The FUTURE PERFECT TENSE indicates that an action will have been completed

(finished or "perfected") at some point in the future. This tense is formed with
"will" plus "have" plus the past participle of the verb (which can be either
regular or irregular in form): "I will have spent all my money by this time next
year. I will have run successfully in three marathons if I can finish this one."

By this time next week, I will have worked on this project for twenty days.
Before he sees his publisher, Charles will have finished four chapters in his
new novel.
A Democratic president will have been in the White House for nearly half of
the twentieth century.
How long will it have been since we were together?

The future perfect is a verb form that you can use to talk about the timing of
future events. It can also be used to talk about the past! A future form used to
talk about the past? It sounds impossible, but it's true. By the end of this
session you will have learned all about it.
What will the future bring and when?
We never know what will happen in the future but we can have plans. We can
imagine ourselves in the future looking back at our achievements.

This is how teenager Susan imagines her life:

"By the time I'm 21 I'll have graduated from university. I'll have got
married and had two children by the time I'm 30 and by 50 I'll have made my
fortune from writing. By age 60 I'll have retired to a comfortable cottage in the
countryside."

Susan imagines different times in her life and looks back from those times at her
life. To do this she uses the future perfect form.

We use this form whenever we make predictions about something that is

completed before a particular time.

 By the time you finish your shower I'll have finished my essay so we can
go straight out.
 Next month we'll have known each other for ten years.
 This time next year I'll have completed my course so we can go travelling
then.
 Time phrases
The future perfect looks back from a particular time so it's common to have time
phrases in a future perfect sentence.

by + time/date/occasion:

 By 2020 this city wlll have doubled in size.

 We'll have finished the building work by next month.
 Will you have finished painting the bathroom by Christmas?

in + month/year/period of time:

 In June I'll have been out of work for three years.

 In 2020 we'll have been in this house for seven years.
 In 3 years we'll have been together for a decade

When talking about a period of time rather than a specific time you can also
use (time period) from now or in (time period's) time:

 Three years from now we'll have been together for a decade.

 In three years' time we'll have been together for a decade.

Making the future perfect

The structure of the future perfect is:

subject + 'll/will/won't + 've/have + past participle

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Future perfect continuous

Contrasted with future perfect

Meaning and use
We use the future perfect and the future perfect continuous tenses to
talk about a future event or situation that will have happened or will have
been going on for a period of time at some point in the future.
By next March,  we  will have been married for three years. (future perfect)
Next March,  I will have been working here for six months. (future perfect
continuous)
Future perfect
We use the future perfect to talk about events that will have
happened or been completed by a particular time. These are usually
plans or predictions.
This time next year, I’ll have finished  my course.

Will you have finished the report by this afternoon?

Future perfect continuous

We use the future perfect continuous to talk about an on-going event or
situation that will still be in progress at a particular time. It is often used
with a for time phrase to say how long the activity will have been in
progress for. In informal speaking and writing, you can leave out for.
On July 2nd  I will have been living  in Dubai  for six months.

By the time the bus gets here,  we’ll have been waiting  (for)  over an hour.

Sometimes you can use either the future perfect or the future perfect
continuous. We use the future perfect continuous when we want to
emphasise the continuous nature of an action.
In June  I’ll have worked for this company for two years.

In June  I’ll have been working for this company for two years.

We can use the future perfect continuous to show cause and effect in the
future.
He’ll be tired when he gets back because he’ll have been playing tennis
all afternoon.
Take note: time phrases with by
Both the future perfect and the future perfect continuous are used with
time phrases when making predictions.These oftenbegin with by or in, for
example by the summer, by the end of the week, (by) this time next
week/month/year.
By this time next year, house prices  will have doubled in the city.
In January,  I’ll have been travelling for three months. 

Take note: present simple in time phrases with future perfect and future
perfect continuous
If the time phrase begins with when or by the time (that),then the verb
that follows in the time phrase is in the present simple,not the future
simple.
WRONG: Is he on his way?  By the time  he will get here, the party will have
finished!

CORRECT: Is he on his way?  By the time he  gets here, the party will have
finished!

WRONG: When you  will  come in the summer, we’ll have been living in this
house for two years!

CORRECT: When you  come in the summer, we’ll have been living in this house
for two years!

Take note: future perfect and future perfect continuous for assumption
We can use both the future perfect and the future perfect continuous to
say what we believe or imagine has/hasn’t happened or has/hasn’t been
happening.
They  won’t have arrived yet. They only left twenty minutes ago.

Sam didn’t come home last night. He’ll have been working  all night to get his
report finished in time.

Form
Future perfect positive

subject + will + have + past participle of main verb

We’ll have sold the house by Christmas, I’m sure.

Future perfect negative

subject + won’t + have + past participle of main verb

Natalie won’t have caught the train. She left the house too late.

Question

will / won’t + subject + have + past participle of main verb

 Will they have heard the news do you think?

Future perfect continuous positive

subject + will + have + been + present participle of main verb

She’ll have been travelling all day.

Future perfect continuous negative

subject + won’t + have + been + present  participle of main ver

They won’t have been watching the final. They went out.

Question

will / won’t + subject + have + been + present participle of main verb

Will she have been working there long when they relocate?

Future perfect continuous

Looking back from the future
Tomas is struggling with his DIY. He's not very good with his hands but he doesn't want
to pay for a professional. Read what he has to say about his current situation:

"You know, I thought I could do it in time. I only had to paint the spare room. That was
weeks ago. I'm nowhere near finished and in two weeks my parents will be visiting. By the
time they get here I will have been working on it for nearly three months. I don't know
where they are going to sleep."

Tomas looks back from a time in the future:

 By the time they get here... 

He predicts that he will still be doing something then that he started before that future

time:

 ... I will have been working on it for nearly three months.

For this he uses the future perfect continuous.

So, we use the future perfect continuous when we look back from a time in the future at an
action that will continue up to that point in time.

 If I don't stop before midday, I will have been reading this book for 24 hours non-
stop.
 In November 2018 the International Space Station will have been orbiting Earth
for 20 years.
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Making and using the future perfect continuous

We make this form with:

subject + 'll/will + 've/have + been + present participle (-ing form)

Negative

subject + won't + 've/have + been + present particple (-ing form)

Time references
The future perfect continuous is generally used with two time references. One
reference is to the specific time in the future. The other is to the duration of the
activity up until that time in the future and uses an expression with for.

 By the time they get here I will have been working on it for nearly three
months.
 In July we'll have been living in Dubai for two years.
 Next week I'll have been studying here for six months. 

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