FUTURE PERFECT
TENSE
Presented by: MahRukh Iqbal
BS. PH. R. 20F20
BS Public Health Semester 1
To: Prof. Kanza Qayum
Tense
• A combination of verbs and helping verbs that is used to indicate a specific time, or
an action or state in relation to the time of speaking.
• The word originated from the Latin word “tempus” meaning time.
• Tenses are used to refer to a relative time in the past, present or future.
Future Perfect Tense
• Future perfect tense is used for actions that will be completed in the future.
• As indicated from the name, “future” refers to a point of time that is yet to come,
while “perfect” symbolizes that the action in question has already been completed.
• It is used for actions which will have been completed before a certain point in the
future.
When to Use Future Perfect When Not to Use Future Perfect
• When talking about an action that will • When no deadline is mentioned, the
be completed between now and some tense serves no purpose.
point in the future.
Linda will leave. (Correct)
We shall have completed the work by
the evening. Linda will have left. (Incorrect)
• Sometimes, interchangeably with
simple future tense.
Linda will leave before you get there.
(Correct)
Linda will have left before you get
there. (Correct)
Structure
Will + Have + Past Participle (verbs ending in –ed)
Subject + Will Have + Past Participle + Object
• Urdu Indication
چکے ہوں گے، چکی ہو گی،چکا ہو گا
• Positive Sentences:
Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Main Verb + Object
Subject + Will have + Past Participle + Object
• For Example:
وہ اب تک دہلی چال گیا ہو گا۔
He will have gone to Delhi by now.
میں پیر تک یہ کام مکمل کر چکا ہوں گا۔
I shall have completed this work by Monday.
• Negative Sentences:
Subject + Will Not Have + Past Participle + Object
• For Example:
• بارش شروع ہونے سے پہلے بچے نہیں آئیں گے۔
• The children will not have come before it rains.
• اس کو خط نہیں پہنچا ہو گا۔
• He will not have received the letter.
• Interrogative Sentences:
Will + Subject + Have + Past Participle + Object
• For Example:
• کیا استاد کے آنے سے پہلے لڑکے چلے جائیں گے؟
• Will the students have gone before the teacher comes?
• سونے سے پہلے اس نے کیا کھایا ہو گا؟
• What will he have eaten before he sleeps?
