Future Tense - Future Perfect Tense

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The Future Tense – Future Perfect


There are three aspects of the future tense: = truth of a fact
1) Simple future
2) Future progressive
now A time in
3) Future perfect (simple and progressive)
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1) The future perfect (simple) tense is used to describe a fact that is not yet true but
which is expected to be true in the future (if certain conditions are satisfied).
• Use the following structure to form the future perfect (simple) tense:
[Subject] [will have] [past participle]

Example: Jaime will have graduated from college by June 6, 2013.


Example: I will have scored ten goals if I score again tomorrow.
• Add “not” after “will” and the main verb to form the negative.
Example: We will not have driven to California by tomorrow if we get a flat tire today.
Directions: Complete the following sentences in the present perfect simple tense.
1) She will have gone (to go) to Japan four times if she goes there again.
2) If he wins another gold medal, he will have won (to win) four in his entire career.
3) Dan will have climbed (to climb) Mt. Fuji eight times by November 10.
4) Li and Susan will have eaten (to eat) dinner by the time you get back from work.
5) The baseball player will have hit (to hit) six homeruns if he hits another one tonight.
6) You will not have payed (to pay) your rent tomorrow if you do not pay it today.
7) Yong Ching will have played (to play) tennis in the Olympics five times if he makes the team
again next year.
8) Nastia will have made (to make) ten cakes if she makes two more.
9) They will have swum (to swim) from England to Spain if they continue.
10) I will have completed (to complete) ten sentences if I am able to complete this one.

Directions: Put the following sentences in future perfect simple tense.


1) I do the laundry. (by noon tomorrow)
I will have done the laundrybynoon tomorrow.
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2) It is good idea. (if no one gets hurt).
It will have been good idea if no one gets
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Directions: Now make your own sentences in the future perfect simple tense.
I will have done the homework until 9
1) _____________________________________________________________________
I will have finished the work at 10 p.m.
2) _____________________________________________________________________
2) The future perfect (progressive) tense is used to describe a fact that is not yet true
but which is expected to be true in the future if progress continues.
A time in
= in progress = progress completed and fact true the past

• Use the following structure to form the future perfect (progressive) tense:
A time in
[Subject] [will have been] [verb + “ing”] now
the future

Example: Jaime will have been playing soccer for ten years if he plays again this year.
Example: I will have been jumping rope for 45 minutes if I don’t stop.
• Add the word “not” after “will” and the main verb to form the negative.

Example: We will not have been studying for four days if we do not study tomorrow.
Directions: Complete the following sentences in the future perfect (progressive) tense.
1) She will have been skiing (to skiing) all day if she quits at 5:00.
2) Lee will have been driving (to drive) for eight hours straight by the
time we reach our destination.
3) Chris will have been running (to run) for ten miles once he crosses the
finish line.
4) Angel will have been taking (to take) the test for two hours by this time tomorrow.
5) The ping pong player will have been competing (to compete) in the tournament for three
straight days if he makes it to the final round.
6) I will have been living (to living) in China for a decade if I live here one more year.
7) In ten minutes, my friend and I will have been talking (to talk) on the phone to each other
for five hours.
8) After today, I will have been spending (to spend) in the county prison for two years.
9) Once she graduates from high school, Anna will have been learning (to learning) for twelve
years.
10) In two minutes, the magician will have been holding (to hold) her breath for eight
minutes.

Directions: Put the following sentences in future perfect progressive tense.


1) I play tennis. (for three summers if I play again this summer)
I will have been playing tennis for three summers if I playagain this summer.
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2) I drive. (for fourteen hours if I drive for one more hour)
I will have been driving for fourteen hours if I drive for one more hour.
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Directions: Now make your own sentences in the future perfect progressive tense.
I will have been learning English for twelve months if I finish this level.
1) _____________________________________________________________________

I will have been studying for two weeks if I pass the exam.
2) _____________________________________________________________________

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