Future Perfect – Verb Form

This post will show you how to form the Future Perfect. To see how to use the Future Perfect, click here.

 

Affirmative Statements

Subject	Will/Be Going To	Have	Already	Past Participle		Future Time Expression
I	will/am going to	have		had	two children	by the time I am 30.
You	will/are going to	have	already	made	dinner	when I get home.
She/He/It	will/is going to	have		seen	most of Asia	in five years’ time.
We	will/are going to	have	already	finished	our homework	by dinner time.
They/You (plural)	will/are going to	have		saved	enough money for a new car	by next June.

 

 

Negative Statements

We don’t usually contract will not to won’t, you should use the full form with this verb tense.

Future Time Expression	Subject	Still	Will Not/Be Not Going To	Have	Past Participle
By the time I am 30,	I		will not/am not going to	have	had	any children.
When I get home,	you		will not/are not going to	have	made	dinner.
In five years’ time	she/he/it	still	will not/is not going to	have	seen	most of Asia
By dinner time,	we	still	will not/are not going to	have	finished	our homework.
By next June,	they/you (plural)		will not/are not going to	have	saved	enough money for a new car.

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Information Questions

Wh- word	Will	Subject	Have	Past Participle	Future Time Expression
What	will	I	have	accomplished	in three years’ time?
Who	will	you	have	worked	with?
Where	will	she/he/it	have	traveled	by next year?
When	will	we	have	talked?
How	will	we	have	done

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Yes/No Questions

Will	Subject	Have	Past Participle		Future Time Expression
Will	I	have	done	my homework	by the time he comes?
Will	you	have	perfected	your English	by the time you return from Vancouver?
Will	she/he/it	have	bought	a new house	in five years’ time?
Will	we	have	seen	everything	before we leave?

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Short Answers

Yes	Subject	Will	Have	No	Subject	Will Not (Won’t)	Have
Yes,	I	will	have.	No,	I	won’t	have.
Yes,	you	will	have.	No,	you	won’t	have.
Yes,	she/he/it	will	have.	No,	he	won’t	have.
Yes,	we	will	have.	No,	we	won’t	have.
Yes,	they	will	have.	No,	they	won’t	have.