Grammar

1. Future Perfect SimpleFuture Perfect Simple

2.  In four years´time I´ll have written my novel.

3. FORM: WILL HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
USE: To say that something will be finished
before a particular time in the future.
Typical time expressions used :
IN three weeks´/ two years´/ 10 hours´ time / …
BY Saturday/ BY next year/ BY the time you arrive / …

4. Examples:
 By this time next month I´ll have done all the
work (i.e. the work will be finished next month at
the latest).
 In 5 years’ time I ’ll have had two children.
 By the time we get to the cinema, the film will
have started.

6.  Will + have + been+ verb-ing
 Ex. Julie will have been dreaming about the end of
class for an hour by 10:00 AM.
 Negative
 Add not after will
 Julie will NOT have been dreaming about the end of
class for an hour by 10:00 AM.

7.  teach
 hope
 kiss
 drive
 Will have been teaching
 Will have been hoping
 Will have been kissing
 Will have been driving

8.  Yes/No: Move will to the front of the sentence
 Will Julie have been dreaming about the end of class
for an hour by 10:00AM?
 Wh-questions:
 Move the wh-question word to the front of the yes/no
question form.
 Where will Stacey have been dreaming about the end
of class for an hour by 10:00AM?

9.  The Future Perfect Continuous emphasizes the
duration of an action or a habitual action before
another time in the future. The length of time is
usually given in the sentence. We often use for or
since with the future perfect continuous.
 Ex. By the time you read this, you will have been
listening to Victor for several hours.

10.  The future perfect continuous may begin at any
time before the other future action; it may even
begin in the past.
 At the end of the semester, Jacob will have been
dreaming about soccer for five months.
 Do not use future perfect continuous of future
continuous with non-action verbs.