Tenses:
What is the future perfect tense?
The future perfect tense is an English tense used to talk about an action that will complete sometime between the present and a specific point in the future. The future perfects expresses the completion of the action in the future.
Statements in the future perfect tense are formed in the following manner:
subject + will have + past participle (all subjects)
Future Simple Statement
- I will eat at 2:00 p.m.
- John will write the song next week.
- He will leave before then.
- They will see the park later today.
- You will fix the car by June, won’t you?
Future Perfect Statement
- I will have eaten by 2:00 p.m.
- John will have written the song by next week.
- He will have left by then.
- They will have seen the whole park by then.
- You will have fixed the car by June.
When is the future perfect tense commonly used?
The future perfect tense is frequently used to refer to time expressions. The tense helps express that an action or event will be completed before some other action or event in the future. The reference time (the action or event in the future) is usually stated or understood.
Future Simple Tense (Event 2)
- I will arrive at John’s house at noon.
- Samantha will make you dinner when you arrive.
- Our team will play at home on May 1st.
Future Perfect Tense (Event 1)
- John will have left by then.
- Samantha will have eaten though.
- We will have played three road games by then.
Future Perfect Tense clause (Event 1)
- I will have finished my book
- you will have found your watch
- we will have played two songs
- Jason will have taken all his tests
Present Simple clause (Event 2)
- you get here
- we leave for the airport
- they arrive
- the school year begins
Complex Sentences
1. I will have finished my book by the time you get here.
1. By the time you get here, I will have finished my book.
2. You will have found your watch before we leave for the airport.
2. Before we leave for the airport, you will have found your watch.
3. We will have played two songs by the time they arrive.
3. By the time they arrive, we will have played two songs.
4. Jason will have taken all his tests before the school year begins.
4. Before the school years begins, Jason will have taken all his tests.
What are examples of negative future perfect statements?
Negative future perfect statements are formed:
Subject + will + not + have + past participle
Subject + won’t + have + past participle (will not = won’t)
Negative future perfect statements express that an action or event will not complete before a specific time or another action in the future.
Future Perfect
- I will have taken the test by 3:00 p.m.
- You will have run 20 miles this week.
- John will have left by lunch.
- She will have eaten.
- It will have snowed by January.
- We will have seen the whole park by then.
- They will have talked by then.
Future Perfect Negative
- I will not have taken the test by 3:00.
- You will not have run 20 miles this week.
- John won’t have left by lunch.
- She will not have eaten yet.
- It will not have snowed yet in October.
- We won’t have seen the whole park by then.
- They won’t have talked by then.
What are examples of future perfect questions?
Future perfect questions are formed in the following manner:
Will + subject + have + present participle of main verb
Future Perfect Statement
- I will have organized the garage by then.
- You will have fixed the car by then.
- He will have written the instructions by then.
- She will have seen him twice before Thursday.
- It will have snowed by January.
- We will have played a game by then.
- They will have started by the 15th.
Future Perfect Question
- Will I have organized the garage by then?
- Will you have fixed the car by then?
- Will he have written the instructions by then?
- Will she have seen him at all before Thursday?
- Will it have snowed yet by January?
- Will we have played a game by then?
- Will they have started by the 15th.
What are good examples of the future perfect tense?
More examples of the future perfect tense
- I will have cleaned the garage by then.
- She will have finished making dinner by 6:00 pm.
- The play will have ended by the time of your arrival.
- I will not have finished my homework by then.
- They will not have talked about that yet.
- Sid won’t have planned anything.
- Will she have seen him by Thursday?
- Will it have snowed by January?
