FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
The Future Perfect tense expresses an action that will occur in the future before another action or time in the future.

POSITIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	WILL  HAVE	VERB  (past participle)	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	will have	eaten	by half past nine.
You	will have	eaten	by half past nine.
He	will have	eaten	by half past nine.
John	will have	eaten	by half past nine.
The boy	will have	eaten	by half past nine.
She	will have	eaten	by half past nine.
Angel	will have	eaten	by half past nine.
The girl	will have	eaten	by half past nine.
We	will have	eaten	by half past nine.
You	will have	eaten	by half past nine.
They	will have	eaten	by half past nine.
The children	will have	eaten	by half past nine.

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

SUBJECT	WILL NOT HAVE	VERB (past participle)	REST OF THE SENTENCE
I	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.
You	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.
He	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.
John	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.
The boy	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.
She	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.
Angel	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.
The girl	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.
We	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.
You	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.
They	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.
The children	will not have	finished	my assignment by Monday.

INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS / QUESTIONS

WILL	SUBJECT	HAVE	VERB	REST OF THE SENTENCE
Will	I	have	joined	the course by Thursday?
Will	you	have	joined	the course by Thursday?
Will	he	have	joined	the course by Thursday?
Will	John	have	joined	the course by Thursday?
Will	the boy	have	joined	the course by Thursday?
Will	she	have	joined	the course by Thursday?
Will	Angel	have	joined	the course by Thursday?
Will	the girl	have	joined	the course by Thursday?
Will	we	have	joined	the course by Thursday?
Will	you	have	joined	the course by Thursday?
Will	they	have	joined	the course by Thursday?
Will	the children	have	joined	the course by Thursday?

I will have sung
The future perfect tense is quite an easy tense to understand and use. The future perfect tense talks about the past in the future.
How do we make the Future Perfect Tense?
The structure of the future perfect tense is:

subject	+	auxiliary verb WILL	+	auxiliary verb HAVE	+	main verb
.		invariable	.	invariable	.	past participle
		will		have		V3

Look at these example sentences in the future perfect tense:

.	subject	auxiliary verb	.	auxiliary verb	main verb	.
+	I	will	.	have	finished	by 10am.
+	You	will	.	have	forgotten	me by then
-	She	will	not	have	gone	to school.
-	We	will	not	have	left	.
?	Will	you	.	have	arrived?	.
?	Will	they	.	have	received	it?

In speaking with the future perfect tense, we often contract the subject and will. Sometimes, we contract the subject, will and have all together:

I will have	I'll have	I'll've
you will have	you'll have	you'll've
he will have she will have it will have	he'll have she'll have it'll have	he'll've she'll've it'll've
we will have	we'll have	we'll've
they will have	they'll have	they'll've

We sometimes use shall instead of will,especially for I and we.

How do we use the Future Perfect Tense?

The future perfect tense expresses action in the future before another action in the future. This is the past in the future. For example:

• The train will leave the station at 9am. You will arrive at the station at 9.15am. When you arrive, the train will have left.

The train will have left when you arrive.
past	present	future
.	.	Train leaves in future at 9am.
9	.	9.15
.	.	You arrive in future at 9.15am.

Look at some more examples:

• You can call me at work at 8am. I will have arrived at the office by 8.
• They will be tired when they arrive. They will not have slept for a long time.
• "Mary won't be at home when you arrive."
  "Really? Where will shehave gone?"


• You can sometimes think of the future perfect tense like the present perfect tense, but instead of your viewpoint being in the present, it is in the future:
  

  present perfect tense			.	future perfect tense
  .	have bone	.	.	.	.	will have done
  .			.	.
  past	now	future	.	past	now	future