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Future Perfect Tense Practice

A worksheet to practice identifying and using the future perfect tense for Grade 4 ELA students.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1.b

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Future Perfect Tense Practice

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The future perfect tense describes an action that will be completed before some point in the future. It uses 'will have' + the past participle of the verb. Read each section carefully and answer all questions.

Complete each sentence using the future perfect tense of the verb in parentheses.

1. By next summer, I   (read) all the books in the series.

2. Before you arrive, Mom   (bake) a delicious cake.

3. They   (finish) their homework before the movie starts.

4. By midnight, the children   (fall) asleep.

5. We   (eat) dinner before Dad gets home.

Choose the correct future perfect tense verb to complete each sentence.

1. By the time the bell rings, the students   their tests.

a

will finish

b

will have finished

c

finished

d

finishes

2. Before she goes to bed, Maria   her teeth.

a

will brush

b

will have brushed

c

brushes

d

brushed

Write two sentences using the future perfect tense. Underline the future perfect verb in each sentence.

1.

2.

Read the short passage below. Then answer the questions that follow, using the future perfect tense in your answers where appropriate.

Tomorrow is Sarah's birthday! By the time her party starts at 3 PM, her mom will have decorated the living room with balloons and streamers. Her dad will have prepared a special birthday meal. Sarah's best friend, Emily, will have arrived early to help with the last-minute preparations. By the end of the day, Sarah will have opened all her presents and will have eaten a big slice of cake.

1. What will Sarah's mom have done by the time the party starts?

2. What will Sarah's dad have done before the party?

3. What will Emily have done before the party starts?