Future perfect tense

I/You/He/She/It/We/They will have worked

I/You/He/She/It/We/They won’t (will not) have solved

Will I/you/he/she/it/we/they have worked?

Use

We use the Future Perfect Simple for events that will be completed before or at a certain time. It is often used with a time expression beginning with by: by then, by that time, by midnight, by the end of the year.

The time can also be given by other time expressions (on Sunday, before 31 June) or other activities expressed in different Future tenses.

I will have sent the project by Friday.

On 11 August this year we will have been married for five years.

We'll have reached the top before noon.

How long will she have worked here by the end of this year?

In all these examples, at a given time the Future Perfect actions will be in the past.

Exercise 1. Make the Future Perfect.

1. I (leave) by six.

2. (you/finish) the report by the deadline?

3. When (we/do) everything?

4. She (finish) her exams by then, so we can go out for dinner.

5. You (read) the book before the next class.

6. She (not/finish) work by seven.

7. When (you/complete) the work?

8. They (arrive) by dinner time.

9. We (be) in London for three years next week.

10. (she/get) home by lunch time?

11. (you/do) everything by seven?

12. We (not/eat) before we come, so we'll be hungry.

13. (he/finish) his exams when we go on holiday?

14. He (not/complete) the project by July.

Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Perfect tense.

1. In a fortnight's time we (take) our exam.

2. I (finish) this book by tomorrow evening.

3. By this time tomorrow we (have) our injections.

4. By the end of next year I (be) here twenty-five years.

5. I'll still be here next summer but Tom (leave).

6. I (finish) this job in twenty minutes.

7. By next winter they (build) four houses in that field.

8. When we reach Valparaiso we (sail) all round the world.

9. At the rate he is going he (spend) all his money by the time he is twenty-one.

10. By this time next year I (save) € 250.

11. By the time we get to the party everything (be) eaten.

12. The train (leave) before we reach the station.

13. If I continue with my diet I (lose) 10 kilos by the end of the month.

14. By the end of my university course I (attend) 1,200 lectures.

15. When you come back I (finish) all the housework.

Exercise 3. Fill in the correct form verb in either the Future Perfect Simple tense.

E.g. Tamara will have completed her Bachelor’s Degree by June. (complete)

1. Sheila ___ the scholarship by the time she starts school in September. (get)

2. By this time next month, I hope they ____building the community center. (finish)

3. By this time tomorrow night we ______ in Australia. (arrive)

4. ______ he ____ the message by the time your flight takes off? (receive)

5. Dana ____ the night shift by the time you get up in the morning. (not finish)

6. By the time we get on the plane, they ___ already ___ the luggage. (load)

7. By 2025, I hope researchers ______ a cure for cancer. (find)

Exercise 4. Choose the correct form of the verb, given in brackets.

1. I ___________ (work) in the garden all day long tomorrow.

2. I __________ (finish) the book by the evening.

3. Не__________ (be) tired after his work.

4. We _________ (write) the article by five o'clock.

5. He can't come at two o'clock tomorrow because he ___ (work) at that time.

6. Не _______ (send) us a telegram as soon as the steamer arrives.

7. While my mother is having her breakfast. I _____ (read) the newspaper.

8. By the end of the year she ______ (learn) to speak English.

9. He ____ (ring) you up and tell you everything about the forthcoming meeting.

10. They ________ (not, play) football on Sunday afternoon.

11. He _________ (carry) this bag for you.

12. In June that firm ______ (carry) on negotiations for the purchase of software.

13. In summer the director ______ (still, work) on her new film.

14. We _________ (not, find) the material by tomorrow.

15. She __________ (not, go) to the party with us.

Exercise 5. Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in the Future Perfect tense.

Example: Buyers cannot look at the condominiums next week. The carpenters (not, finish) will not have finished the kitchen cabinets yet.

1) Samuel wants to drive to the beach in July, but he (not, receive) ____ his driver’s license yet.

2) Li Ming will need a shower when she gets home from camping. She (not, take) ____ one for three days.

3) We don’t want to leave the pool at noon. We (not, swim) ___ long enough by then.

4) The runners will all need some water when they get here. They (not, drink) ____ anything for the last four miles

5) When I go to work out at the gym on Wednesday, I (not, exercise) ____ for a week!

6) Sarah would like to go diving tomorrow, but she (not, take) ___ lessons by then.

7) When the company moves its offices in September, it (not, move) ___ them for 75 years.

8) Tom is learning to fly small planes, but he (not, fly) ___ enough hours by spring to begin flying solo.