FORM

{+}  will have + past participle

{–}  will not / won’t have + past participle
{? } will  have + past participle
USE
 Action which will be completed before a stated future time.
 Action which will be completed before another future action.
EXAMPLES
The pizza will have been delivered by the time the match starts.
By the end of the month, they will have finished the new bridge.

FORM
{+}  will have been …ing
{–}  will not / won’t have been …ing
{? } will  have been …ing
USE
 Action of certain duration up to a stated future time.
 Action of certain duration up to another future action.
EXAMPLES
How long will they have been travelling by Friday?
 I ‘ll have been teaching for ten years by the time I am thirty.

Live, Work & Stay can be used with either the Simple or the Continuous
form with no difference in meaning.
By next month, we will have lived/ will have been living
in this house for ten years.

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Choose between the Future Perfect Simple and Future Perfect Continuous,
ACTIVE or PASSIVE, to complete the following sentences.
1. By the time mom comes back from
work, ________________ the
vacuuming as well as the ironing. (do)
2. How long ________________ by the
time we reach the airport? (we/ drive)
3. I doubt he _________________ from
the flu by the end of the week. (recover)
4. Oh, for crying out loud, by the time this
film finishes, you ________________
TV for five hours! (watch)
5. Hopefully, by the time I finish school, I
_______________ between studying
medicine or biology. (decide)
6. I promise I _____________________
my room by tomorrow. (tidy up)
7. The council ___________________
for three hours by midday. (convene)
8. The guests are really enjoying
themselves. I’m sure none of them
______________ by midnight. (leave)
9. My car ___________________ until
tomorrow, so do you think you can give
me a lift to work? (not fix)
10. By the time she sits the FCE exam,
Marion __________________
English for five years. (study)
11. Do you think you could go to the
supermarket today? I ____________
the office by the time it closes.
(not/leave)
12. How long __________________
by 2015? (your parents/marry)
13. You’ve been messing around all
afternoon. I bet you ___________
your homework by the time you go
to bed. (finish)
14. Don’t call me before eleven o’clock. I
__________ up by then. (not wake)
15. My father _________________ as
a teacher for thirty years by the time
he retires. (work)
16. By the time he leaves the office, he
___________ all the reports. (sign)
17. I’ve been utterly dissatisfied with my
Job for the past few weeks. I
_____________ my resignation by
the end of the month. (hand in)
18. It’s been announced that a sports
centre _____________________
by the end of the year. (construct)
19. I hope the invitations ___________
by the time the post office closes.
(send)
20. By the time her friends arrive, her
mother _________________ for
four hours. (cook)
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Choose between the Future Perfect Simple and Future Perfect Continuous,
ACTIVE or PASSIVE, to complete the following sentences.
ANSWER KEY
1. By the time mom comes back from work, I
will have done the vacuuming as well as
the ironing. (do)
2. How long will we have been driving by
the time we reach the airport? (we/ drive)
3. I doubt he will have recovered from the
flu by the end of the week. (recover)
4. Oh, for crying out loud, by the time this
film finishes, you will have been watching
TV for five hours! (watch)
5. Hopefully, by the time I finish school, I
will have decided between studying
medicine or biology. (decide)
6. I promise I will have studied my room by
tomorrow. (tidy up)
7. The council will have been convening for
three hours by midday. (convene)
8. The guests are really enjoying
themselves. I’m sure none of them will
have left by midnight. (leave)
9. My car won’t have been fixed until
tomorrow, so do you think you can
give me a lift to work? (not fix)
10. By the time she sits the FCE exam,
Marion will have been studying English
for five years. (study)
11. Do you think you could go to the
supermarket today? I won’t have left
the office by the time it closes.
(not/leave)
12. How long will your parents have been
married by 2015? (your parents/marry)
13. You’ve been messing around all
afternoon. I bet you won’t have finished
your homework by the time you go to
bed. (finish)
14. Don’t call me before eleven o’clock.
won’t have woken up by then. (not wake)
15. My father will have been working/ will have
worked as a teacher for thirty years by the
time he retires. (work)
16. By the time he leaves the office, he will
have signed all the reports. (sign)
17. I’ve been utterly dissatisfied with my job
for the past few weeks. I will have handed
in my resignation by the end of the month.
(hand in)
18. It’s been announced that a sports
centre will have been constructed by
the end of the year. (construct)
19. I hope the invitations will have been sent
by the time the post office closes.
(send)
20. By the time her friends arrive, her
mother will have been cooking for four
hours. (cook)
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