Future Perfect Tense
The Future Perfect is not a very common tense in English. But you should know it well, and understand it when it is used.
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How do We Use this Tense?
PERFECT here means "complete, finished".The Future Perfect is a form of the verb that shows the action will be complete before some time in the future.
It does not mean the action will be "perfect" (100%). It means the action will be finished.
Here
are the
different usages of this tense:
-
An action that will happen before another action in the future
- An action that will happen before a specific time in the future
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A state that will continue up to some time in the future
Note: this is a broader use of this tense.
It is usually used with states, not actions.
For example: Jake will have passed his exams before he gets his degree.
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Examples of Typical Time ExpressionsAn action that will happen
before another action in the future
(The verbs are
in bold)
He will have prepared by
the time he leaves the house.
He will have played before
the season ends.
His wife will have made dinner by the time he returns.
He will have destroyed the book before his parents arrive.
He will have ruined her ears by the time they get home.
An action that will happen before
a specific time in the future
He will have returned home by 6 o'clock.
By midnight, they will have partied like crazy.
By tomorrow, he will
have slept well.
All his teeth will have come in by next year.
A state that
will continue up to
some time in the future
Tomorrow he will have been sick for 2 weeks.
Next week she will have already lived 6 months in
the country.
He will have worked for us for 10 years next August.
Examples of
Typical Time Expressions
- By the time
- At this time tomorrow
- By next week
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