Practice Makes Perfect

Rewrite the following present tense sentences in the future tense by using will.

1. The girls play soccer.


2. I am learning to drive.


3. We are not home on time.


4. Do you recognize him?


5. Trent is driving to Texas.


6. The men work many hours.


7. She flies to London every year.


8. Dr. Saloff does not treat her asthma.


9. The little boy loses his place.


10. Is he going to the university?

The Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense describes an action that begins and ends in the future tense. Just like

other perfect tenses, it has two formations: one for a habitual or frequent action and one for

an action in progress or incomplete. The structure for a habitual action is will have past

participle:

to work will have worked

to see will have seen

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