Lesson Twenty-five:
Future Perfect Tense
S + will + have + the Past Participle
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Singular
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Plural
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I will have studied
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We will have studied
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You will have studied
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You will have studied
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He will have studied
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She will have studied
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They will have studied
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It will have studied
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In a few more years, you will have studied enough English to communicate well with just about anybody.
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(See the video at the bottom of the page.)
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Use the future perfect tense to describe a situation that will be completed in the future.
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1. By this time next year, I’ll have had the same classroom for four years.
I’‘ve had this classroom since January of 2009. It’s 2012 right now. (That’s just four years.)
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2. By this time next year, your English will have improved if you study hard enough.
But if you don’t study between now and then, your English will not have improved.
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3. Once his shift is finished, he will have delivered over 100 pizzas.
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Practice:
 
Complete these sentences with the main verb in the future perfect tense.
1. By this time next year, Elena _______ _______ _______ a lot about English. (learn)
2. Fabio hopes he ______ _______ _______ around the world before he retires. (travel)
3. When Gullya gets to be my age, she _______ ______ ______ many friendships. (have)
4. Toli is crossing his fingers that he ________ _______ ________ a lot of honey from his bees by the end of the year. (got)
5. Paktip hopes she ______ ______ ______ the United States within the next ten years. (visit)
(ANSWERS: 1. will have learned; 2. will have traveled; 3. will have had; 4. will have gotten; 5. will have visited)
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Next: Lesson Twenty-six
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