Future Perfect

Simple vs Continuous
M.Carmen Millán Salgueiro
 What is the difference between the
sentences?

In six years’ time I

In FOUR years’ will have written
time I’ll have been my novel.
In TWO years’ time
writing my novel.
I’ll write my novel.
 What is the difference between the
sentences?

In six years’ time I

In FOUR years’ will have written
time I’ll have been my novel.
In TWO years’ time
writing my novel.
I’ll write my novel.

Certainty Plan: in progress, incomplete A goal, finished

FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE
WILL HAVE + PARTICIPLE
(+) I will have read a book.
(-) He won’t have finished the exam at 12.
(?) Will you have finished your workout?

+ Describe un objetivo que cumpliré/

acabará antes de una fecha en el futuro:
By this time next year, I will have graduated
A estas alturas el año que viene, me habré graduado
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
WILL HAVE BEEN + -ING
(+) I will have been reading a book for 2 hours.
(-) He won’t have been teaching for three years.
(?) Will you have been drawing when I come to pick you up?

+ Planes futuros / evento progresivo que será

completado en algún momento
By 2035, I will have been watching birds for years. I will be an expert.

+ Énfasis: esfuerzo, repetición o duración de acción

I will have been painting the walls for three hours by 6pm
Speak up: Can you TRANSLATE these?

A. She will have been working for over 8 hours

by the time her children arrive.

B. He will have been studying English for 3

years next month.
Speak up: Can you TRANSLATE these?

A. She will have been working for over 8 hours

by the time her children arrive.
Ella habrá estado trabajando durante más de 8 horas para cuando
lleguen sus hijos (equivalente a futuro perfecto continuo)
B. He will have been studying English for 3
years next month.
Él habrá estado estudiando Inglés durante 3 años el mes que viene.
 So,
in short...
 WHEN DO I USE EACH?

will have + partic. will have been -ing

- Goal I’ll reach - Goal still in

BOTH: progress at X time
by X time.
- Some verbs: achieved, Time adverbs:
finished, passed, found, ❥ When...
reached, won, passed, retired, ❥ By the time…
fulfilled…
❥ By the end…
Last (but not
least):
 How to use BY THE TIME/WHEN
Es un adverbio de tiempo que se puede utilizar con tiempos verbales varios.
Significa “para X fecha”: By the time + Present simple, Future Perf/continuous

Example:
When/By the time my sister
graduates, I will have left Spain.
Example:
When/By the time she arrives,
I will have been studying
for two hours.
(That’s the end of the
theory for you!)
Speak up: what will you be like at age 70?
Discuss which picture represents yourself better and why:
Speak up: what will you be like at age 70?

Think/write two
sentences using the
future perfect and
two sentences using
the future perfect
continuous.
Examples:

“I will have tried parachuting when I am 70

I will have probably written a recipe book.
I will have probably been living in Portugal”