Future Perfect

Future Perfect has two different forms: "will have done" and "be going to
have done." Unlike
Simple Future
forms, Future Perfect forms are usually interchangeable.

FORM Future Perfect with "Will"

[will have + past participle]

Examples:

• You will have perfected your English by the time you
  come back from the U.S.


• Will you have perfected your English
  by the time you come back from the U.S.?


• You will not have perfected your English by the time
  you come back from the U.S.

FORM Future Perfect with "Be Going To"

[am/is/are + going to have + past participle]

Examples:

• You are 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.?


• You are not going to have perfected your English by the
  time you come back from the U.S.

NOTE: It is possible to use either "will" or "be going to" to create the

Future Perfect with little or no difference in meaning.

Complete List of Future Perfect Forms

USE 1 Completed Action Before Something in the Future

The Future Perfect expresses the idea that something will occur before

another action in the future. It can also show that something will happen before
a specific time in the future.

Examples:

• By next November, I will have received my promotion.
  
• By the time he gets home, she is going
  to have cleaned the entire house.
  
• I am not going to have finished this test by 3 o'clock.
• Will she have learned enough Chinese
  to communicate before she moves to Beijing?
  
• Sam is probably going to have completed
  the proposal by the time he leaves this afternoon.
  
• By the time I finish this course, I
  will have taken ten tests.
  
• How many countries are you going to have
  visited by the time you turn 50?

Notice in the examples above that the reference points (marked
in italics) are in
Simple Present
rather than
Simple Future. This is because the interruptions are in
time clauses,
and you cannot use future tenses in time clauses.

USE 2 Duration Before Something in the Future (Non-Continuous Verbs)

With Non-Continuous

Verbs and some non-continuous uses of
Mixed Verbs, we use
the Future Perfect to show that something will continue up until another action
in the future.

Examples:

• I will have been in London for six months by the time I
  leave.
  
• By Monday, Susan is going to have had my book for a
  week.

Although the above use of Future Perfect is normally limited to

Non-Continuous Verbs and non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, the words "live,"
"work," "teach," and "study" are sometimes used in this way even though they are
NOT Non-Continuous Verbs.

REMEMBER No Future in Time Clauses

Like all future forms, the Future Perfect cannot be used in clauses beginning

with time expressions such as: when, while, before, after, by the time, as soon
as, if, unless, etc. Instead of Future Perfect,
Present Perfect is used.

Examples:

• I am going to see a movie when I will have finished my
  homework. Not Correct


• I am going to see a movie when I have finished my
  homework. Correct
  

ADVERB PLACEMENT

The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always,

only, never, ever, still, just, etc.

Examples:

• You will only have learned a few words.
  
• Will you only have learned a few words?
• You are only going to have learned a few words.
  
• Are you only going to have learned a few words?

ACTIVE / PASSIVE

Examples:

• They will have completed the project before the
  deadline. Active


• The project will have been completed before the
  deadline. Passive
  

• They are going to have completed the project before the
  deadline. Active


• The project is going to have been completed before the
  deadline. Passive

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