FUTURE PERFECT

GRAMMAR ENCOUNTER 25C

The future perfect tense is used to speak about and activity we
know (because for us it’s a sure action) it will happen or that we
imagine it will happen before a future moment or another future
activity.

E.g.
-I will have learned my new student’s names before the class ends.
-Marc will have done the task by midday.
-I won’t have eaten lunch by the time Sarah picks me up.
Common expressions
By the time
By Monday/next year
By now/then
Before
When
Now, it’s time to see the differences among simple future, future
progressive and future perfect.
Situation
-Thomas will do a test at 4 o’clock.
A friend of yours
(the activity begins at the time given)
is going to do an
exam at 4 o’clock
and this is going -Thomas will be doing a test at 4:30.
to last two hours (the activity is in progress at the time given)
(this is why we
imagine he’ll -Thomas will have done the test by 6 o’clock.
finish it at 6 (the action will finish before the time given)
o’clock ).
SENTENCE STRUCTURES

Affirmative ideas
Subject + Will + Have + Verb in p.p. + Complement
She will have gone to Peru before the year ends.

Negative ideas
Subject + Will + Not + Have + Verb in p.p. + Complement
I won’t have painted the house by Saturday morning.

Interrogative ideas
Will + Subject + Have + Verb in p.p. + Complement + ?
Will you have sold the flat by the time you go to France?
It’s time to practice…
A) Complete the next sentences using the future perfect tense.
e.g. -I ______________
won’t have saved (not save) $1,000 by next month.

1. By this time next year, my dad ________________

will have spent (spend) two
years in Germany.
2. Scientists ________________
will have developed (develop) a new vaccine for
AIDS in twenty years time.
3. _____
Will books _____________
have disappeared (disappear) by 2050?
4. They _______________
won’t have left (not leave) by 8 o’clock.
5. Before you turn 50, You ________________
won’t have met (not meet) your
soul mate.
It’s time to practice…
B) Answer the questions using future perfect sentences.
e.g. –Where will you have gone before your class at 6:00?
I’ll have gone to the bank and the supermarket.

1. What will you have done by the end of the year?

2. Will your appearance have changed by October?
3. What will your mom have cooked for dinner?
4. Will astronauts have traveled to Mars by the year 2030?
5. When will you have learned 5 different languages?