1. THE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Theory and exercises

2. Notice that the Future Perfect Tense is formed this way:
The Future Perfect Tense describes an action that will be completed by a certain time in the future.
The bus is late. By the time we get to the languages school, the class will have already started.
Notice that the Future Perfect Tense is formed this way:
WILL HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

3. By the time he gets home, she will have made the cookies.
Some more examples:
By the time he gets home, she will have made the cookies.
That is, the action of making the cookies will already be over when he gets home.

4. I think our house will have been ready by the end of the week
I think our house will have been ready by the end of the week. There’s little to be done now.
Notice that the Future Perfect is used in conjunction with expressions such as by the time, or by, etc.
John hopes he will have built his muscles by the beginning of the summer.

5. will have started will have spent
Complete the following sentences with the proper form of the Future Perfect Tense:
1) If we don’t hurry, the meeting
(to start) by
the time we get there.
will have started
2) By the end of this month, I
(to spend)
all my salary.
will have spent

6. will have typed will have finished
3) An hour from now I hope I
(to type)
all the reports. I can’t wait to go home.
will have typed
4) Two years from now Sue
(to finish)
his course and will already
be working as a nurse.
will have finished

7. 5) Mary has been taking dance classes
5) Mary has been taking dance classes (she; to learn) to dance by the end of two months?
Will she have learned
6) I'm going to be a very rich man.
I'm sure that by the time I'm 40 I
(to make)
my first million.
will have made

8. Will the rain have stopped
7) I think computers
(not; to be) outdated by
ten years from now.
won’t have been
Will the rain have stopped
(the rain; to stop) by the time
we get there?

9. 9) Harry always leaves for work at 8:30, so he won’t be home
at 9. He
(to go) to work.
will have gone
will have been
10) Next year they (to be) married for 15 years.

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