FORM Future Perfect with "Will"
[ will have + past participle ]
EXAMPLES:
- You will have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.
- Will you have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.?
- You will not have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.
[am/is/are + going to have + past participle]
EXAMPLES:
- You are going to have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.
- Are you going to have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.?
- You are not going to have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.
The future perfect is used to refer to an action that will be completed sometime in the future before another action takes place.
Each of the highlighted verbs in the following sentences is in the future perfect tense.
THE FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS) TENSE
FORM Future Perfect Continuous with "Will"
[will have been + present participle]
EXAMPLES:
Each of the highlighted verbs in the following sentences is in the future perfect progressive tense.
EXERCISES [ THE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE AND THE FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS) TENSE ]
Each of the highlighted verbs in the following sentences is in the future perfect tense.
- The surgeon will have operated on 6 patients before she attends a luncheon meeting.
- The plumber and his assistant will have soldered all the new joins in pipes before they leave for the next job.
- By the time you get back from the corner store, we will have finished writing the thank you letters.
- They will have written their first exam by the time we get out of bed.
THE FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS) TENSE
FORM Future Perfect Continuous with "Will"
[will have been + present participle]
EXAMPLES:
- You will have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives.
- Will you have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives?
- You will not have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives.
[am/is/are + going to have been + present participle]
EXAMPLES:
- You are going to have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives.
- Are you going to have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives?
- You are not going to have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives.
Each of the highlighted verbs in the following sentences is in the future perfect progressive tense.
- I will have been studying Greek for three years by the end of this term.
- By the time the meeting is over, the committee will have been arguing about which candidate to interview for three hours.
- When he returns, the wine will have been fermenting for three months.
EXERCISES [ THE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE AND THE FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS) TENSE ]