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3. She had paid the taxi fare.

a. ___________________________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________________________

Let’s Learn Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense is used to show actions that will be completed at some point in the
future.

Use of Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense is used to indicate, with certainty, that an action will be completed.
For example:
I will have completed this work by evening.
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Formation of Future Perfect Tense
To form the future perfect tense, we use will have/shall have + past participle form of the
main verb. For example:

The trees will have grown by the end of this year.
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I shall have written the story by tomorrow.
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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. For example:

She will not have finished her work by evening.
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The players will not have played the match.
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To form the interrogative in future perfect tense, we interchange the positions of subjects
and the helping verbs will/shall. For example:

Will he have completed his project by tomorrow?
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Will she have gone home by the end of this week?
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Practice Time 3

A. Fill in the blanks with the future perfect form of the verbs given in brackets.

1. We _______________ the room before the guests come this evening. (clean)
2. By next April, I _______________ teaching for 15 years in this school. (complete)

3. We can go there after my classes which _______________ by 7 p.m. (end)
4. Bunty _______________ the entire cake before the party begins. (eat)

5. They _______________ building the highway before the President comes next month. (finish)
6. By this time next week, I ______________ on this project for twenty days. (work)

7. They ______________ their essays by tomorrow. (write)
8. Rohan ______________ by next week. (leave)

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