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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Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
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
Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
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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Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
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.
Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
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)
Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
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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Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
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?
Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
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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Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
For negative sentences we insert not between the auxiliary verb and the main
verb.
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Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
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?
Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
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?
Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
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…
Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
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.
Lesson 10. Future Perfect Tense
The End
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