11.6.1

Future Perfect

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Future Perfect

The future perfect tense describes an action that will be finished before another action in the future. The future perfect tense can also express strong probability.

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Future perfect

  • We can use the future perfect tense to:
    • Describe an action that will be finished before another action in the future
    • Express strong probability
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Forming the future perfect tense

  • To form the future tense:
    • Start with the future tense of the auxiliary verbs avoir (to have) or être (to be)
    • Add the past participle after the auxiliary verb
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Regular -er verbs

  • Here are some examples of regular -er verbs in the future perfect tense.
  • J’aurai visité toutes les capitales européennes avant mes 18 ans.
    • I will have visited all the European capitals before my 18th birthday.
  • J’aurai déménagé de chez mes parents avant la fin de mes études.
    • I will have moved out of my parents’ house before the end of my studies.
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Regular -ir verbs

  • Here are some examples of regular -ir verbs in the future perfect tense.
  • Il aura choisi de rester chez ses parents car il ne travaille pas.
    • He will have chosen to stay at his parents’ as he does not work.
  • Ils auront réfléchi à leur engagement de volontaire avec Médecins sans Frontières.
    • They will have thought about their voluntary work for Doctors Without Borders.
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Regular -re verbs

  • Here are some examples of regular -re verbs in the future perfect tense.
  • La victoire aura dépendu de la participation des jeunes aux élections.
    • The victory will have depended on the participation of young people in the elections.
  • Le parti actuellement au gouvernement aura perdu les élections d’ici ce soir.
    • The party currently in government will have lost the elections by tonight.

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11.2Perfect Tense

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11.5Conditional Tense

11.6Future Perfect Tense

11.7Conditional Perfect Tense

11.8Pluperfect Tense

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