Upper-intermediate grammar exercise: future perfect simple
English grammar practice exercise, upper-intermediate / advanced level.
This exercise will give you practice using the future perfect simple tense.
| Structure of future perfect (simple) | ||
| positive | negative | question |
| The film will have started by the time we get there. | The film will not (won't) have started by the time we get there. | Will the film have started by the time we get there? |
Exercise instructions
Put the words in brackets into the future perfect simple.
| Future perfect simple – common mistakes | ||
| Common mistakes | Correct version | Why? |
| The film will already has started by the time we get home. | The film will already have started by the time we get home. | The form of the future perfect is will + have + past participle. |
| Will have you finished it by the time I come back? | Will you have finished it by the time I come back? | The structure for questions is will + subject + have + past participle. |