Lesson 5: Unit 150 - Future Perfect Tense.
In this lesson you get to know the Future Perfect Tense (will have + past participle) – how it is formed, when it is used and what the difference is between 'by' and 'until'.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn the Future Perfect Tense and how to use it to describe actions that will be completed before a certain point in the future. You will practise the structure 'will have' + past participle through an entertaining text about the things the author will have done before getting married. You will understand the difference between the prepositions 'by' and 'until' and how to set the time limit precisely. The exercises include reading, questions and making your own sentences based on a model.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Form sentences with the Future Perfect Tense (will have + past participle).
- Understand when the Future Perfect is used – for an action completed before a point in the future.
- Distinguish between the use of 'by' and 'until' as time markers.
- Understand and use key vocabulary from the texts in the lesson.
- Answer questions in the Future Perfect about personal plans and expectations.
Lesson vocabulary
- observe I will have observed myself eating in the mirror before I get married.
- view That's how I'll know what view my partner will have.
- stagger At least once I will have staggered home three days later.
- beloved I will have lived on my own before my beloved one tells me.
- opposite sex I will have had friends of the opposite sex.
- explanation I will have had friends without having to give explanations.
- fancy I don't fancy them at all.
- in-laws Your best option with in-laws is to marry an orphan.
- orphan I will have read that your best option with in-laws is to marry an orphan.
- hopeless I will have made a hopeless effort to give up the habit.
- effort I will have made a hopeless effort to give up the habit of clipping my toenails.
- give up I will have made a hopeless effort to give up the habit.
- wardrobe space I will have enjoyed wardrobe space as much as I can.
- get rid of I will have got rid of those how-to-get-girls books.
- slob I will have lived on my own to find out what a hopeless slob I am.
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