Unit 13: Future perfect
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- 13 Future perfect
- 14 Need + verb-ing
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- 16 Wish
- 17 Word stress
- 18 Different ways of saying 'if'
- 19 Passive reporting structures
- 20 The subjunctive
- 21 When and if
- 22 Inversion
- 23 Phrasal verbs
- 24 The future
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- 26 Narrative tenses
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- 29 Used to - review
- 30 Linking words of contrast
Session 4
Tim answers a question about the future perfect. How well do you know the form: do you always use have or can you also say has?
Activity 1
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The Future Perfect
The future perfect is a verb form that we use to say something will be finished by a particular time in the future. The verb to have is used in the structure. In this video Tim answers a question about have and if you can use has when the subject is second person singular.
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Summary
The form of the future perfect is:
subject + will ('ll) + have ('ve) + past participle
There are two auxiliaries (helping words), will and have. Apart from being contracted, they do not change, whatever the subject of the sentence.
This is because will is a modal auxiliary and doesn't have different forms. Modal auxiliaries are followed by the infinitive of the verb without to. In the case of the future perfect the verb is to have and so it will always be have, whatever the subject.
- I will have finshed by the morning.
- She'll have finished by the morning.
- Will you have finished by the morning?
- They won't have finished by the morning.
To do
Do you know your have from your has? Find out by trying the quiz.
Have or has?
5 Questions
In each sentence decide whether the missing word is have or has.
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In each sentence decide whether the missing word is have or has.
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What comes after 'will'?Question 1 of 5
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In each sentence decide whether the missing word is have or has.
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What verb form is this?Question 2 of 5
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In each sentence decide whether the missing word is have or has.
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What verb form is this.Question 3 of 5
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In each sentence decide whether the missing word is have or has.
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What verb form is this?Question 4 of 5
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In each sentence decide whether the missing word is have or has.
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What verb form is this?Question 5 of 5
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Session Grammar
The future perfect
subject + will ('ll) + have ('ve) + past participle
Whatever the subject the auxiliary from the verb to have will always be have and never has.
He will have finished by tomorrow.
It will have stopped raining by the time we leave.
I won't have arrived by then.