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Use of Future Perfect Tense
The future perfect tense is used to indicate, with certainty, that an action will be completed.
l I will have completed this work by evening.
Formation of Future Perfect Tense
To form the future perfect tense, we use will have/shall have + past participle form of the main
verb.
l The trees will have grown by the end of this year.
l I shall have written the story by tomorrow.
Making Negative and Interrogative Sentences in Future Perfect Tense
To form the negative in future perfect tense, we use shall/will + not + have + the past participle
form of the main verb.
l She will not have finished her work by evening.
l The players will not have played the match.
To form the interrogative in future perfect tense, we interchange
the positions of subjects and the helping verbs will/shall.
l Will he have completed his project by tomorrow?
l Will she have gone home by the end of this week?
Test Yourself
I. Fill in the blanks with the present perfect form of the verbs given in brackets.
1. She ______________ in Kolkata all her life. (live)
2. My uncle ______________ for the airport. (leave)
3. I ______________ the trash in the bin. (throw)
4. How many times ______________ you ______________ that film? (watch)
5. He is a famous person. I ______________ him once before. (meet)
II. Rewrite the following sentences in their negative and interrogative forms.
1. They have sung.
a. __________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________
2. I have posted the letter.
a. __________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________
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