 Audio 65 |
GRAMMAR |
FUTURE PERFECT
We use the Future Perfect for an action which will have been completed before a certain point of time in the future.
Examples:
a. The plane will have landed by 7 o’clock this
evening.
b. I will
have chosen the best airline by June.
c. They will have boarded by the time I get to the
airport.
We also use this tense for an action which will have been completed before another action in the future, the action which happens second is in the Present Simple.
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First event |
Second event |
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Ann will have been at arrivals for 2 hours by the time Jenny will have been a travel agent for 15 years |
her mother arrives. by the time she retires. |
We use “by + point of time” with
Future Perfect.
by 7:30am
by tomorrow morning
by then
by Sunday
by the time
by next month, etc
Example:
a. By tomorrow morning, I will have completed my homework.
Affirmative Structure: WILL + HAVE + VERB (past participle)
• By this time next week, I will have traveled in business class three
times.
• Before he gets to the departure,
Charles will have checked that his canyon
is not heavy.
Negative Structure: WON’T + HAVE + VERB (past participle)
• Before he gets to the departure, Charles won’t have checked that his canyon is not heavy.
Interrogative Structure: WILL + SUBJECT + HAVE + VERB (past participle)?
• By this time next week, will you have traveled in business class 3
times?
• Before he gets to the departure, will Charles have checked that his canyon is
not heavy?
