Future Perfect in English

Future Perfect (Future Perfect Tense) is a tense used to express events that will be completed by a certain point in the future. It allows you to combine the future and the perfection of events. The main form of the future perfect tense consists of the auxiliary verb “will have” and the third form of the verb (V3).

Example:

• By this time next year, I will have graduated from university
• She will have finished the project before the deadline

Using the Future Perfect

1. An indication of the completion of an event by a certain point in the future:
   • By the time he arrives, we will have prepared dinner
2. Expressing the expected completion of an event in the future:
   1. I will have read that book by the end of the week
3. Indication of the amount of time until the upcoming event:
   • In two hours, she will have finished her presentation

The negative and interrogative forms of the future perfect tense are constructed using the auxiliary verbs “will” and “have“, adding “not” for the negative form and moving the auxiliary verb to the beginning for the interrogative form.

Future Perfect forms

Positive Form: Subject + will have + V3 (third form of the verb)

• I will have completed my assignment
• They will have arrived by noon

Negative Form: Subject + will not (won’t) have + V3

• She will not (won’t) have finished the report
• We will not (won’t) have seen the movie before it starts

Question Form: Will + subject + have + V3?

• Will you have completed the task by tomorrow?
• Will they have arrived on time?

The future perfect tense reflects the understanding of the sequence of events and the completion of certain actions in the future. It allows you to consider future events from the perspective of their completion by a certain point in time.

Test on the topic: Future Perfect

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Future Perfect Grammar Test: Check Your Knowledge!

She _____ her novel before the deadline

will complete

completes

completed

will have completed

She _____ her assignment by the time class starts

not complete

not have completed

won't have completed

won't complete

By 5 PM, they _____ all their assignments

will have finished

have finished

finish

will finish

By tomorrow, she _____ her presentation

will have completed

completes

completed

will complete

_____ she written the report before the deadline?

Has she written

Did she write

Will she have written

Will she write

_____ he obtained his driver's license before the summer?

Will he have obtained

Will he obtain

Has he obtained

Did he obtain

By next month, he _____ his exams

not take

not have taken

won't have taken

won't take

By next week, they _____ their tasks

won't complete

won't have completed

not have completed

not complete

He _____ his studies by the time summer starts

finishes

have finished

will finish

will have finished

_____ they prepared the presentation for the conference?

Will they have prepared

Have they prepared

Did they prepare

Will they prepare

They _____ the project by the end of the month.

finished

have finished

will have finished

will finish

He _____ his book by the time the author visit

finishes

will finish

finished

will have finished

By the time we arrive, they _____ the party decorations will finish

will finish

finishes

have finished

will have finished

She _____ her project before the meeting

finishes

will have finished

finished

will finish

She _____ her presentation before the meeting

not prepare

won't have prepared

won't prepare

not have prepared

She _____ her degree by the end of the semester.

finishes

have finished

will have finished

will finish

They _____ their journey by the time the sun sets

finished

finishes

will finish

will have finished

_____ they finished their project by next week?

Did they complete

Will they complete

Will they have completed

Have they completed

_____ you finished your homework by the time I arrive?

Did you complete

Will you complete

Will you have completed

Have you completed

By the time they start the trip, we _____ packing

completed

completes

will have completed

will complete

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