Future Perfect & Future Perfect Continuous

The future perfect connects the present to a particular time in the future. By that time, we imagine having completed the action. The future perfect uses will + have + past participle (been/done/seen etc.)

a) By the time I am 30, I will have bought my first home.

The future perfect continuous connects the present to a particular moment in the future, when we will be in the process of doing an action. The future perfect continuous uses will + have + been + -ing.

b) By the time I am 29, I will have been looking for my first home for at least a year.

Both forms use the preposition by to show that the action continues until that point.

Exercise 1

Change the word in brackets to fit the gap, or fill in the gap.

a) By the time I am 50, I ……………………… (travel) around the whole world.

b) In 2024 ……………………… (finish) my degree at university.

c) My family ……………………… (live) in our house for 30 years next week.

d) By 5pm tomorrow, ……………………… (left )work.

e) The population of our country ……………………… (grow) by 30% by 2030.

f) I usually wake up ……………………… 6am on

g) I……………………… _ September, Apple will be releasing another iPhone.

h) ……………………… Christmas,

i) I go ……………………… church, and then have lunch with our family.