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GRAMMAR EXPLANATION
What is the future perfect tense? Sometimes we talk about an event that still lies in our future. But when we talk about this future event, it's from a point even further into the future. This is the future perfect tense.
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have children
A: What will your life be like in 2025? B: Well, I will have gotten married by 2025. I will have had children, too. What is the sentence structure? The sentence structure for the future perfect tense looks more difficult than it actually is. subject | auxiliary verb (will) | auxiliary verb (have) | past participle | object/complement Tina | will | have | started | school in one week. The President | will | have | given | his speech by 8:00 pm. By the time I'm 60, I | will | have | retired | a millionaire. In order to make the meaning clearer, a time clause may be used to provide a point of reference. For example: I will have retired a millionaire by the time I'm 60. The time clause may appear at the beginning or end of a sentence. For example: In one week, Tina will have started school. The President will have given his speech by 8:00 pm. How is the future perfect tense used? The future perfect tense describes an action or circumstance completed or achieved in a more distant time in the future. This grammar structure may be used to imagine future events, as in the following: By 2025, I will have gotten married and had a couple of kids. By the 22nd century, we will have developed cars that fly. The future perfect may also describe an event in the future which hasn't begun or hasn't been completed in the present. For example: Alex: What are you doing now? Bill: I'm studying for my big test tomorrow. I will have finished in a few hours. Heads Up English www.headsupenglish.com
ACTIVITY
Here are a few sentences to practice using the present perfect tense correctly.
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