FUTURE PERFECT TENSE MEC1 By Francisco Nakajima

FUTURE PERFECT TENSE The Future Perfect Tense indicates two actions in the future happening one before the other.

TIME LINE PRES. FUTURE PERF. S.FUTURE PRES. FUTURE PERF. S.FUTURE

EXAMPLE  NOW 07:50 08:00 08:00 08:25 08:25

By the time Joaquim arrives, his class will have already started. Two actions in the FUTURE, one happening before the other.

Formation  The auxiliary HAVE in the future – WILL HAVE  Principal Verb in the Past Participle. WILL HAVE + PAST PASTICIPLE

Examples:  By the time she gets home, her husband will have arrived.  By this time tomorrow, all my students will have already turned in all the exercises.  By next summer, I will have already finished this project.  By tomorrow morning, this severe winter storm will have passed.

Let´s check it!!!!  By the time she gets home, the kids ___________________________ to bed. (go)  By the time Mike finishes his exam, all the other students _____________________ their paper. (already, return)  By this time next year, Marco ________________ his black belt in jiu jitsu. (earn)  By March, our classes _______________ and we won’t have time to do anything else. (start)

Some more exercises!  By Sunday, John ________________ another Shakespeare’s book. (read)  By the time I get back to New York, the new W.T.C_______________________. (build)  What___________________________to fix by the end of this year? (already; learn; you)  By November, this book ___________________ to the library. (return) Do you still have any doubts?