Future Perfect

Exercises

Explanation

1. Form

Affirmative: will have + past participle (V3)

• I will have finished my report by noon.

• She will have left the office before you arrive.

• They will have saved enough money by next summer.

Negative: will not (won’t) have + V3

• I won’t have finished by 5 p.m.

• He won’t have cleaned the house before the guests come.

• We won’t have packed everything by tomorrow.

Questions: Will + subject + have + V3?

• Will you have completed the task by Friday?

• Will she have travelled to London by then?

• What will they have done by this evening?

2. When Do We Use the Future Perfect?

A. To talk about an action finished before a future moment

We use the Future Perfect when we want to show that something will be already completed.

• By 10 a.m., I will have opened the shop.

• She will have graduated by next June.

• They will have repaired the bridge before winter starts.

B. To talk about a long activity completed before a future date

• I will have lived in this city for ten years by next January.

• By next week, he will have worked here for six months.

3. Time Markers

These phrases help show the deadline or future moment:

• by (by 6 p.m., by tomorrow, by next year)

• by the time

• before

• until / till (usually in negatives)

• by then

Examples

• We will have eaten dinner by the time you get home.

• She won’t have arrived until later this evening.

• By tomorrow morning, the storm will have passed.

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