Lesson 4: Future perfect tense - part 1 | 1 2

The future perfect past tense is used to describe an action that will already be complete in the future before a definite time.

For example:

I won’t¹ get home until 8pm now, by which time the film will have finished².

¹future simple
²future perfect

All four conjugation form the future perfect tense in the same way and use the following endings.

To form the future perfect of a verb, remove the ‘-i’ from the third pricipal part of the verb and add the relevant ending above.

For example:

confirmo, confirmare, confirmavi, confirmatum (1) to confirm.

Future perfect tense of sum, esse, fui, -, ‘to be’

Checklist

Are you confident with:

• The meaning of a future perfect tense?
• The form of a future perfect tense?