Future Perfect Tense
Let’s study The Future Perfect Tense Now:
Tom will already have eaten when his friend arrives.
First Tom will finish eating. Later his friend will arrive. Tom’s eating will be completely finished before another time in the future.
The Future Perfect tense:
The Form:
| Subject + WILL / SHALL +HAVE + Past participle verb |
The Use:
The future perfect tense expresses an activity that will be completed before another time or event in the future (NOTE: by the time introduces a time clause; the simple present tense is used in a time clause.)
- Example:
- I will graduate in June. I will see you in July. By the time I see you, I will have graduated.
- I will have finished my home work by the time I go out on a date tonight.
