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Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense is used:
to explain an activity that will be completed by a certain time in the future. For example:
The coconut tree will have grown by the end of this year.
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Formation of Sentences in Future Perfect Tense
To make a positive sentence, we add will have/shall have before the past participle form of
the main verb. For example:
They will have completed their training by the end of this month.
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To make a negative sentence, we add will/shall have before the past participle form of the
main verb. For example:
They will not have arrived by the time the show starts.
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To make an interrogative sentence, we add will/shall before subject + have followed by the
past participle form of the main verb. For example:
Will they have sold the house before the auction starts?
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Practice Time 3

C. Fill in the blanks with the future perfect tense as directed in brackets.
1. They ___________ their homework. (complete)
2. The bus operators ___________ on strike. (go—negative)
3. The new management ___________ a note of this matter. (note)

4. We ___________ the needy. (help)
5. ___________ the plane ___________ by the time you reach the airport? (fly—interrogative)

Practice Time 4

Rewrite the given sentences as instructed in brackets. Do not change the meaning of the
sentences.
1. I play badminton regularly. (future perfect)
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Perfect Tenses 3. I never travel by train. (future perfect)
2. Did you see that film? (past perfect)

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4. Akash met Professor Bagchi. (past perfect)
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5. I was coming here every day. (present perfect)
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6. Did they polish the table black? (future perfect)
7. The peacock did not finish dancing when it started to rain. (past perfect)
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8. He always wears a cap to school. (past perfect)
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