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Future perfect

From Teflpedia

Future perfect is a pedagogic grammar term for the English structure:

  • [Subject] will have [done something]

especially with regard to future time.

Meaning[edit | edit source]

Form[edit | edit source]

This is a form of the modal present perfect

Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Pedagogy[edit | edit source]

This is often taught as part of the “future tense” in English. However, this is a lie as English has no future tense. Indeed, this structure can be used to reference past time, as in the following example:

  • “When I travel to teacher conferences, my son Thomas looks after my cat Henry. I left home last night, so I’m sure he will have been round this morning to feed him.”

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