor, we can understand that this sentence is in the future simple tense I will be a doctor, “transferred” to the past due to the placement of an auxiliary verb will into the past tense form would .

Formation of temporary forms

The Future in the Past group includes 4 temporary forms, presented with examples in the following table:

Future Simple in the Past	Tom said he would ask his friends for help.	Tom said that he would ask his friends for help.
	Judy thought her parents would be working when she came home.	Judy thought her parents would be working when she got home.
Future Perfect in the Past	Carol promised she would have paid my money back by the time I needed it.	Carol promised that she would give me my money back by the time I needed it.
	I imagined that I would have been waiting for an hour by the time Mary finally came and decided to leave the house later.	I imagined that I would wait a whole hour until Mary finally arrived, and decided to leave the house later.

It should be noted that similar Russian sentences use the ordinary future tense.

Affirmative sentences with predicates in these tense forms are formed according to the following schemes:

Future Simple in the Past	would V 1
Future Continuous in the Past	would be Ving
Future Perfect in the Past	would have V 3
Future Perfect Continuous in the Past	would have been Ving

At the same time, Future Simple in the Past is a fairly common form, while the other three require a rather narrow context and therefore are rare.

Negative verb forms are formed by adding a particle not to auxiliary verb would , For example:

Future Simple in the Past	Andy said he wouldn’t sell his car.	Andy said he won't sell his car.
Future Continuous in the Past	Sarah hoped that Tom wouldn't be working when she arrived at the airport.	Sarah hoped that Tom would not be working when she arrived at the airport.
Future Perfect in the Past	I believed I wouldn’t have repaired my car by that time.	I believed that I would not have time to repair my car by then.
Future Perfect Continuous in the Past	He realized that he wouldn’t have been working for three months by the time he was fired.	He understood that he would not work even three months before he was fired.

Education interrogative form The Future in the Past would have to be constructed by bringing forward the auxiliary verb would and placing it before the subject. However, if you think about the scope of use of the tenses Future in the Past, it becomes obvious that such sentences are almost impossible to find in living English speech, and the schemes for constructing interrogative sentences will remain diagrams on paper that will never be filled with a living context. The fact is that the tense forms of Future in the Past are not used independently; they are used only in subordinate clauses that express mainly indirect speech and therefore require coordination of tenses. It is for this same reason that many linguists and teachers (including the author of this article) do not consider it advisable to consider the Future in the Past as a separate group of times. This is rather a manifestation of the same tenses of the Future group in conditions of coordination of tenses and indirect speech. However, due to the fact that in many domestic textbooks this group is considered separately, we describe it in this article in order to help our readers understand the intricacies of using these tense forms.

So what about questions? Let's compare the presentation of general questions in direct speech, where the usual tense forms of the Future are used, and in indirect speech, which requires coordination of tenses through the use of the Future in the Past:

Ann asked me: “Will you come to Robert’s party on Friday?”	Anna asked me: “Are you coming to Robert’s party on Friday?”	Ann asked me if I would come to Robert’s party on Friday.	Anna asked me if I would come to Robert's party on Friday.
Mum asked us: “Will you be revising for your exams from 5 to 6 p.m.?”	Mom asked us: “Will you study for the exam from 5 to 6 pm?”	Mum asked us if we would be revising for our exams from 5 to 6 p.m.	Mom asked us if we would study for the exam from 5 to 6 pm.
Tony asked Jack: “Will you have written your essay by the time we go to the cinema?”	Tony asked Jack, “Will you have written your essay by the time we go to the movies?”	Tony asked Jack if he would have written his essay by the time they went to the cinema.	Tony asked Jack if he would have written his essay by the time they went to the movies.
I asked my grandparents: “Will you have been living in this house for 40 yearsby next Sunday?”	I asked my grandparents: “Next Sunday it will be 40 years, how have you lived in this house?”	I asked my grandparents if they would have been living in that house for 40 years the next Sunday.	I asked my grandparents if next Sunday they would have lived in this house for 40 years.

As you can see in the examples given, no moving of the auxiliary verb to the first position in the sentence occurs, because in the case of the Future in the Past we don’t even have to deal with interrogative sentences - only with subordinate clauses. What makes such a subordinate clause “interrogative” is the conjunction “if” in the meaning “whether”. By the way, if the same conjunction if in the meaning of “if” does not allow any will and would after itself, then if in the meaning of “whether” gets along well with these verbal forms, mainly with would (such combinations are more common).

