Intermediate 📐 Grammar · #93 of 305

Future Perfect

will have + past participle for completion before a future time.

Examples

  • By June I will have graduated.

Key rules

  • Form: will have + past participle
  • Use it for an action finished before a future time
  • Common with by, by the time, before
  • It can also express a confident guess about now: They will have arrived by now

Common mistakes

  • By June I will graduate → By June I will have graduated
  • I will have finish by five → I will have finished by five
💡 Tip: Look for by + a future time as a signal.
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Present Perfect Continuous

have been + -ing stresses duration up to now.

Past Perfect

had + past participle for an earlier past action.

Past Perfect Continuous

had been + -ing for duration before a past moment.

Future Continuous

will be + -ing for actions in progress at a future time.

Future Perfect Continuous

will have been + -ing for duration up to a future point.

Second Conditional

if + past, would + verb for unreal present or future.