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 Choose between the Future Perfect Simple and Future Perfect Continuous, ACTIVE or PASSIVE, to complete the following sentences By the time mom comes back from work, the vacuuming as well as the ironing (do) How long by the time we reach the airport? (we/ drive) I doubt he _ from the flu by the end of the week (recover) Oh, for crying out loud, by the time this film finishes, you TV for five hours! (watch) Hopefully, by the time I finish school, I _ between studying medicine or biology (decide) I promise I _ my room by tomorrow (tidy up) The council _ for three hours by midday (convene) The guests are really enjoying themselves I’m sure none of them by midnight (leave) My car _ until tomorrow, so 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 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) the office by the time it closes (not/leave) Choose between the Future Perfect Simple and Future Perfect Continuous, ACTIVE or PASSIVE, to complete the following sentences ANSWER KEY By the time mom comes back from work, I will have done the vacuuming as well as the ironing (do) How long will we have been driving by the time we reach the airport? (we/ drive) I doubt he will have recovered from the flu by the end of the week (recover) Oh, for crying out loud, by the time this film finishes, you will have been watching TV for five hours! (watch) Hopefully, by the time I finish school, I will have decided between studying medicine or biology (decide) I promise I will have studied my room by tomorrow (tidy up) The council will have been convening for three hours by midday (convene) The guests are really enjoying themselves I’m sure none of them will have left by midnight (leave) My car won’t have been fixed until tomorrow, so 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 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)