FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

(+) S + shall / will + have + V

past participle
(-) S + shall / will + not +
have + V past participle
(?) Shall / Will + S + have +
V past participle
now
Related with words :
by Monday, in a week
Example :
I will already have eaten
when they arrive.

First I will finish eating.

arrive

Later they will arrive. My

eat

x x eating will be completely

finished before another
past future time in the future.
 SUBJECT AUXILIARY A.V. MAIN
VERB VERB
+ I, We shall / will have gone to school

+ He, She, It will have gone to school

You, They
_ I, We shall / will not have gone to school

_ He, She, It will not have gone to school

You, They
? Shall / Will I, we have gone to school?

? Will he, she, it have gone to school?

you, they
The Future Perfect Tense expresses an
activity that will be completed before
another time or event in the future.

Example :
 I will graduate in June. I will see you in July.
By the next time I see you, I will have
graduated.
The train will leave the station at 9am. You will arrive at the
station at 9.15am. When you arrive, the train will have left.

The train will have left when you arrive.

past present future

Train leaves at 9am

(in future)

9 9.15

You arrive at 9.15am

(in future)
Look at some more examples:

 You can call me at work at 8am. I will have

arrived at the office by 8.
 "Mary won't be at home when you arrive."

"Really? Where will she have gone?"

Put the verbs into the correct form (Future
Perfect Tense).
1. By 9 o'clock we (cook) dinner.
2. They (eat) by then.
3. In one week he (cross) the Atlantic by boat.
4. She (go) home.
5. Jane (not / finish) her work.
6. Fred (not / return) from his holiday by
Monday.
7. The sun (not / rise) by 4 o'clock.
8. (do / you) the washing up by six o'clock?
9. Our boss (not / leave) the office yet.
10. (buy / she) the new car?