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The future perfect simple (will have + past participle) is used to talk about actions or situations that will
be complete before a specific time in the future.

Jack is planning to leave his house at 10pm tonight. If I arrive at 11pm, he’ll have already left.

The future perfect is the future of the present perfect (have/has + past participle). We use the present
perfect to talk about actions or situations that happened before or up to now:
Jack isn’t at home right now. He has already left.

We often use the future perfect with time expressions such as by and by the time, by this time next ...:
By this time next year, we’ll have been married for nearly ten years.
By the time you get there, she’ll have gone home.

Compare the future perfect simple with the future perfect continuous (will have + been + verb -ing):

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future perfect simple future perfect continuous

We use the future perfect simple to talk about We use the future perfect continuous to
completed actions: talk about activities in progress up to a point
in the future:
At 6pm, I’ll have left work.
By this time next year, I’ll have been
We use the future perfect simple to say how
working in London for almost a decade.
much or how many:
We can use the future perfect continuous to
By the end of the year, I’ll have been to Greece
say how long:
five times.
By August, we’ll have been living here for
almost six months.

2 Practice 1 - By this time next year ...

Nicole has a lot of plans and ambitions. Complete her thoughts below.

buy learn meet move start visit

1. I how to cook really well.

2. I a wonderful man.
3. I to a bigger apartment.
4. I Venice.
5. I my own business.
6. I lots of new clothes.

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3 Practice 2 - Future perfect simple or continuous

Put the verbs in brackets in the future perfect. Use the future perfect continuous where possible.

1. Don’t arrive at the cinema after 9 o’clock. The film (already/start).

2. If he doesn’t arrive soon, I (wait) for almost an hour.
3. By the end of our holidays, we (meet) so many interesting people.
4. How long (you/live) here this time next year?
5. How many books (you/read) by this time next year?
6. Mark and Julia fight almost every day. By next year, I think they (divorce).
7. Call me back in an hour. My job interview (finish) by then.
8. She’ll be very tired when she gets here. She (travel) for almost two days.
9. Don’t come too early. The film (not/download) fully.
10. You should wake him up in an hour. He (sleep) for almost 12 hours!
11. I hope John doesn’t lose his voice at the end of the concert. He (sing) all evening.

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2. Practice 1 - By this time next year ...

1. ’ll have learnt/learned

2. ’ll have met
3. ’ll have moved
4. ’ll have visited
5. ’ll have started
6. ’ll have bought

3. Practice 2 - Future perfect simple or continuous

1. will have already started

2. ’ll have been waiting
3. ’ll have met
4. will you have been living
5. will you have read
6. will have divorced
7. will have finished
8. ’ll have been travelling
9. won’t have downloaded
10. ’ll have been sleeping
11. ’ll have been singing

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