the future perfect
noun[S]
uk/ˌfjuː.tʃə ˈpɜː.fekt/us/ˌfjuː.tʃɚ ˈpɝː.fekt/theformof theverbthat is used to show that anactionwill have beenperformedby aparticulartime. InEnglishit isformedby "will have" or "shall have" and a pastparticiple:
将来完成时In thesentence"By thattimeI will havefinished" theverbphrase "will havefinished" isinthefutureperfect.在句子 By that time I will have finished 中,动词短语 will have finished 用的是将来完成时。
- In thesentence"On 14OctoberI will haveworkedhere tenyears", there is anexampleof thefutureperfect.
- Thefutureperfectisformedby putting 'will have' before the pastparticipleof theverb.
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- art
- bare infinitive
- bent
- continuous
- infinitive
- non-progressive
- passive
- passivization
- pluperfect
- present
- present participle
- progressive
- subjunctive
- the active voice
- the first person
- the past continuous
- the past tense
- the present continuous
- the third person
Grammar
Future perfect continuous (I will have been working here ten years)
We use will/shall + have + been + the -ing form of the verb.…Future perfect continuous: form
We use will/shall + have + been + the -ing form of the verb.…Future perfect continuous: use
We use the future perfect continuous form when we are looking back to the past from a point in the future and we want to emphasise the length or duration of an activity or event:…Future perfect simple (I will have worked eight hours)
We use will/shall + have + the -ed form of the verb.…Future perfect simple: form
We use will/shall + have + the -ed form of the verb.…Future perfect simple: use
We use the future perfect form when we look back to the past from a point in the future. We usually use a time phrase, for example by tomorrow, for three years:…