The document discusses the future perfect tense in English. It explains that the future perfect tense is used to refer to an action that will be completed before some time in the future. It provides examples of the structure and use of both the verbal and nominal future perfect forms. Finally, it includes exercises for the reader to practice converting verbs into the future perfect tense in different contexts.

1. Future perfect

2. The function of future perfect
• Refers to a completed action in the future
• Future perfect tense to express an event that
will be completed or taken place before other
activities carried out in the future.
• Future perfect tense to indicate that an action
will have been completed at some time in the
future.

3. The pattern of future perfect
• Verbal
(+) S + will + have + v3 + ….
(-) S + will + not + have + V3 + ….
(?) will + S + have + V3 + …. ?
• Nominal
(+) S + will + have + been + ….
(-) S + will + not + have + been + ….
(?) will + S + have + been + …. ?

4. The example of sentence
• Verbal sentences
+ she will have talked with us
- She will not have talked with us
? Will she have talked with us ?
Nominal sentences
+ we will have been lunch together in my house
- We will not have been lunch together in my
house
? Will we have been lunch together in my house ?

5. The example of Future perfect with “ be going to”
+ You are going to have perfected your English by
the time you come back from the U.S.
- You are not going to have perfected your English
by the time you come back from the U.S.
? Are you going to have perfected your English by
the time you come back from the U.S.?

6. The exercise of future perfect
Change the verb into the correct form:
1. By this time tomorrow, I …… (finish) the project.
2. By 8 o'clock, the kids .….. (fall) asleep.
3. By tomorrow morning, he ….… (sleep) wonderfully.
4. By next year, she ….… (receive) her promotion.
5. Robin ……. (sell) his car by next Sunday.
6. Tara (clean)…... the entire house by lunch.
7. We (dance)…... a few dances before midnight.
8. At this time tomorrow morning, they …..(begin) working.

7. • 9. At this time next week, we ….. (catch) the
thief.
10. By 2013, I ….. (live) in Madrid for 5 years.
11. In 2020, they….. (work) here for 20 years.
12. By September, Julie … (teach) us for over a
year.
13. By October, I …... (study) English for 3
months.
14. On Monday, she ….. (wait) for 2 weeks.
15. Before Saturday, you …… (do) all of your
homework.

8. • Change the verb into the correct form:
1. By the time you .….. (return) home, you
…. (spend) much time in Africa.
2. She .… (eat) a lot before the dessert ….. (arrive).
3. He ….. (talk) on the phone before his wife
…. (arrive).
4. We …… (chose) a date before they …… (call).
5. Natalie ….. (feed) the baby by the time she …..
(leave) the house.
6. You …. (finish) your work before you
…… (leave) the office.
7. By the time they ….. (finish) drinking they …..
(drink) too much.

9. • 8. I …… (be) 2 years in Scotland by the time
she ….. (arrive).
9. They ….. (study) in the University for 5 years
by the time they ….. (get) a degree.
10. I …. (finish) all the dishes by 7 o'clock.
11. You ….. (forget) about me by then.
12. When you ….. (arrive), the bus ….. (leave).
13. When she ….. (wake) up, he … (go) to
work.
14. We…… (speak) with him when
we ….(leave).
15. I ….. (pack) everything when
they….. (come) to pick me up.