Present Continuous
Present Simple
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Future Simple
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous
Future Perfect
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We use this tense to express an action that will be finished before some point in the future.
Use
- Actions that will be finished before some point in the future
Common time expressions used in the Future Perfect:
- Before
- By tomorrow/7 o'clock/next month
- Until/till
Form
Contracted forms (more)
WILL = 'LL
Example: She'll have been = she will have been
WILL + NOT = WON'T
Example: She won't have been = she will not have been
Positive sentences:
| Subject | + | Auxiliary verb | + | Auxiliary verb | + | Past participle |
| I/a dog etc. | will | have | gone, seen, etc. |
They will have graduated from from Cambridge by July 2009.
I will have retired by the end of the year.
I read 40 pages a day. If I keep up the pace, I will have read the book by Tuesday.
Questions (interrogative sentences):
| Auxiliary verb | + | Subject | + | Auxiliary verb | + | Past participle | ? |
| will | I/a dog etc. | have | gone, seen, etc. |
Will they have graduated from Cambridge by July 2009?
Will I have retired by the end of the year?
Will you have bought a new processor by the end of this week?
Negative sentences:
| Subject | + | Auxiliary verb | + | Auxiliary verb | + | Past participle |
| I/a dog etc. | won't | have | gone, seen, etc. |
They won't have graduated from from Cambridge by July 2009.
My uncle won't have retired by the end of the year.
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