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USES OF FUTURE PERFECT

Things that will be completed before a specific time in the future.

• I hope that by next Wednesday I will have finished the project.
• The builders will have fixed the roof by Thursday. 
• Visit us here before July, otherwise we will have moved out and you won't be able to see this house. 

Things that won't be completed before a specific time in the future.

• I won’t have finished the project by next Wednesday. Can you give me more time?
• I won't have collected everything we need for the meeting by tomorrow. Can we reschedule?
• She won't have graduated by then so she won't be ready to start work.

To talk about achievements that we expect to be completed by a certain time.

• By the time I’m 30, I’ll have produced hundreds of videos.
• I’m hoping we will have mastered this choir piece before the concert.
• By the end of my summer in Valencia, I hope my Spanish will have improved a lot. 

Useful vocabulary to be used with the future perfect: by, by the time, before

STRUCTURE 

For positive sentences, use ‘will have’ after the pronoun, plus the verb in the past participle form. We often contract the form with an apostrophe. 

• I will have walked > I'll have walked
• You will have walked > You'll have walked
• He will have walked > He'll have walked
• She will have walked > She'll have walked
• It will have walked > It'll have walked
• We will have walked > We'll have walked
• They will have walked > They'll have walked 

For negative sentences, add ‘not’ after ‘will’.  We usually contract the form with an apostrophe.

• I will not have walked > I won't have walked
• You will not have walked > You won't have walked
• He will not have walked > He won't have walked
• She will not have walked > She won't have walked
• It will not have walked > It won't have walked
• We will not have walked > We won't have walked
• They will not have walked > They won't have walked

To ask yes/no questions, change the order of the sentence so that ‘will’ is at the beginning.

• Will I have walked?
• Yes, you will have
• No, you won't have 
• Will you have walked?
• Yes, I will have
• No, I won't have 
• Will he have walked?
• Yes, he will have
• No, he won't have
• Will she have walked?
• Yes, she will have
• No, she won't have
• Will it have walked?
• Yes, it will have
• No, it won't have
• Will we have walked?
• Yes, we will have
• No, we won't have 
• Will they have walked?
• Yes, they will have
• No, they won't have 

To ask for more information, add the ‘who, what, where, why, how, when’ question words at the beginning.

• Why will I have walked?
• Who will you have walked with?
• Where will he have walked?
• When will she have walked?
• How will they have walked?
• When will they have walked?

To do

Practise by using the worksheet on this page, and watch other Tenses with Georgie videos.

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