Reviewing the Future Perfect

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We’re halfway through November. The autumn leaves have fallen, and winter is fast approaching. The year 2015 is almost over, and we just have a month or so before the new year begins. Do you have anything that you want to accomplish by the end of the year? Are you working on a task or a project that you definitely want to finish before the new year begins? If you are successful, what WILL you HAVE DONE by January 1?

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The perfect way to express our goals and include a future deadline by which we want to achieve them is the FUTURE PERFECT. The structure of this verb tense is WILL HAVE + past participle. When we use the FUTURE PERFECT,  we want to say that BY a certain time in the future, an activity or task WILL HAVE BEEN finished.

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Here are some things I WILL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED by the end of the year if I am successful.

1. I WILL HAVE ORGANIZED my files and SHREDDED unnecessary documents.

2. I WILL definitely HAVE TAKEN out winter clothes from storage.

3. I WILL HAVE HUNG some pictures on the walls.

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The FUTURE PERFECT is also used to express predictions about what WILL HAVE OCCURRED in the future. Here are some more examples.

1. I bet Maria WILL HAVE GOTTEN a job by the time she graduates. She’s so driven.

2. It’s too late to go to the party. Everyone WILL HAVE LEFT by the time we get there.

3. I think all participants of the Marathon WILL HAVE CROSSED the finish line by 5 p.m. tomorrow.

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So, what about you? What WILL you HAVE ACCOMPLISHED for sure by the end of this year? Share it in the comment section below or at thesmallguidesite page on Facebook or at my page on Twitter!

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Until next time, keep practicing!

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Take care.  🙂

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