The Future Perfect

p. 273 – Chapter 6 Realidades 3

The Future Perfect

•Before we begin this lesson, you must remember that several verbs have irregular past participles:

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The Future Perfect

•Use the present perfect tense to express what will have happened by a certain time.

•To form the future perfect, use the future of the verb haber with the past participle of the verb.

habré inventado

INVENTAR

habremos inventado habréis inventado habrás inventado habrá inventado habrán inventado

The Future Perfect

•Para el año 2050 los científicos habrán descubierto otras fuentes de energía.

•By 2050, scientist will have

discovered other energy sources.

The Future Perfect

•The future perfct tense is often used with dentro de + time.

•Dentro de cinco años, habremos aprendido mucho sobre la genética.

•In five years, we will have learned

a lot about genetics.

The Future Perfect

•You also use the future perfect tense to speculate about something that may have happened in the past.

The Future Perfect

•Laura no me llamó. ¿Qué le habrá pasado?

•Se habrá enterado de que no ibas.

•Laura didn’t call me. What could

have happened to her?

•Perhaps she found out you were

not coming.