FORM:
The future perfect is composed of two elementsthe simple future of the verb "to have" (will have) + the past participle of the main verb
Subject | + will have | + past participle of the main verb |
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He | will have | finished. |
I | will have | finished. |
TO ARRIVE in The FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative | Negative Interrogative |
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I will have arrived | I won't have arrived | Will I have arrived? | Won't I have arrived? |
You will have arrived | You won't have arrived | Will you have arrived? | Won't you have arrived? |
He will have arrived | He won't have arrived | Will he have arrived? | Won't he have arrived? |
We will have arrived | We won't have arrived | Will we have arrived? | Won't we have arrived? |
They will have arrived | They won't have arrived | Will they have arrived? | Won't they have arrived? |
FUNCTION
The future perfect tense refers to a completed action in the future. When we use this tense we are projecting ourselves forward into the future and looking back at an action that will be completed some time later than now. It is most often used with a time expression.
EXAMPLES
- I will have been here for six months on June 23rd.
- By the time you read this I will have left.
- You will have finished your report by this time next week.
- Won't they have arrived by 5:00?
- Will you have eaten when I pick you up?
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Exercise 1.
Put the following sentences in future perfect simple tense.
1) I do the laundry. (by noon tomorrow) __________________________________________________________
2) It is good idea. (if no one gets hurt). __________________________________________________________
Now make your own sentences in the future perfect simple tense.
1) __________________________________________________________
2) __________________________________________________________
Exercise 2.
Make the future perfect positive:
By 10 pm tonight …
1. I __________________________ (finish) this report.
2. We __________________________ (have) dinner.
3. She __________________________ (leave) Paris.
4. John __________________________ (meet) Lucy.
5. They __________________________ (take) the exam.
6. It __________________________ (stop) snowing.
7. I __________________________ (read) all of this book.
8. You __________________________ (fall) asleep.
9. She __________________________ (watch) the film.
10. He __________________________ (arrive).
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