Future Perfect

Exercises

Explanation

1. Form

Affirmative: will have + past participle (V3)

Examples:

• I will have written all the emails by lunchtime.

• She will have finished the presentation before the meeting starts.

• They will have collected all the documents by next Monday.

Negative: will not (won’t) have + V3

Examples:

• I won’t have completed the project by the deadline.

• He won’t have learned all the vocabulary before the test.

• We won’t have organised the event by tomorrow morning.

Questions: Will + subject + have + V3?

Examples:

• Will you have read the article by tonight?

• Will the team have arrived before the conference begins?

• What will she have achieved by the end of the year?

2. When Do We Use the Future Perfect?

A. To describe an action that will be completed before a future point

The Future Perfect emphasises that the action will be finished before a particular time.

Examples:

• By 3 p.m., I will have submitted all my assignments.

• She will have closed the shop before the storm reaches the town.

• They will have finished painting the room by next weekend.

B. To describe how long something will have continued up to a future moment

We use the Future Perfect to show duration up to a future reference point.

Examples:

• By this time next year, I will have lived in Canada for a decade.

• He will have worked in the hospital for five years by June.

• They will have studied English for two semesters by the end of the course.

3. Time Markers

These expressions help show the future deadline or reference point:

• by (by Friday, by next month, by midnight)

• by the time

• before

• until / till (usually in negative sentences)

• by then

Examples:

• We will have reached the summit by the time the sun rises.

• She won’t have returned until late evening.

• By next Thursday, the builders will have completed the roof.

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