If we look at how special questions are conveyed using Future in the Past, we get the following:

In such subordinate clauses, allied words are used, similar to the interrogative pronouns in the corresponding questions.

Let's also consider examples of presenting an alternative question and a question to the subject in indirect speech:

Paul asked me: “Will you stay at your friends or in a hotel in London?”	Paul asked me: “Are you staying with your friends or in a hotel in London?”	Paul asked me if I would stay at my friends or in a hotel in London.	Paul asked me if I would stay with friends or in a hotel in London.
Jenny asked us: “Who will help me organize the party?”	Jenny asked us, “Who can help me plan the party?”	Jenny asked us who would help her organize the party.	Jenny asked us who would help her organize the party.

As can be seen from the examples above, the possibilities of conveying interrogative sentences in indirect speech through the Future in the Past differ only in the choice of the conjunction if or the conjunction word corresponding to the interrogative pronoun.

A disjunctive question completely loses its structure when translated into indirect speech and is displayed in the same way as a general question:

From all of the above it follows that Future in the Past is not an independent group of tenses, but the result of the rules for coordinating tenses in the context of a narration about the future from the past.

I said that there are four future tenses that we can use in the past tense. Today we will look at Future Continuous in the Past- future continuous in the past.

We use it when in the past (for example, last summer), we talk about actions/events that will happen in the future, focusing on their duration.

Look at the examples: “They hoped that they would rest all day. He thought she would be studying for an exam all evening».

In all these sentences we are talking about long-term processes. It is easy to construct such sentences. Now I will teach you this.

But since in the first part we use the past tense, then according to the rule of tense coordination, we cannot use the future tense in the second part. Therefore we must make the Future Continuous past. It's very simple!

We just need to replace will with would.

……..they would be play ing football all day.
……..they will play football all day.

……..he would be study ing the whole evening.
……..he will study all evening.

Now let's connect the two parts together. In writing, to connect two parts of a sentence, we often use the word that, which is translated as “what.” But in colloquial speech we usually omit that.

The education scheme will be as follows:

Actor + said/thought/told + (that) + actor + would be + -ing verb

She said (that) she would be work ing all day.
She said she would work all day.

They thought (that) he would be driv ing all night long.
They thought he would drive all night.

He knew (that) they would be walk ing.
He knew that they would walk.

Negation in the form of Future Continuous in the Past in English

We can add a negation to the first or second part to make the sentence negative.

Denial in the first part

Since the Past Simple tense is used in the first part, the negation is formed using the auxiliary verb of this tense did and the negative particle not.

They are usually abbreviated like this:

did + not = didn’t

In this case, the action itself will now be in its initial form, that is, it will not change in any way (say, tell, hope). Scheme for the formation of such a sentence:

Actor + didn't + say/think/tell + (that) + actor + would be + verb with -ing

He didn't know (that) he would be study ing at that time.
He didn't know what he would do at this time.

She didn't think (that) she would be cook ing the whole evening.
She didn't know what she would be cooking all evening.

Denial in the second part

To make the second part negative, we need to put not after would.

We can shorten:

would + not = wouldn't

The outline of such a proposal would be as follows:

Actor + said/thought/told + (that) + actor + wouldn’t + be + -ing verb

He said (that) he wouldn't be sleep ing the whole morning.
He said he wouldn't sleep all morning.

They thought (that) they wouldn't be walk ing.
They thought that they would not walk.

Interrogative form in the Future Continuous in the Past in English

If we want to ask a question, then we need to change the first part a little. To do this, we put the auxiliary verb did in the first place in the sentence, and the action itself in the initial form.

The proposal outline will be as follows:

Did + actor + say/think/tell + (that) + actor + would be + -ing verb

Did she say(that) she would be watch ing a movie?
She said she would watch the movie?

Did they know(that) they would be work ing?
Did they know they would work?

We have discussed the theory, and now let's consolidate the use of Future Continuous in the Past in practice.

Reinforcement task

Translate these sentences into English and write them in the comments under the article:

1. He didn’t think that she would rest all evening.
2. She knew that they would study from 5 to 8.
3. They expected that he would not sleep at this time.
4. He said that he would play tennis all evening.
5. She hoped that she would not work at this time?
6. They told us that they would fly all morning.

