DK Grammar Guide

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The future perfect is used to talk about an event that will

overlap with, or finish before, another event in the

future. It can be used in simple or continuous forms.

The future perfect

The future perfect is used to describe an action

or event that will be finished before a certain future time.

THE FUTURE PERFECT

See also:

Infinitives and participles 51

Prepositions of time 107

HOW TO FORM

FURTHER EXAMPLES

SUBJECT “WILL HAVE” PAST PARTICIPLE OBJECT TIME PHRASE

“By ” has a similar

meaning to “before.”

NOW NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY

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The future perfect continuous can be used to predict the length of an activity.

This tense looks back from the imagined finishing time in the future.

THE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

FURTHER EXAMPLES

TIME PHRASE SUBJECT “WILL HAVE BEEN” PRESENT PARTICIPLE REST OF SENTENCE

FURTHER EXAMPLES

L A S T JULY NOW JULY

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