Future Perfect Tense

Future Perfect Tense

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Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense

Warm up

Let’s ake a he k list of the things that you will have done

by the end of this week.

By the end of this week, I will

have bought groceries from

the supermarket.

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They will have

completed his

project by Saturday.

At eight o’ lo k Linda will have

left.

We will not have

eaten breakfast

before we get to

the airport

tomorrow

morning.

By this time next

year we are going

to have been

married for 30

years.

• You will have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.

• Will you have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.?

• You will not have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.

• You are going to have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.

• Are you going to have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.?

• You are not going to have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.

More examples:

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The Future Perfect tense is quite an easy tense to understand and use. The Future

Perfect talks about the past in the future.

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subject + auxiliary

verb WILL

auxiliary

verb HAVE + main verb + rest of the sentence

He/ She/ It

I /We / You/

They

invariable invariable

eaten lunch before 1pm. will have

Future perfect has two different forms: "will have done" and "be going to have done."

Unlike simple future forms, future perfect forms are usually interchangeable.

subject + auxiliary

verb BE

going to have

invariable + main verb +

rest of the

sentence

I am

going to have eaten lunch before 1pm. He/ She/ It is

We / You/

They are


Completed Action Before Something in the Future

The future perfect expresses the idea that something will occur before

another action in the future. It can also show that something will happen

before a specific time in the future.

Example:

• By next November, I will have received my promotion.

• By the time he gets home, she is going to have cleaned the entire house.

• I am not going to have finished this test by 3 o'clock.

• Will she have learned enough Chinese to communicate before

she moves to Beijing?

• Sam is probably going to have completed the proposal by the time

he leaves this afternoon.

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Notice in the examples above that the reference points (marked in italics) are

in simple present rather than simple future. This is because the interruptions are

in time clauses, and you cannot use future tenses in time clauses.

Duration Before Something in the Future (Non-Continuous Verbs)

With non-continuous verbs and some non-continuous uses of mixed verbs, we

use the future perfect to show that something will continue up until

another action in the future.

Example:

• I will have been in London for six months by the time I leave.

• By Monday, Susan is going to have had my book for a week.


Although the above use of future perfect is normally limited to non-continuous verbs

and non-continuous uses of mixed verbs, the words "live," "work," "teach," and

"study" are sometimes used in this way even though they are NOT non-continuous

verbs.

REMEMBER No Future in Time Clauses

Like all future forms, the future perfect cannot be used in clauses beginning with time

expressions such as: when, while, before, after, by the time, as soon as, if, unless, etc.

Instead of future perfect, present perfect is used.

• I am going to see a movie when I will have finished my homework. Not Correct

• I am going to see a movie when I have finished my homework. Correct

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Application Co plete the ta le a d o pa e it ith you tea he ’s’.

TASKS Teacher Student

Completed Action

Before Something in

the Future

Duration Before

Something in the

Future (Non-

Continuous Verbs)


1. By this time tomorrow, I (finish) the project.

2. By 8 o'clock, the kids (fall) asleep.

3. By tomorrow morning, he (sleep) wonderfully.

4. By next year, she (receive) her promotion.

5. Robin (sell) his car by next Sunday.

6. Morgan (clean) the entire house by lunch.

7. We (dance) a few dances before midnight.

8. At this time tomorrow morning, they (begin) working.

9. At this time next week, we (catch) the thief.

10. By 2013, I (live) in Madrid for 5 years.

11. In 2020, they (work) here for 20 years.

12. By September, Julie (teach) us for over a year.

13. By October, I (study) English for 3 months.

14. On Monday, she (wait) for 2 weeks.

15. Before Saturday, you (do) all of your homework.

Change the verb into the correct form

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Application

What ill you ha e a o plished …

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1. By this time tomorrow?

2. By 8 o'clock?

3. By tomorrow morning?

4. By next year?

5. By next Sunday?

6. Before midnight?

7. At this time next week?

8. By September?

9. By October?

10. On Monday?

11. Before Saturday?


Combine the following pairs by changing them into the future perfect tense.

1. The children will eat all the cake. (before their mother comes.)

2. The fire will destroy the whole building. (before the firemen arrive)

3. The patient will die. (before they reach the hospital)

4. He will leave. (before you reach his place)

5. We will pay back all our debts. (before we leave this city)

6. Manal will complete his Ph.D. (by December this year)

7. My father will buy a new house. (by the time I return to Syria)

8. My dog will eat all of his food. (by the time I get home)

9. Our professor will finish grading our papers. (by Monday)

10. Your brother will complete his military service. (by the time I graduate)

11. We will do the dishes. (by 8 o'clock)

12. She will write the essay. (by tomorrow)

13. Dana will visit Paris. (by the end of next year)

14. I will finis the project. (before 6 o'clock)

15. The family will discuss the issue. (before they leave the house)

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For negative sentences we insert not between the auxiliary verb and the main

verb.

