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FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

Future Perfect Tense in English Grammar

What is Future Perfect Tense?

"The future perfect tense represents the actions that will be completed before a specific point in time in future."

In English language, Future perfect tense is used to express an action which will occur in future and is thought to be completed in future. It is used to expresses an action that will occur in the future before another action or time in the future. It expresses a sense of completion of an action which will occur in future.

Basic Structure of Future Perfect tense:

• Structure for Future Perfect •

Subject Auxiliary verb Auxiliary verb Main verb
subject shall / will have past participle
I shall have gone to college.

• Structure for Negative sentence •

Subject Auxiliary verb Auxiliary verb Main verb
subject shall / will + not be / have past participle
I shall not have gone to college.

• Structure for interrogative sentence •

Auxiliary verb Subject Auxiliary verb Main verb
shall / will subject be / have past participle
Shall I have gone to college?

We normally use the future perfect tense to:

• express an action which will occur in future.
• express an action which will occur in future before another action in future.

USES OF FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Used to indicate the completion of an action by a certain future time:

The Future Perfect is used to indicate the completion of an action by a certain future time:

Examples:
  • • I shall have written my exercise by that time.
  • • Before you go to see him, he will have left the place.
  • • In just one month, I will have finished reading this novel.
  • • By next Diwali, I will have saved enough money to buy a new bike.
Used to expresses action in the future before another action in the future:

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

Example:
  • • Really? Where will she have gone?
  • • Alisha won't be at home when you arrive.
  • • You can call me at office at 10am. I will have arrived at the office by 9.
  • • They will be tired when they arrive. They will not have slept for a long time.
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE TABLE
Future Perfect Tense Table
AFFIRMATIVE
  • I shall have gone.
  • You will have gone.
  • We shall have gone.
  • He/She will have gone.
  • They will have gone.
NEGATIVE
  • I shall not have gone.
  • You will not have gone.
  • We shall not have gone.
  • He/She will not have gone.
  • They will not have gone.
INTERROGATIVE
  • Shall I have gone?
  • Will you have gone?
  • Shall we have gone?
  • Will he/she have gone?
  • Will they have gone?

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