Futuro perfecto
Affirmative
I will have understood
He will have understood
She will have understood
It will have understood
We will have understood
You will have understood
They will have understood
Negative
I won´t have understood
He won´t have understood
She won´t have understood
It won´t have understood
We won´t have understood
You won´t have understood
They won´t have understood
Questions
Will I have understood?
Will he will have understood?
Will she will have understood?
Will it will have understood?
Will we will have understood?
Will you will have understood?
Will they will have understood?
El future perfect se utiliza para hablar de algo que habrá concluido en un momento determinado del futuro.
I´ll have finished this letter soon.
By the time I´m 30 I´ll have travelled the world.
They´ll have had their car for 2 years next month.
Ejercicios
A. Write the words in the correct order to complete the sentences.
1) This time tomorrow (we´ll / these exercises / have / finished).
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2) After your travels, (found / you´ll / the answers / have) to everything!
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3) By the time you read this, (gone / travelling / I will / have).
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4) (all this / have / disappeared / will) in ten years´ time.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5) (every continent / I´ll / have / visited) before I´m 65.
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6) (will you / have / finished / breakfast) if I come at ten o´clock?
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A. Las respuestas correctas.
1) This time tomorrow (we´ll / these exercises / have / finished).
This time tomorrow we´ll have finished these exercises.
2) After your travels, (found / you´ll / the answers / have) to everything!
After your travels you´ll have found the answers to everything.
3) By the time you read this, (gone / travelling / I will / have).
By the time you read this, I will have gone travelling.
4) (all this / have / disappeared / will) in ten years´ time.
All this will have disappeared in ten years´ time.
5) (every continent / I´ll / have / visited) before I´m 65.
I´ll have visited every continent before I´m 65.
6) (will you / have / finished / breakfast) if I come at ten o´clock?
Will you have finished breakfast if I come at ten o´clock?
B. Write sentences about what Elizabeth will or won´t have done by 2022.
1) leave home – no
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2) finish university – yes
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3) get married – no
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4) do some charity work – yes
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5) travel the world – no
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6) pass her driving test - yes
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B. Las respuestas correctas.
1) leave home – no
She won´t have left home.
2) finish university – yes
She will have finished university.
3) get married – no
She won´t have gotten married.
4) do some charity work – yes
She will have done some charity work.
5) travel the world – no
She won´t have travelled the world.
6) pass her driving test - yes
She will have passed her driving test.
C. Match 1-6 with a-f
1) We won´t have studied the history of film …………………….
2) We won´t have seen the next episode …………………….
3) Will you be working tonight, …………………….
4) My dad will be watching television …………………….
5) Elizabeth will be studying at the university of Amsterdam …………………….
6) Will you have read that textbook …………………….
a) by the time I get home.
b) by the beginning of September. She´s really looking forward to it.
c) by three o´clock, or shall I get another from the library.
d) by the end of the term.
e) or can we meet for coffee?
f) by Sunday. Shall we get a copy on video?
C. Las respuestas correctas.
1) We won´t have studied the history of film d
2) We won´t have seen the next episode f
3) Will you be working tonight, e
4) My dad will be watching television a
5) Elizabeth will be studying at the university of Amsterdam b
6) Will you have read that textbook c
a) by the time I get home.
b) by the beginning of September. She´s really looking forward to it.
c) by three o´clock, or shall I get another from the library?
d) by the end of the term.
e) or can we meet for coffee?
f) by Sunday. Shall we get a copy on video?
D. Complete the sentences. Use the words in brackets and the future perfect of the future continuous.
1) You ……………………. (finish) your course by this time next year.
2) Where ……………………. (your family / live) in 2016?
3) I ……………………. (win) the lottery by this summer.
4) ……………………. (your father / watch) the Tour de France next weekend.
5) ……………………. (you / send) that email to Luis Miguel by the time I get back?
D. Las respuestas correctas.
1) You will have finished your course by this time next year.
2) Where will your family be living in 2016?
3) I will be winning the lottery by this summer.
4) Your father will be watching the Tour de France next weekend.
5) Will you have sent that email to Luis Miguel by the time I get back?
E. Complete the sentences with the future form of the verbs in brackets.
I have finally decided that I want to live in an eco-home
1) By the end of the year, I ……………………. (save) enough money to buy some land.
2) I ……………………. (not / build) a house myself I am not a builder!
3) In a year’s time, I ……………………. (buy) a prefabricated cube house to install on the land.
4) In over a year, the builders ……………………. (finish) the construction work on the house.
5) I ……………………. (move) into my new house before I finish it.
6) Lots of my friends and family ……………………. (stay) in my cube house at Christmas.