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subject + auxiliary

verb WILL

auxiliary

verb HAVE + main verb +

rest of the

sentence

He/ She/ It

I /We /

You/ They

invariable

not

invariable

eaten lunch before

1pm. will have

subject + auxiliary

verb BE

going to have

invariable +

main

verb +

rest of the

sentence

I am

not going to have eaten lunch before

1pm.

He/ She/ It is

We / You/

They are

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Make the future perfect negative:

I’ sorr , e t week,

1. I __________________________ (finish) the report.

2. Julia __________________________ (send) the emails.

3. John __________________________ (clean) the office.

4. We __________________________ (order) new stock.

5. They __________________________ (write) the article.

6. I __________________________ (meet) the customers.

7. I __________________________ (close) the deal.

8. She __________________________ (organize) the meeting.

9. He __________________________ (call) Mr. Smith.

10. Jack __________________________ (write) the memorandum.

11. We __________________________ (read) the documents.

12. You __________________________ (receive) the prices.

13. We __________________________(complete) the project.

14. The clients __________________________ (see) the proposal.

15. You __________________________ (be) satisfied.


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Application

What ill you ha e ot a o plished …

1. By this time tomorrow?

2. By 8 o'clock?

3. By tomorrow morning?

4. By next year?

5. By next Sunday?

6. Before midnight?

7. At this time next week?

8. By September?

9. By October?

10. On Monday?

11. Before Saturday?


For question sentences, we exchange the subject and the auxiliary verb.

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Auxiliary Verb Subject Past Participle) Rest of Sentence

Will I / you / we / they

he / she / it

have gone home by then?

Wo ’t have eaten dinner by the time

I get home?

To fo Yes/No uestio s i the futu e pe fe t si ple te se use: Will/Wo ’t + Su je t + have + V3 (past participle) form of the verb.

Question

Word

Auxiliary

Verb Subject Past Participle) Rest of Sentence

When

Will o ’t

I / you / we

/ they

he / she / it

have gone by the end of the

day?

What have

accomplished

by the end of

this year?


1. _________________________ she / a i e y o’ lo k? 2. _________________________ (you / eat) by 6?

3. _________________________ (it / stop) raining by tomorrow morning?

4. _________________________ (we / watch) the film by 7?

5. _________________________ (she / arrive) by Friday?

6. When _________________________ (you / finish) the report?

7. What _________________________ (you / do) by the end of the day?

8. Why _________________________ (she / leave) by Tuesday?

9. When _________________________ (you / read) my book?

10. When _________________________ (we / be) here for six months?

11. By the time the President arrives, ______________ (you /prepare) the reception?

12. How much of your assignment ________________ (you/complete) by Friday?

13. How far _________________ (your boyfriend/run) by the time he completes the

cross-country race?

14. _________________________(you / finish) your work in July?

15. _________________________(arrive, you) in Beirut by 3PM on Saturday?

Complete the questions below.

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Application

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Make a list of the things you should have done before you

kick the bucket.

By the time I reach 75, I ill ha e li ed a happy life…


Look at these example sentences with the Present Perfect Tense:

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Question

word subject

auxiliary verb

auxiliar

y verb

main verb

Rest of

the

sentence

+ I will

have

finished by 10am.

+ You will forgotten me by

then.

- She will not gone to school.

- We will not left.

? Will you arrived?

? Will they received it?

? What will you accomplished by 10pm?

? Where will you gone before

summer

ends?


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Application

Put the verbs in the parenthesis in their proper form.

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE vs FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

1. Margaret: Do you think everything will be finished when I get back from the store?

Jerry: Don't worry. By the time you get back, I (pick) up the living room and (finish) washing

the dishes. Everything will be perfect when your parents arrive.

Margaret: I hope so. They (arrive) around 6 o'clock.

Jerry: Everything (be) spotless by the time they get here.

2. Nick: I just have two more courses before I graduate from university. By this time next year, I

(graduate) , and I will already be looking for a job.

Stacey: Does that scare you? Are you worried about the future?

Nick: Not really. I (go) to a career counselor and get some advice on how to find a good job.

Stacey: That's a good idea.

Nick: I am also going to do an internship so that when I leave school, I (complete, not

only) over 13 business courses, but I (work, also) in the real world.

3. Stan: Did you hear that Christine (take) a vacation in South America this winter?

Fred: I can't believe how often she goes abroad. Where exactly does she want to go?

Stan: She (visit) Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.

Fred: At this rate, she (visit) every country in the world by the time she's 50.


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