Future Perfect
French: AQA A Level, topic 11.6.1
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Test yourself on Future Perfect
Which of these is an auxiliary verb?