Leave your answers in the comments below the article.

The English language never ceases to amaze! For literally any situation, the English have their own set of lexical and grammatical rules, and in any of the three basic tenses, as is known, there are branches: if we take, for example, the Future tense, then in parallel with it there is also a mysterious Future in the Past.

What is Future in the Past

Future in the past(future in the past) is a special line of forms of English tense, when we talk about actions that will occur in the future tense, but were mentioned and talked about at the time of the past.

In most cases, the future in the past is used in indirect speech (reported speech), when someone did something, said something, etc.

Future in the Past education rule

All the tense forms that we commonly use in ordinary Future tenses (Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect, Future Perfect Continuous) in English remain the same, but with one exception - instead of the usual auxiliary " will" or " shall", the future past will be " would».

Pay attention to the formulas shown in the table below.

Future tense in the past in English

Future Simple in the Past (Simple future in the past)	I / You / It / He / She / We / They +WOULD+VERB WITHOUT TO
Future Continuous in the Past (Continuous future in the past)	I / You / It / He / She / We / They +WOULD+BE+VERB
Future Perfect in the Past (Complete future in the past)	I / You / It / He / She / We / They +WOULD+HAVE+VERB WITHOUT TO, BUT WITH ENDING -ED / III FORM
Future Perfect Continuous in the Past (Complete-continuous in the past)	I / You / It / He / She / We / They +WOULD+HAVE BEEN+VERB WITHOUT TO, BUT WITH THE ENDING -ING

Future Simple in the Past: Active vs. Passive

Let's start with the fact that the Future Simple in the Past has an active voice (Active Voice) and a passive voice (Passive Voice).

To build the latter we need:

subject + « be» + verb With "- ed" at the end if it is regular, or the 3rd form of the verb if it is irregular.

To better understand how to build a passive in practice, let's look at the examples below:

Jane told Daniel that she would visit all countries located in Asia someday ( Active).
Jane told Daniel that all countries located in Asia would be visited by her someday ( Passive).
Jane told Daniel that she would one day visit every country in Asia.

Affirmation, negation and question in the Future Simple in the Past

Affirmative sentence (Affirmative sentence)	Negative sentence (Negative sentence)	Interrogative sentence (Interrogative sentence)
I + WOULD + CELEBRATE	I + WOULD NOT + CELEBRATE	WOULD + I + CELEBRATE?
You + WOULD + CELEBRATE	You + WOULD NOT + CELEBRATE	WOULD + YOU + CELEBRATE?
She + WOULD + CELEBRATE He + WOULD + CELEBRATE It + WOULD + CELEBRATE	She + WOULD NOT + CELEBRATE He + WOULD NOT + CELEBRATE It + WOULD NOT + CELEBRATE	WOULD + She + CELEBRATE? WOULD + He + CELEBRATE? WOULD + It + CELEBRATE?
We + WOULD + CELEBRATE	We + WOULD NOT + CELEBRATE	WOULD + We + CELEBRATE?
You + WOULD + CELEBRATE	You + WOULD NOT + CELEBRATE	WOULD + YOU + CELEBRATE?
They + WOULD + CELEBRATE	They + WOULD NOT + CELEBRATE	WOULD + They + CELEBRATE?

*celebrate - celebrate

Future Continuous in the Past: Active vs. Passive

It is important to remember that the long future in the past has only one form, which is used exclusively in the active voice.

If it is vital to use the passive voice in a sentence, then you can use Future Simple in the Past(Passive).

However, it is worth remembering that the passive is not always necessary, since the sentence may look overloaded.

Abigail said that her husband would be lecturing his employees at that moment the following day ( Active).
Abigail said that her husband's employees would be lectured by him at that moment the following day ( Passive).
Abigail said that her husband would be telling off his subordinates at this point tomorrow.

