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Future Perfect Tense

December 13, 2013 by Bret Tutor

Future Perfect Tense

Future Perfect Tense Man Holding A Pencil Medium

The future perfect tense is used to discuss the past in the future. When it is used correctly it is easy to understand. When we speak or write in the future perfect tense, many times we contract the subject with the word will. Occasionally we combine the subject with will and have in the future perfect tense. Also, we use shall in place of will. This often occurs with “I” or “we” subjects.

How do we make the Future Perfect Tense?

Below is the structure of the future perfect tense:

subject + auxiliary verb WILL + auxiliary verb HAVE + main verb
invariable invariable past participle
will have V3

Below are some examples:

subject auxiliary verb auxiliary verb main verb
+ They will have practiced all afternoon.
+ He will have left at 2pm.
– We will not have sewed with the sewing machine.
– She will not have expected your call.
? Will
(auxiliary verb)
they
(subject)
have watched the baby?
? Will
(auxiliary verb)
she
(subject)
have cooked dinner?

In using the future perfect tense in conversation, we will contract the subject and auxiliary verb:

I will have I’ll have
you will have you’ll have
he will have he’ll have
she will have she’ll have
it will have it’ll have
we will have we’ll have
they will have they’ll have

How do we use the Future Perfect Tense?

The future perfect tense is used to discuss certain actions in the future that occur before another action in the future. Essentially this means that it shows the past in the future. For example:

  • The school bus will be here at 7:00am. When you leave the house at 7:10, you will have missed the bus.
The bus will have gone when you leave the house.
past present future
Bus arrives in the future at 7:00am.
                     7    7.10
You leave the house in the future at 7:10am.

Here are a few more examples using future perfect tense:

  • Text me at noon to meet for lunch. I will have left the office by then.
  • By the time you will have arrived, I will already have been at work for hours.
  • What time will you have left tonight, in order to get there on time?

The future perfect tense can be explained by thinking of the present perfect tense, with a point of view that is in the future.

present perfect tense future perfect tense
have
done
>
will
have
done
>
 ___________  __________
past now future past now future
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Filed Under: Tenses Tagged With: Future Perfect Tense, Grammar, Tenses

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