Mastering Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous Tenses

• English
• 12th Grade

Mastering Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous Tenses

What are Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous Tenses?

Future Perfect Tense is used to describe an action that will have been completed by a specific time in the future. 

I will have eaten lunch by noon. 

Introduce the concept of future perfect and future perfect continuous tenses to the students.

Future Perfect Continuous 

Future Perfect Continuous Tense is used to describe an action that will happen in the future that will be going on for a period of time. 

I will have been eating lunch for ten minutes by 12:10.

Introduce the concept of future perfect and future perfect continuous tenses to the students.

Forming Future Perfect Tense

Subject + will + have + past participle

I will have eaten 

She will have drank 

You will have listened

He will have wanted...

Provide an example and ask students to form sentences on their own.

Examples of Future Perfect Tense

By next year, I will have completed my degree. 

They will have finished the project before the deadline.

Provide examples of Future Perfect Tense and ask students to identify the tense used in the sentences.

Forming Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Subject + will + have been + present participle

You will have been reading for an hour by then. 

They will have been running already. 

Provide an example and ask students to form sentences on their own.

Examples of Future Perfect Continuous Tense

By next year, I will have been studying for five years. 

They will have been working on the project for two weeks by Friday.

Provide examples of Future Perfect Continuous Tense and ask students to identify the tense used in the sentences.

Key Differences

Future Perfect Tense emphasizes the completion of the action,

 whereas 

Future Perfect Continuous Tense emphasizes the duration of the action.

Explain the key differences between Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous Tenses.

I will have written a book by then.

(The book is done.)

I will have been writing a book by then. 

(The book is not done.)

Complete the following sentence using Future Perfect Tense:

By next month, I __________ (finish) my project.

Complete the following sentence using Future Perfect Continuous Tense:
By the time I arrive, they __________ (hang out) there for two hours. I hate being late to a party!

Future Perfect /Future Perfect Continuous:
We __________ (watch) the Super Bowl on Sunday, and will be able to talk about it on Monday.

1. will have watched
2. will have been watching

Future Perfect / Future Perfect Continuous:
Dima __________ (complete) her thesis by next month. 

1. will have completed
2. will have been completing

Future Perfect / Future Perfect Continuous:
Jack __________ (book) a holiday by the time we come home.

1. will have booked
2. will have been booking

Use the future perfect or future perfect continuous.
We _______(read) that book for a month by next week!

1. will have read
2. will have been reading

Write 1 sentence using the future perfect

Write 1 sentence using the future perfect continuous

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.