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Future perfect tense

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Future perfect tense

Four forms of Future tense

Simple future tense

Future continuous tense

Future perfect tense

Future perfect continuous tense

Future perfect tense definition

Future perfect tense is used to talk about something that will be completed before a specific time in the future.

My friends are coming at 2. I’ll have finished writing by then.

Future perfect tense formula

future perfect tense formula
For positive form, + past participle of the verb.
For negative form, + past participle of the verb.
future perfect tense formula with examples for positive form and negative form.
To form a question with future perfect tense, followed by the subject + have + past participle of the verb.
Future perfect tense formula with examples.

When and how to use Future perfect tense?

The instances of when to use future perfect tense.

It is used to talk about actions that will be completed by a certain future time.

  • He will have left before you go to see him.
  • She will have cleaned the house.
  • By the end of the day, she will have completed the work.
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Future perfect continuous tense

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Four forms of Future tense

Simple future tense

Future continuous tense

Future perfect tense

Future perfect continuous tense

Definition

Future perfect continuous tense is also called future perfect progressive tense. 

It describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future – like, for one week, for two days.

Helping verbs – will have been/shall have been are used.

 

future perfect tense formula
For positive form, + present participle of the verb.
For negative form, + present participle of the verb.
future perfect continuous tense formula for positive and negative form of sentences.
To form a question with future perfect continuous tense, followed by the subject + have been + present participle of the verb.
future perfect continuous tense formula for question form of sentences.

Future perfect continuous tense is used for actions which will be in progress over a period of time that will end in the future.

  • At 10 o clock, we will have been waiting for you for 2 hours.
  • By the end of April, we will have been living here for 10 years.
  • When I am in class, my friends will have been playing in the ground.
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Past perfect tense

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Past perfect tense

Past perfect tense refers to the actions that occurred in the past and finished before another action.

It is also called ‘Pluperfect’.

 

When is past perfect tense used?

When two actions happened in the past, one action must have happened before the other. The past perfect tense is used to show which happened first and next.

E.g, I had done my cooking when she came to see me. 

2. I had completed the exam before the bell rang.

 

Past perfect tense formula

Formula for past perfect tense

Past perfect tense

Always add before the verb for past perfect tense.
past perfect tense negative from formulas
To form a question, followed by the subject and past tense of the verb.
past perfect tense formulas
simple future tense Simple future tense
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Simple future tense

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Simple future tense

Four forms of Future tense

Simple future tense

Future continuous tense

Future perfect tense

Future perfect continuous tense

Simple future tense definition

Simple future tense refers to events, or actions or states that will begin and end in the future.

future tense formula
For positive form, before the verb.
For negative form, before the verb.
Simple future tense formula
To form a question with simple future tense, followed by the subject and then the base form of the verb.
Simple future tense formula

When and how to use Simple future tense?

The instances of when to use simple future tense.
What we believe or think will happen in future.

I am sure I will get an A grade.

I think you will get it done.

I believe you will help me.

For events which we cannot control.

We will know our project details in December.

I shall be thirty five next Monday.

It will be Christmas in a month.

When we have decided to do something before talking about it.

“be going to + base form of the verb”.

I am going to schedule the exam dates.

She is going to buy a car. 

 

When we decide to do something at the time of speaking.

The Chief is in a meeting, so I’ll wait.

I am expecting a friend, I will make her the best coffee.

It is snowing, I will not go out.

When there is something in the present which tells us about the future.

She is going to have a baby.

The plates are at the edge, they are going to fall.

"about to + base" is used for immediate future.

Do not talk, the exam is about to start.

Let’s get ready, the party is about to begin.

Simple future tense highlights

Simple future tense is used for instant decisions.

The going to is used for events already been decided upon and preparations have been made.