FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
This post includes detailed expressions about Future Perfect Tense and its structures in english. Please follow the list about Structure of Future Perfect Tense;
The tenses simply show the time of an action.
Future Perfect Tense is used to express an action, expected to be completed before a certain time in the future.
The Structures of Future Perfect Tense
POSITIVE FORM (+):
- Subject + WILL + HAVE + V3 ( third form of main verb – past participle )
NEGATIVE FORM (-):
- Subject + WILL + NOT + HAVE + V3 ( third form of main verb – past participle )
QUESTION FORM (?):
- WILL + Subject + HAVE + V3 ( third form of main verb – past participle )
| POSITIVE (+) | NEGATIVE (-) | QUESTION (?) |
|---|---|---|
| I will have started | I will not (won’t) have started | Will I have started |
| You will have started | You will not (won’t) have started | Will you have started |
| He will have started | He will not (won’t) have started | Will he have started |
| She will have started | She will not (won’t) have started | Will she have started |
| It will have started | It will not (won’t) have started | Will it have started |
| We will have started | We will not (won’t) have started | Will we have started |
| You will have started | You will not (won’t) have started | Will you have started |
| They will have started | They will not (won’t) have started | Will they have started |
Positive Sentences ( Sbj + will + have + V3 )
Examples:
- By next week, we‘ll have earned lots of money.
- I will have prepared breakfast by the time the children wake up.
- The rain’ll have stopped by tomorrow.
- They won’t have been maried by next year.
- By that time I will have finished my homework.
- They’ll have relaxed by night.
- When my father comes home, my mother will have read me a story.
- Susan will have been ready by the time I get home.
- The plane will have landed by that time.
Negative Sentences ( Sbj + will not + have + V3 )
Examples:
- He will not (won’t) have received enough score by the summer.
- They will not (won’t) have been maried by next year.
- The rain will not (won’t) have stopped by tomorrow.
- My mother will not (won’t) have prepared breakfast by the time my father and brother wake up.
- She will not (won’t) have been in London for six months by the time she leave.
- By next July, we will not (won’t) have received our first promotion.
- He will not (won’t) have perfected his English by the time I come back from the U.S.
Question Sentences ( Will + Sbj + have + V3 )
Examples:
- Will you have graduated from the university before I graduate?
- Will he have learned all information about this job by May?
- Will we have arrived in China by the next week?
- Will she have graduated from high school by July?
- Will he have finished his work by 5 o’clock?
- Will they have sent an email until tomorrow?
- Will people’s lives have changed by ten years?
- Will we have arrived in China by the next week?
- Will the concert have started by 2o minutes?
