Future Perfect Tense
The future perfect tense expresses an action that will be completed before another action in the future.
Examples:
- She will have finished her homework before she attends the marriage party.
- By the time we get home, my wife will have cleaned the entire house.
- By the time I finish this course, I will have paid all dues.
Examples:
- By the time I will finish this course, I will have paid all dues. Not Correct
- By the time I finish this course, I will have paid all dues. Correct
- I will meet him when I will have finished my homework. Not Correct
- I will meet him when I have finished my homework. Correct
We can also use future perfect tense to show that something will happen before a specific time in the future.
- By next November, I will have received my promotion.
- I will have got married by next June.
Future Perfect Forms
We use the past participle form of the verb. Auxiliaries which
we use in this tense are will have and shall have. We use ‘shall’ with I and We
in British English. To make a negative sentence, we use NOT with auxiliary. In
questions, we use will/shall at the beginning of the sentence.
Affirmative:
Subject + will/shall + have + verb in the past participle form + . . . . . .
- You will have been perfect in English by the time you come back from the U.S.
- By the time he gets home, I will have cleaned the house.
- I will have prepared breakfast by the time you wake up.
- We shall have got married by next June. (Br Eng)
Negative:
Subject + will/shall + not + have + verb in the past participle form + . . . . . .
- Ali will not have perfected his English by the time he comes back from the U.S.
- By the time he gets home, she won’t have cleaned the entire house.
- I won’t have prepared breakfast by the time you wake up.
- We shall not have got married by next June. (Br Eng)
Interrogative:
Will/shall + subject + have + verb in the past participle form + . . . . . .
- Will Ali have perfected his English by the time he comes back from New York?
- By the time he gets home, will she have cleaned the entire house?
- Will she have prepared breakfast by the time you wake up?
- Shall they have got married by next June? (Br Eng)
Negative and Interrogative:
Will + not + subject + have + verb in the past participle form + . . . . . . (Am Eng)
- Will not Ali have perfected his English by the time he comes back from New York?
- By the time he gets home, won’t she have cleaned the entire house?
- Won’t she have prepared breakfast by the time you wake up?
- Will not they have married by next June?
Will/shall + subject + not + have + verb in the past participle form + . . . . . . (Br Eng)
- Will Ali not have perfected his English by the time he comes back from New York?
- By the time he gets home, will she not have cleaned the entire house?
- Will she not have prepared breakfast by the time you wake up?
- Shall they not have married by next June? (Br Eng)
FORM Future Perfect with "Be Going To"
To create the future Perfect tense, we use either
"will" or "be going to" with little difference in meaning.
Future perfect tense can be used in two ways or it has two
forms: "will/shall have + past participle" and "be verb + going
to have + past participle". [am/is/are + going to have + past participle]
Examples:
- Ali is going to have perfected his English by the time he comes back from New York.
- Is Ali going to have perfected his English by the time he comes back from New York?
- Ali is not going to have perfected his English by the time he comes back from New York.
Yes/No Questions and short Answers
A question that is answered by Yes or No is called a Yes/No
Question.
A short answer means to use just subject and auxiliary after
yes or no to give an answer. A comma is used after Yes or No.
Ex:
- Will you have cleaned the house when he gets home?
Yes, I will. or
Yes, I will have.
- Will she have completed her homework by the time we call her?
No, she won’t. or
No, she won’t have.
Information Questions (wh questions) and Answers
A question that is asked to interrogate or get information
is called an information question.
Ex:
- What will he have done when we come?
He will
have bought all the necessary things when we come.
- Where will they have gone by next Sunday?
They
will have gone to Islamabad by next Sunday.
- Why will she have left when I come?
Because
she will feel shy.
- Who will have cleaned the kitchen when I come?
Diya
will have cleaned the kitchen when you come.
- Whose car will you have taken tomorrow?
I will
have taken Ali’s car by tomorrow.
- Which book will you have studied by the next meeting?
I will
have studied English Grammar Book by the next meeting.
- How will you have overcome before we come?
I will
have overcome it carefully.
Contract forms or short forms
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He will |
He’ll |
She will |
She’ll |
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It will |
It’ll |
They will |
They’ll |
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I will |
I’ll |
We will |
We’ll |
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You will |
You’ll |
Will not |
Won’t |
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Shall not |
Shan’t |
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- By the time he gets home, he’ll have cleaned the entire house.
- She’ll have prepared breakfast by the time you wake up.
- They’ll have got married by next June.
- I’ll have finished my homework before we attend the marriage party?
- By the time we finish this course, we’ll have paid all our dues.
- You’ll have studied all documents before you sign.
- We shan’t have eaten when you come.
- Ali won’t have perfected his English by the time he comes back from the U.S.
