The difference between future perfect and conditional perfect
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What will you have achieved before you are 80?
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 11
GRAMMAR
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Title The future perfect tense talks about the past in the future. It is a simple structure to form. Take a look at the table:
Subject +
I
Auxiliary verb +
Auxiliary verb +
Main verb
WILL
HAVE
PAST PARTICIPLE
Will
Have
Finished
As you can see, it is a simple structure. Subject + Aux verb + Aux Verb + Past participle verb
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 11
EXERCISE
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Change the verb so that the sentences are in the future perfect tense:
You will have
Forget
me by then.
We will not have
Arrive
by eight.
They will have
Leave
by tomorrow.
We will not have
Meet
for a long time.”
As you have noticed, we often add ‘by + a time’ after the clause.
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 11
EXERCISE
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The future perfect is used to describe an action that will happen in the future before another action. Complete the sentences:
“I will have
finish
“I will have
eat
my exam by tomorrow evening” before you get home”
We can use the future perfect to ask questions. Just swap the subject and first auxiliary verb
“Will you have
eat
before I get home?”
“Will they have finish their exams by tomorrow evening?
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 11
EXERCISE
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The future perfect is different to the conditional future
Conditional future “If I had a ball, I would have been playing football” He knows he has not got a ball, and so cannot play football’ Future perfect“I will have played football with my new ball” He is thinking that he ‘would have already finished playing’ in the future’. “Which is future perfect and conditional perfect?” “I will have been drinking in a bar with my friends by eight tonight” If I had money, I would have been drinking in a bar with my friends” English Language
Level B1 Lesson 11
DIALOGUE
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I think I will go to Harrods TIM: Jill, we are not going to have enough time to see everything! JILL: I know. I have a suggestion. Maybe we should go see something we really
want to see by ourselves… TIM: That is a great idea! What tourist attraction will you go see? JILL: I think I will go to Harrods. It is the world’s most famous luxury shopping
place! TIM: Oh, I am glad I am not going! JILL: Where will you go? TIM: I think I will go to the London Museum. It is one of
the biggest in the world and very interesting. JILL: Oh, a museum, that sounds boring!
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 11
DIALOGUE
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TIM: Oh Jill, you have no culture! Okay, where are we going to meet? JILL: How about at McDonald's in Piccadilly Square?” TIM: Okay. I think I will have seen most of what I want in the museum by
then. JILL: I think I will have bought most of what I want... TIM: Do you think you will have spent all our money?! Maybe I should go
with you! JILL: No Tim! You can trust me… I will not have blown all our money. TIM: Okay. Let’s meet at seven thirty.
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 11
DIALOGUE
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JILL: Okay, deal. I will have bought you something special for tonight. TIM: Well, I will have learnt something interesting to tell you. JILL: Oh, thanks… If you don’t buy me something nice, I think I will have
found a new husband by tonight! TIM: Okay, okay! I will have purchased something great
for you by dinner time. JILL: Thank you Tim, you are so thoughtful! TIM: Don’t mention it…
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 11
EXERCISE
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Outdo your teacher! In this game you have to use the future perfect to outdo your teacher
Rules:
Take turns with your teacher saying what you will have achieved by the time you are 80 years old. EG: I will have been to America by the time I am 80! I will have been to America AND Africa by the time I am 80!
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 11
OBJECTIVES REACHED
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Learn to use the future perfect The difference between future perfect and conditional perfect What will you have achieved by the time you are 80?
You will have spoken lots of English by the end of this class! Well done! English Language