FUTURE PERFECT TENSES

NOW People are standing in a queue to get into the

cinema.
HALF AN HOUR FROM NOW Half an hour from now, the cinema will be
full. Everyone will be watching the film.
Everyone will have been watching the film
for half an hour.
THREE HOURS FROM NOW Three hours from now, the film will have
finished. Everyone will have gone home.

Name the tenses in bold:
are standing_______________________________________
will be full_________________________________________
will be watching____________________________________
will have been watching_____________________________
will have finished___________________________________
will have gone______________________________________

FUTURE PEFRECT SIMPLE

Form: WILL + HAVE + past participle
+ I will have done
- I will not (wont) have done
? Will I have done
For this tense we take a point in the future as the reference point.

Use1:
A completed action before something in the future.



*something will occur before another action in the future
*also, to show that something will happen before a specific time in the future

Examples:
By next November, I will have received my promotion.
By the time he gets home, she will have cleaned the entire house.
Will she have learned enough Chinese to communicate before she moves to Beijing?
By the time I finish this course, I will have taken ten tests.

Notice: the reference points (marked in italics) are in Simple Present rather than Simple Future. This is
because the interruptions are in time clauses, and you cannot use future tenses in time clauses!

Use2:
Duration before something in the future


*something will continue up until another action in the future

Examples:
I will have been in London for six months by the time I leave.
By Monday, Susan will have taught at this school for a month.

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Form: WILL + HAVE + BEEN + present participle
+ I will have been doing
- I will not (wont) have been doing
? Will I have been doing

Use1:
Duration before something in the future

*something will continue up until a particular event or time in the future. "For five minutes," "for two
weeks," and "since Friday". The duration stops at or before a reference point in the future.

Examples:
James will have been teaching at the university for more than a year by the time he leaves for Asia.
How long will you have been studying when you graduate?

[And again, the reference points are in the Present Simple]

Use2:
Cause of something in the future

* using the Future Perfect Continuous before another action in the future is a good way to show cause and
effect

Examples:
Jason will be tired when he gets home because he will have been jogging for over an hour.
Claudia's English will be perfect when she returns to Germany, because she will have been
studying English in the United States for over two years.

PRACTICE:
1.ANSWER THE QUESTIONS(notice which tenses you have to use!)
a)What will you be doing this time next week?
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What will you have done by the end of the day?
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What will you be doing this time next year?
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What will you have done this time tomorrow?
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2.
SIMPLE FUTURE VS FUTURE PERFECT
Margaret: Do you think everything will be finished when I get back from the store?
Jerry: Don't worry. By the time you get back, I (pick) up the living room and
(finish) washing the dishes. Everything will be perfect when your parents arrive.
Margaret: I hope so. They (arrive) around 6 o'clock.
Jerry: Everything (be) spotless by the time they get here.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS VS FUTURE PERFECT CONT
Frank: What will you be doing tomorrow at five?
Debbie: I (paint) my living room walls.
Frank: Still? How long have you been working on your living room?
Debbie: Forever. By the time I finish, I (redecorate) the living room for over a
week.
Frank: Too bad. I was going to ask if you wanted to see a movie. What about the day after tomorrow?
Debbie: Sorry, I (move) furniture and (put) up drapes.
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FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE VS FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Oliver: When are going to get your bachelor's degree, Anne?
Anne: I am going to finish my degree next June. By the time I graduate, I (go) to four
different colleges and universities, and I (study) for more than seven years.
Oliver: Wow, that's a long time!
Anne: And I plan to continue on to get a Ph.D.
Oliver: Really? How long is that going to take?
Anne: By the time I finally finish studying, I (be) a student for over 13 years.

HOMEWORK. FUTURE PERFECT VS FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1. By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we (drive) more than four hundred miles.
We are going to be exhausted.

2. When Sarah goes on vacation next month, she (study) German for over two
years. She should be able to communicate fairly well while she is in Austria.

3. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit) the Grand Canyon and San Francisco
by the time I leave the United States.

4. By the time you finish studying the verb tense tutorial, you (master) all twelve tenses
including their passive forms.

5. Drive faster! If you don't hurry up, she (have) the baby by the time we get to the
hospital.

6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago. When I return to
Australia, I (study) for nine months and I (be) in England for
exactly one year.

7. Margie just called and said she would be here at 8 o'clock. By the time she gets here, we
(wait) for her for two hours.

8. Frank just changed jobs again. If he keeps this up, he (change) jobs at least four or
five times by the end of the year.

9. Come over to my house around 9 o'clock. By then, I (complete) my history essay
and we can go see a movie.

10. In June, my grandmother and grandfather (be) married for fifty years.