3.7.1.1.1.1: The Future Perfect Tense

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Don Bissonnette
South Seattle Community College

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The Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense is used to describe two actions that will happen in the future at different times. The action closest to the present uses the future perfect tense. The action that happens at some time after the first action uses the simple present tense. (The future perfect tense is the least used verb tense by native speakers. It is unnecessary to use.)

Examples:

I will have taught ESL for over forty four years by the time I retire.

My sons will have gotten married before I die, hopefully.

My wife will have prepared dinner for my family by the time I get home this afternoon.

When you get to class tomorrow, you will have written five sentences for homework using the future perfect tense.

Future Perfect Form

I                                                               I
You                                                           you
We                                                           we
They           will have past participle, they simple present tense.
He                                                        he
She                                                         she
It                                                      it

Exercise 23: Combine the following sentences using the future perfect tense, please.

1. I will eat dinner. I will teach for six hours today.

2. My niece will graduate from high school. She will go to college in the fall.

3. We will enjoy the warm weather during the summer. The cold rainy weather will arrive in the fall.

4. Fall quarter will begin in September. We will enjoy not having classes.

5. My garden will produce many beautiful flowers and wonderful vegetables. The weather will get wet and cold and my flowers and vegetables will die.

6. You will finish this lesson soon. Some of you will start the next lesson right away.

7. I will write three more class booklets during the summer. Classes will begin in September.

8. My son will power wash our patio. Our friends will arrive from Japan this summer.

9. You will come to class tomorrow. You will do your homework tonight.

10. We will all sleep tonight. We will come to class in the morning.

Exercise 24: Write ten sentences using the future perfect tense, please.

10.