The Future Perfect and the Conditional Perfect

The Future PerfectNext week this time, I will have sold that book, madam.

The Use of the Future PerfectThe future perfect is used to express an action which will have occurred by a certain point in time.

Will Salma Hayek have made another film by next year?

Yes, she will have made two.

When will you have finished the homework?

I will have finished it in ten minutes.

Will you have bought the tickets by the time we arrive?

Yes, we will have bought the tickets by then.

They will have paid the bill by the deadline.

When will they have paid the bill?

The Formation of the Future Perfect

The future perfect is formed by:

The film will have finished before midnight

The future auxiliary

will

have Past participle of the action verb++

have finished

It is possible to use either "will" or "be going to" to create the Future Perfect with little or no difference in meaning.

To be + going to + have past participle+

I’m going to have studied by tomorrow morning

The Conditional PerfectI would have danced all night, but I was tired

The Use of the Conditional Perfect1.- The conditional perfect is used to express an action which would, should, could or might have occurred but did not. (Regrets)I would have seen the drama, but I preferred the comedy.

I would have recorded the program, but I didn’t know how to do it

The Formation of the Conditional Perfect

The conditional perfect is formed by:

The film would have finished before midnight.

The conditional auxiliarywould

havePast participle of the action verb++

have finished

2.- It is used to talk about imaginary situations in the past. In this case, it is called Third Conditional or Past Unreal Conditional.

If I had owned a car, I would have driven to work. But I didn't own one, so I took the bus.

If she had had more money, she would have traveled around the world. But she didn't have much money, so she never traveled.

If I had had the book, I would have read it.

If … past perfect conditional auxiliary+ Past

participlehave+ +

If I had won the “Loto”, I would have bought a new house

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You told me you would have called me if you hadn’t come to visit me.

If he hadn’t gone skiing, he wouldn’t have broken his leg.

The students wouldn’t have got a bad mark if they had studied.