TENSES
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
|
Affirmative
I will have left
Negative
They won't have gone
Interrogative
Will we have seen?
Interrogative
negative
Won'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 we are projecting ourselves forward into the future
and looking back at an action that will be completed some time later
than now.
It is often used with a time expression using by + a point in
future time.
Examples:
a. I'll
have been here for six months on June 23rd.
b. By the time you read this I'll have left.
c. You will have finished
your work by this time next week.