FUTURE PERFECT: WILL + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE Let’s talk about future perfect. I will not talk about future continuous, I will
only talk about future perfect because usually my students find it hard to give
me a range of structures as well as another verb form.
What is future perfect? Future perfect is a verb form that we use to indicate
a completed action at
some time in the future.
So if I say “tonight I will eat dinner”. This means some time in the evening,
I’ll be eating. It’s not clear.
But if I say “by 9 o’clock I will have eaten dinner”. That means at night
o’clock, I have finished my dinner. I’m done. The action is completed.
Note: with future perfect, we always need a time.
Instead of saying “the price of food is expected to decline to 20 dollars in 2020” We can say “the price of food is expected to have declined to 20 dollars by 2020” Or “the price of food is expected to have experienced a decline to 20 dollars by 2020” Or “it is expected that the price of food will have declined to 20 dollars by 2020” Try to give a variety of structures, be accurate, use a variety of verbs, use the
future perfect, you will get a higher score.
Understand that
we can use a combination of
past and future tenses
.
In 2010, the figure stood at… (Past tense) …, but it’s expected to increase slightly to… (Future tense) . “Respectively” & “in turn” Telegram - @officialieltsreality
Jack and Jill are tall and fat
respectively
.
Who is tall? Answer:
Jack
Who is fat? Answer:
Jill
My first and second pair of shoes are red and white
respectively
.
