Future Perfect Tense

The Future Perfect Tense is formed by combining the auxiliary verb ‘will’ / ‘shall’, the auxiliary verb ‘have’ and a past participle.

Modal verb ‘will’/‘shall’ + Auxiliary verb ‘have’ + Past Participle = Future Perfect Tense

Examples:

will + have + driven = will have driven

shall + have + met = shall have met


We use the future perfect tense to talk about an action that will be completed at a given time in the future.

Examples:

I will/shall have finished reading the storybook by the time you arrive tomorrow.

The rain will have stopped by four o’clock.

My parents will have arrived in Beijing by tomorrow morning.

Barry will have migrated to Australia by the end of the year.

We will/shall have completed the project in a week’s time.

The storekeeper will have closed his store by 6 o’clock this evening.




Exercises

A. Fill in the blanks with the future perfect tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. Mrs. Edwin ____________ (do) the laundry in two hours’ time.

2. The children ____________ (tidy) up their bedrooms by the time we return home.

3. The tailor ____________ (make) my suits by early next month.

4. We____________ (clean) the hall when the sun sets.

5. Barbara ____________ (get) dressed when we reach her house.

6. The concert ____________ (started) by the time you reach the auditorium.

7. The plants ____________ (wither) when we return after a month.

8. You can call me at 2 p.m. I ____________ (reach) home by 1.30 p.m.


B. Rewrite the following sentences, using the future perfect tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. I (write) two essays by 4 p.m.

2. The sun (set) by the time we reach the beach.

3. When Dorothy wakes up, her dad (leave) the house.

4. By the time you reach the stadium, the basketball match (end).

5. The mechanic (repair) your car when you come for it.

6. We (decorate) the living room before the party starts.

7. The children (come) back from the playground by 6 this evening.

8. They (paint) the whole house by the end of the week.


Answers

A.

1. will have done

2. will have tidied

3. will have made

4. will/shall have cleaned

5. will have gotten

6. will have started

7. will have withered

8. will/shall have reached


B.

1. I will/shall have written two essays by 4 p.m.

2. The sun will have set by the time we reach the beach.

3. When Dorothy wakes up, her dad will have left the house.

4. By the time you reach the stadium, the basketball match will have ended.

5. The mechanic will have repaired your car when you come for it.

6. We will/shall have decorated the living room before the party starts.

7. The children will have come back from the playground by 6 this evening.

8. They will have painted the whole house by the end of the week.