E. Las respuestas correctas.
I have finally decided that I want to live in an eco-home
1) By the end of the year, I will have saved enough money to buy some land.
2) I won´t be building a house myself I am not a builder!
3) In a year’s time, I will have bought a prefabricated cube house to install on the land.
4) In over a year, the builders will be finishing the construction work on the house.
5) I will be moving into my new house before I finish it.
6) Lots of my friends and family will be staying in my cube house at Christmas.
F. Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.
1) Next week we ……………………. to our new house.
a. will move
b. will have moved
c. are moving
2) Francis will help us move. He ……………………. some days off work.
a. ´s going to take
b. ´ll have taken
c. ´ll be taking
3) When we arrive at the new house, he ……………………. for us there
a. ´s going to wait
b. ´ll have waited
c. ´ll be waiting
4) The removal company promises they ……………………. packing by lunch time
a. will finish
b. will be finishing
c. will have finished
5) I ……………………. the boxes for a month at least.
a. pack
b. ´ll be unpacking
c.´ll have packed
6) We ……………………. a house warming party next weekend. I´ve sent all the invitations
a. will have
b. will be having
c. are having
F. Las respuestas correctas.
1) Next week we will have moved to our new house.
2) Francis will help us move. He´ll be taking some days off work.
3) When we arrive at the new house, he´ll be waiting for us there.
4) The removal company promises they will have finished packing by lunch time.
5) I´ll be unpacking the boxes for a month at least.
6) We will be having a house warming party next weekend. I´ve sent all the invitations.
G. Some people´s predictions about their lives in 10 years. Choose the correct alternative.
1) I hope I´ll (have had / be having) three children.
2) I´ll (have have stopped / be stopping) work, so I´ll (have sat / be sitting) on the beach.
3) We´re getting married next year, so in ten years´ time, we´ll (be / being / have been) married for nine years.
4) I hope I won´t still (have lived / be living) in this town
5) I won´t (be leaving / have left) home. I´ll still (have lived / be living) with my parents.
G. Las respuestas correctas.
1) I hope I´ll have had three children.
2) I´ll have have stopped work, so I´ll (have sat / be sitting) on the beach.
3) We´re getting married next year, so in ten years´ time, we´ll have been married for nine years.
4) I hope I won´t still be living in this town.
5) I won´t have left home. I´ll still be living) with my parents.
H. Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning. Use the future continuous or the future perfect simple.
1) Sam will leave home at 8 o´clock. It takes her half an hour to get to school. (travelling)
At 8.15, Sam ……………………. to school.
2) Peter will leave here at eight, and you will arrive at eight thirty. (have)
By the time you arrive, Peter …………………….…………………….
3) I always finish my homework on Sunday. (will)
By Monday morning, I ……………………. my homework.
4) I´ve got an appointment to see the doctor on Saturday. (seeing)
I ……………………. the doctor on Saturday
5) We´re going to wait for him until 8.15 (work)
At 8.30, we ……………………. for him
6) By next week (they won´t be going out with each other (broken)
By next week, they ……………………. up
7) I´m going to wear my new jeans to school tomorrow. (be)
When I come to school tomorrow, I ……………………. my new jeans.
H. Las respuestas correctas.
1) Sam will leave home at 8 o´clock. It takes her half an hour to get to school. (travelling)
At 8.15, Sam will be travelling to school.
2) Peter will leave here at eight, and you will arrive at eight thirty. (have)
By the time you arrive, Peter will have left.
3) I always finish my homework on Sunday. (will)
By Monday morning, I will have finished my homework.
4) I´ve got an appointment to see the doctor on Saturday. (seeing)
I will be seeing the doctor on Saturday.
5) We´re going to wait for him until 8.15 (work)
At 8.30, we won´t be waiting for him.
6) By next week (they won´t be going out with each other (broken)
By next week, they will have broken up.
7) I´m going to wear my new jeans to school tomorrow. (be)
When I come to school tomorrow, I will be wearing my new jeans.
I. Complete the future perfect and future continuous sentences. Use the verbs in the list. (be, have, living, watching, will)
1) This time next year, Bill will be ……………………. in Miami.
2) By six o´clock tonight, we´ll ……………………. watched both DVDs.
3) Will you still ……………………. waiting for me in three months?
4) By midnight, they ……………………. have gone to sleep
5) He´ll be ……………………. TV at eight o´clock. I´d be better to call him at nine.
I. Las respuestas correctas.
1) This time next year, Bill will be living in Miami.
2) By six o´clock tonight, we´ll have watched both DVDs.
3) Will you still be waiting for me in three months?
4) By midnight, they will have gone to sleep
5) He´ll be watching TV at eight o´clock. I´d be better to call him at nine.