Affirmation, negation and question in the Future Continuous in the Past

Affirmative sentence (Affirmative sentence)	Negative sentence (Negative sentence)	Interrogative sentence (Interrogative sentence)
I + WOULD + BE SHAKING	I + WOULD NOT + BE SHAKING	WOULD + I + BE SHAKING?
You + WOULD + BE SHAKING	You + WOULD NOT + BE SHAKING	WOULD + YOU + BE SHAKING?
She + WOULD + BE SHAKING He + WOULD + BE SHAKING It + WOULD + BE SHAKING	She + WOULD NOT + BE SHAKING He + WOULD NOT + BE SHAKING It + WOULD NOT + BE SHAKING	WOULD + She + BE SHAKING? WOULD + He + BE SHAKING? WOULD + It + BE SHAKING?
We + WOULD + BE SHAKING	We + WOULD NOT + BE SHAKING	WOULD + We + BE SHAKING?
You + WOULD + BE SHAKING	You + WOULD NOT + BE SHAKING	WOULD + YOU + BE SHAKING?
They + WOULD + BE SHAKING	They + WOULD NOT + BE SHAKING	WOULD + They + BE SHAKING?

*shake = to shake

Future Perfect in the Past: Active vs. Passive

To build a passive in the completed future in the past, we need:

subject+ everyone's favorite " would" + connective in the form " have been" + semantic verb with "- ed"(correct) / 3 form (incorrect).

Rebecca confirmed that the team would have finished the presentation by the following week ( Active).
Rebecca confirmed that the presentation would have been finished by the team by the following week ( Passive).
Rebecca confirmed that the team will have the presentation completed by next week.

Affirmation, negation and question in the Future Perfect in the Past

Affirmative sentence (Affirmative sentence)	Negative sentence (Negative sentence)	Interrogative sentence (Interrogative sentence)
I + WOULD + HAVE ACHIEVED	I + WOULD NOT + HAVE ACHIEVED	WOULD + I + HAVE ACHIEVED?
You + WOULD + HAVE ACHIEVED		WOULD + YOU + HAVE ACHIEVED?
She + WOULD + HAVE ACHIEVED He + WOULD + HAVE ACHIEVED It + WOULD + HAVE ACHIEVED	She + WOULD NOT + HAVE ACHIEVED He + WOULD NOT + HAVE ACHIEVED It + WOULD NOT + HAVE ACHIEVED	WOULD + She + HAVE ACHIEVED? WOULD + He + HAVE ACHIEVED? WOULD + It + HAVE ACHIEVED?
We + WOULD + HAVE ACHIEVED	We + WOULD NOT + HAVE ACHIEVED	WOULD + We + HAVE ACHIEVED?
You + WOULD + HAVE ACHIEVED	You + WOULD NOT + HAVE ACHIEVED	WOULD + YOU + HAVE ACHIEVED?
They + WOULD + HAVE ACHIEVED	They + WOULD NOT + HAVE ACHIEVED	WOULD + They + HAVE ACHIEVED?

*achieve - to achieve

Future Perfect Continuous in the Past: Active vs. Passive

Like the usual Future Perfect Continuous, the completed-continuous future in the past has no analogue in the passive. Therefore, for the passive, you can use the Future Perfect in the Past.

My elder sister said that by 2020 she would have been teaching children at the kindergarten for seven years (Active).
My elder sister said that by 2020 children at the kindergarten would have been taught by her seven years (Passive).
My older sister said that by 2020 she will be teaching kindergarten for 7 years.

Affirmation, negation and question in the Future Perfect Continuous in the Past

Affirmative sentence (Affirmative sentence)	Negative sentence (Negative sentence)	Interrogative sentence (Interrogative sentence)
I + WOULD + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING	I + WOULD NOT + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING	WOULD + I + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING?
	You + WOULD NOT + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING
She + WOULD + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING He + WOULD + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING It + WOULD + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING	She + WOULD NOT + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING He + WOULD NOT + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING It + WOULD NOT + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING	WOULD + She + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING? WOULD + He + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING? WOULD + It + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING?
We + WOULD + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING	We +WOULD NOT+HAVE BEEN+SCROLLING	WOULD + We + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING?
You + WOULD + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING	You +WOULD NOT+HAVE BEEN+SCROLLING	WOULD + YOU + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING?
They + WOULD + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING	They +WOULD NOT+HAVE BEEN+SCROLLING	WOULD + They + HAVE BEEN + SCROLLING?

*scroll - scroll through

Conclusion

Today we talked about how the Future in the Past is formed in various English tenses: Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous, we analyzed examples and compared their use in the active and passive voice. We can assume that the tuning of language knowledge has been successfully completed.

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