English Grammar

Future Perfect Tense

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Understand how the future perfect tense is used.:

• The future perfect tense often used with "by" and "not", "for" and "until" to state that the action or event will be completed at time in the future.
• The future perfect tense is used to state an action that occurs into the future until a later time in the future.
• To state an event or action that will finish before an other action event in the future.

Rules for using the future perfect tense:

• The future perfect tense is used for actions that are non continuous.
• A specific time is usually stated or is understood.
• It is common to use the future perfect tense to clarify the order of 2 future events.
• The future perfect tense can't be used with "time clauses" such as when, while, "by the time ", soon, before, after, if, unless, until etc.
• The future perfect tense is also known as the "future perfect verb tense".

The future period of time if usually states :

• next year
• next week
• next month etc.
• the exact came can be stated
• the approximate can can be stated

Examples:

• We will have worked at the school 25 years next week.
• The students will have finished all their exams tomorrow. I sure they will be happy.

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Future Simple Tense

Future Simple Tense

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Going To & Will

Will & Would

Future Simple Tense "going to"

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Future Continuous Tense

Future Continuous Verb Tense

Future Continuous Tense Chart

Present Continuous Tense Used As A Future Tense

Future Perfect Tense

Simple Future Perfect Verb Tense

Simple Future Perfect Tense Chart

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Future Perfect Continuous Tense Chart