Future Perfect Tense - Grade 8 Assessment

The future perfect tense is used to describe an action that...

• will be completed by a certain time in the future.

• is happening right now.

• happened a long time ago.

• will happen at some unknown time.

Answer explanation

This tense is all about an action that will be finished before another point or event in the future. For example, 'By the time you get here, I will have finished my homework.'

True or False: To make the future perfect tense, you always need the words 'will' and 'have' before the main verb's past participle.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The formula for the future perfect tense is always will + have + past participle (like 'eaten', 'finished', or 'gone').

Which sentence is written correctly in the future perfect tense?

• She will finish her project soon.

• She has finished her project already.

• By 8 PM, she will have finished her project.

• She did finished her project.

Answer explanation

This is the only sentence that shows an action ('finished her project') that will be completed by a specific time in the future ('By 8 PM'). It correctly uses the 'will have finished' structure.

Fill in the blanks to use the future perfect tense. By the time the sleepover starts, we _______________ (decorate) the whole room.

Answer explanation

To form the future perfect tense, you use 'will have' plus the past participle of the verb. The past participle of the regular verb 'decorate' is 'decorated'.

Complete this sentence using the future perfect tense for the verb 'to eat'. After this slice, I _______________ the entire pizza by myself!

Answer explanation

The future perfect tense requires 'will have' and the past participle. For the irregular verb 'eat', the past participle is 'eaten'.

True or False: The sentence 'I will have cleaned my room' means exactly the same thing as 'I will clean my room.'

• True

• False

Answer explanation

'I will clean my room' is a simple promise to do it in the future. 'I will have cleaned my room' means that by a specific future time (like 'by the time you get home'), the cleaning will already be a completed action.

Choose the verb phrase that best completes the sentence. If we finish this level, we _______________ all the bosses in the video game.

• will beat

• will have beaten

• have beat

• will have beat

Answer explanation

The sentence describes an action (beating all bosses) that will be complete at a future point (when we finish this level). The correct structure is 'will have' + the past participle. The past participle of 'beat' is 'beaten'.

Use the verb 'to build' in the future perfect tense to complete the thought. By next summer, the city _______________ the new skate park.

Answer explanation

The action of building the park will be complete 'by next summer'. The irregular verb 'build' has the past participle 'built', so the correct form is 'will have built'.

My friend is a slow reader. Which sentence correctly uses the future perfect tense to describe their reading?

• By next month, they will have readed the first book.

• By next month, they will have read the first book.

• By next month, they will read the first book.

• By next month, they have read the first book.

Answer explanation

The past participle of the irregular verb 'read' is 'read' (pronounced 'red'). The form 'readed' is incorrect. This sentence correctly shows that the action of reading will be finished by a future deadline.

Imagine your friend is late. Fill in the blanks to make a correct negative sentence in the future perfect tense. If the bus doesn't arrive soon, she _______________ (not, arrive) by the time the movie starts.

Answer explanation

To make the future perfect tense negative, you place 'not' between 'will' and 'have'. The past participle of 'arrive' is 'arrived'.