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Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense is formed with will have + past participle, as in, "I will have left by tomorrow" or "They will have been friends for a long time." The form stays the same no matter what subject you use.

We use the future perfect tense to talk about an action that will be completed sometime in the future. Usually this action will be completed before something else happens or by a certain time in the future. For example, we can say, "I will have graduated by the time I turn 18." This means that I will turn 18 in the future, and at some point before then, I will graduate in the future.

Here are some more examples of sentences using the future perfect tense:

He will have left by the time you get to his house.
Clarissa won't have finished getting her hair done by noon.
We will have been married for one year in October.
Will you have finished eating dinner by the time I arrive?

Future Perfect Tense Grammar Quiz

  1. She left on the airplane by this time tomorrow.

  2. By the end of 2009, the Rolling Stones will have for 42 years.

  3. Won't all the votes by the time the winner is announced?

  4. to Europe twice by the time we are 30.

  5. We won't the dog by the time his owner comes home.

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Future Perfect Tense Lessons:

Birthdays

Being Late

This Decade in History

Hanna

Breakup Movies

Keeping in Touch

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jein

jein

Indonesia

it’s so cool,,thanks.i understand future perfect tense now.. 

04:23 PM May 21 2011 |

lunnyman

lunnyman

Argentina

How was it??? couldnt see the resultsFoot in mouth

10:01 PM May 15 2011 |

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basharalmatni

United Arab Emirates

i have been in uae 1,5 year

07:17 PM May 15 2011 |

qorchi

Morocco

thank you about this tense becaue its very important

11:20 PM May 14 2011 |

Hamdy

Egypt

Thank you a bout this Tense because it’s very important to know

06:15 PM May 09 2011 |

haniahmed

Egypt

Thanks much for giving me the opportunity to practice and develops my English grammar in an easy and active way.Thanks once again.

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10:13 PM Mar 26 2011 |

Richie Rahmat Hidayat

Indonesia

I will have learned this grammar by one month to make me get used to this form.

02:03 AM Mar 22 2011 |

Shin, Young Jae

South Korea

we will have gone out for 4 years in July.

01:41 PM Mar 19 2011 |

s_kiona

Taiwan

I'll have prepared a boxed lunch by the time I go to the flora expo.

02:53 PM Mar 16 2011 |