Future Tenses

Welcome to our grammar lesson about the Spanish Future Perfect ("Futuro Perfecto de Indicativo" or "Futuro Compuesto"). We use the Future Perfect mainly to talk express that something will have already happened at some point in the future. A sentence in Future Perfect This lesson will teach you everything about the Future Perfect: how to conjugate verbs and how to use it, providing example sentences. At the end you'll find a Quiz and Exercises for practice. Conjugation of verbs in Future Perfect The formula to form the Future Perfect consists of 2 words: The first word is the auxiliary verb "haber" conjugated in Future Tense: "habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán".The second word is the Past Participle of the verb expressing the action. The Past Participle is the same for all persons. With our formula in mind, here is a table with three verbs fully conjugated in Future Perfect. These particular verbs have a Regular Past Participle: And here are a couple more verbs conjugated in Future Perfect. These are verbs with an Irregular Past Participle: Remember...The Past Participle of regular verbs in -ar ends in -ado.The Past Participle of regular verbs in -er and -ir ends in -ido.Some verbs have an irregular Past Participle. The most frequent irregulars are:hacer → hecho decir → dicho ver → visto escribir → escrito romper → roto poner → puesto volver → vuelto resolver → resuelto satisfacer → satisfecho descubrir → descubierto morir → muerto Click here to learn more about the Past Participle. Uses of the Future Perfect Expressing that something will have already happened at some point in the future We use the Future Perfect to talk about something that will have already happened at some point in the future. Graphic explanation That point in the future can be a time expression: En 2025 habré terminado mis estudios.By 2025 I will have finished my studies.A las seis habremos hecho todas las tareas.By 6 o'clock we will have done all the homework.Si siguen así, para diciembre habrán perdido 10 kilos.If they go on like this, by December they will have lost 10 kilos. The point in the future can also be "by the time something else happens". That "something else" is conjugated in another tense called Present Subjunctive. Para cuando decidas, habré cumplido ochenta años.By the time you decide, I will have turned 80.Habremos comido cuando llegues.We will have eaten by the time you arrive. Speculating about the recent past Although it is a future tense, we sometimes use the Future Perfect to speculate about the recent past: Antonio llega tarde… ¿Qué demonios habrá pasado? Antonio is late… What the hell might have happened?. Habrá tenido algún problema.He may have had a problem. Keywords with the Future Perfect We frequently find the keywords “ya”, “aún no” and “todavía no” in sentences in Future Perfect. Their meanings are: ya alreadyaún no not yettodavía no not yet (same meaning as "aún no") Usually, these keywords are placed before the verb: En 2025 ya habré terminado mis estudios.By 2025 I will have already finished my studies.A las 6 ya habremos hecho todas las tareas.By 6 o'clock we will have already done all the homework.Si siguen así, para diciembre ya habrán perdido 10 kilos.If the go on like this, by December they will have already lost 10 kilos.En marzo, el pintor aún no habrá terminado su cuadro.In March, the painter will not have finished his painting yet.A mediodía todavía no habremos llegado al hotel.At noon we will have not reached the hotel yet. Practice Quiz Take this short Quiz about the Spanish Future Perfect!: Exercise 1 Conjugate the following verbs in Future Perfect: yo __ ___ 1.(salir)tú __ ___ 2.(beber)él __ ___ 3.(amar)nosotros __ ___ 4.(hacer)vosotros __ ___ 5.(ver)ellos __ ___ 6.(decir) Solutions:1) habré salido2) habrás bebido3) habrá amado4) habremos hecho5) habréis visto6) habrán dicho Exercise 2 A man imagines everything that will have already happened by the time the year ends. Fill the gaps with the Future Perfect of the verbs in brackets: Para cuando termine este año, yo __ ___ 1.(dejar) de fumar.By the time this year is over, I will have quit smoking.También __ ___ 2.(perder, yo) diez kilos y __ ___ 3.(aprender, yo) un poco de karate.I will also have lost ten kilos and I will have learned a little karate.Mi mujer ya __ ___ 4.(dar) a luz a nuestro tercer hijo.My wife will have already given birth to our third child.Mis otros dos hijos, Pablo y Carmen, __ ___ 5.(crecer) varios centímetros.My other two children, Pablo and Carmen, will have grown several centimeters. Solutions:1) habré dejado2) habré perdido3) habré aprendido4) habrá dado5) habrán crecido Exercise 3 In this exercise we practice another use of the Future Perfect: speculating about the recent past. Fill the gaps with the Future Perfect of the verbs in brackets: Son las siete y Ana no ha llegado. ¿Qué __ ___ 1.(ocurrir)?It's seven o'clock and Ana hasn't arrived. What might have happened?El dinero no está aquí. Alguien lo __ ___ 2.(coger).The money is not here. Somebody must have taken it.¿Dónde están mis padres? ¿ __ ___ 3.(ir) al supermercado?Where are my parents? Maybe they have gone to the supermarket? Solutions:1) habrá ocurrido2) habrá cogido3) Habrán ido