2. Usages
1) The future perfect tense is only for actions that will be complete
before a specified point in the future. In other words, the action
you’re talking about must have a deadline. If you don’t mention a
deadline, use the simple future tense instead of the future perfect
tense.
Linda will leave. Linda will have left.
Correct Incorrect
By the time I arrive Linda will have left.
By tomorrow I will have completed my assignment.
3. 2) To talk about an action that will be completed before
another event takes place
My sister will have done IELTS before she moves to
Australia.
The train will have left by the time you reach the station.
4. AFFIRMATIVE FORM
1. I will have finished my paper by next week.
2. She will have left for the airport by the time you arrive.
3. By the end of this year,…………………
4. By the time we arrive, the train will have........
5. Before the party starts, ……………..
Subject+ will have + verb (past participle) + object
5. Suggested Answers
3. By the end of this year, I will have completed IELTS
exam.
4. By the time we arrive, the train will have left from the
station
5. Before the party starts, they will have decorated the
hall.
6. NEGATIVE FORM
Subject+ will not have + verb (past participle) + object
1. The teacher will not have graded the papers by the end of the
term.
2. "The dog will not have learned his commands by the time we
go on vacation.
3. By next year, I will not have graduated from university.
7. INTERROGATIVE FORM
Yes/No Questions
Will + Subject + have + verb (past participle) + object
1. Will she have gotten her passport by then?
2. Will you have completed the task by tomorrow?
8. INTERROGATIVE FORM
WH Questions
WH Questions + will + Subject + have + verb (past
participle) + object
1. When will you have finished writing this book?
2. Why will they have resigned from their jobs?
9. Adverbs that can be used with the Future Perfect Tense
Since the future perfect tense should always have a time frame, you need to know
what kind of adverbs can be used to indicate the time frame. Given below is the
list of adverbs.
Before
By the time
By (a specific time)
When
After
By (date/year)
By then
Until
By the end of
Till
By the year 2022
10. Is the future perfect common?
It is not very common. It may be useful to understand the future perfect
tense in case you encounter it, but many people use other ways to
express the same idea. For example:
Future perfect: By next summer, I will have saved enough money to
buy a new car.
Alternative: By next summer, I will have enough money to buy a new
car.
Future perfect: By the time Julie turns 30, she will have finished her
doctorate degree.
Alternative: Julie will graduate sometime before she turns 30.
11. Exercise
1. Mom ______________ (cook) our favourite meal since we are going home after
a really long time.
2. I think all the plants ________________ (grow) before I return.
3. Sindhu _____________ (forget – negative) anything by now.
4. __________ you ___________ (complete – interrogative) the invitations before
7 p.m.
5. He ________________ (learn) all the songs by heart before anyone else does.
6. Do you think Karl _______________ (find) all the answers to the questions
you gave him by now?
7. I guess I ___________ (finish) my painting by Monday.
8. All our relatives ___________ (arrive) at the hotel in the morning.
9. ________ they ___________ (paint – negative interrogative) the house before
the guests arrived?
10. We ___________________ (meet) the Principal before noon.
13. usages
1) To denote an action that will continue till a certain point of time.
We use the future perfect continuous to show that something will
continue up until a particular event or time in the future. "For five
minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Friday" are all durations
which can be used with the future perfect continuous.
1. In three years, he will have been teaching for thirty years.
Here, we are talking about an ongoing action that continue up to
the future.
2. I will have been waiting for the bus for two hours by 9:00.
14. Affirmative Form
Subject + will + have + been + verb (ing)+ object
1. I will have been waiting here for three hours by six o'clock.
2. By 2025 I will have been living in London for sixteen years.
3. By the time I finish my course, I will have been studying English
for 6 months.
15. Negative Form
Subject + will +not + have + been + verb (ing)+ object
1. Kamal will not have been playing tennis for even a year when
he wins the championship match.
2. In January, you will not have been living in San Francisco for
ten years.
3. She will not have been working in the factory since 30th
November.
16. Interrogative Form
Yes/No Questions
will +subject+ have + been + verb (ing)+ object
1. Will they have been living in the United States for three years
when they finish their postgraduate studies?
2. Will you have been living in Australia for 5 years?
17. Interrogative Form
WH Questions
WH Question + will + subject + have + been + verb (ing)+ object
1. How long will you have been living here at the end of the year?
2. Where will your mother have been staying before she moves in
August?
18. Exercise
1. Sam will definitely not be that exhausted when they get here as they
______________ (drive – negative) for so long.
2. Vinita _______________ (walk) around for hours.
3. How long ______ they ______________ (play – interrogative) the guitar next
year?
4. Next week, Tharun _________________ (work – negative) for more than a
year.
5. In November, Devika _________________ (teach) at this school for three
years.
19. 6. We are late. I guess Sam ______________ (wait) for us.
7. John will be very tired as he ______________ (exercise) for over an
hour.
8. ________ you ____________ (train –interrogative) students for more
than twenty years at the end of this academic year?
9. ________ you _______________ (live – interrogative) in Australia for
over a year when you finish your studies?
10. When you come at 8 p.m, __________ they ______________
(practise) long enough?
