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FUTURE PERFECT

Future Perfect: Form

The future perfect is composed of two elements: the simple future of the verb to have(will have) + the past participle of the main verb:

Subject will have past participle

He will have finished

AffirmativeI will have left

NegativeThey won't have gone

InterrogativeWill we have seen?

Interrogative negativeWon't he have arrived?

Example: to arrive, future perfect

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I'll have arrived I won't have arrived Will I have arrived?

You'll have arrived You won't have arrived Will you have arrived?

He'll have arrived She won't have arrived Will it have arrived?

We'll have arrived We won't have arrived Will we have arrived?

You'll have arrived You won't have arrived Will you have arrived?

They'll have arrived They won't have arrived Will they have arrived?

Future perfect, function

The future perfect refers to a completed action in the future. When we use this tense weare projecting ourselves forward into the future and looking back at an action that will becompleted some time later than now.It is often used with a time expression using by+ a point in future time.

Examples

I'll have been here for six months on June 23rd.

By the time you read thisI'll have left.

You will have finishedyour work by this time next week.

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FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Future Perfect Continuous: Form

This form is composed of two elements: the future perfect of the verb to be (will havebeen) + the present participle of the main verb (base+ing):

Subject will have been base+ing

We will have been living

Affirmative

I will have been workingNegative

I won't have been working

Interrogative

Will I have been working?

Interrogative negative

Won't I have been working?

Example: to live, Future Perfect Continuous

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I'llhave been living I won't have been living Will I have been living?

You'll have been living You won't have been living Will you have been living?

He'll have been living He won't have been living Will she have been living?

We'll have been living We won't have been living Will we have been living?

You'll have been living You won't have been living Will you have been living?

They'll have been living They won't have been living Will they have been living?

Future Perfect Continuous: Function

Like the future perfect simple, this form is used to project ourselves forward in time andto look back. It refers to events or actions in a time between now and some future

time, that may be unfinished.

Examples:

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