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Structure of Future Perfect Tense

FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
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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.