'Lesson' Future Perfect Vs Future Simple-1

Grammar: Future Perfect vs Future Simple:
I- Future Perfect:
a- Form:
The future perfect form is:
Subject + the simple future of the verb "to have" (will have) + past participle
Example: You will have finished your report by this time next week.
*Note: will is a modal verb; other modal verbs are (can, may, must, shall, will). We use
modals to show if we believe something is certain, possible or impossible. We also use them
to do things like talk about ability, ask permission, and make requests and offers.
b- Positive, Negative and Interrogative Form:
Affirmative Negative Interrogative

Form Subject + will have + Subject + will not (won’t) Affirmative: Will + subject +
Past Participle have + Past Participle have + past participle + ?
(question mark)
Negative: Will (won’t) +
subject + not + have + past
participle + ?
Examples You will have arrived. You won't have arrived. Affirmative:Will I have
arrived?
Negative:Won't I have
arrived?
c- Use:
The future perfect tense refers to a completed action in the future. When we use this
tense we are projecting ourselves forward into the future and looking back at an action
that will be completed some time later than now. It is most often used with a time
expression.
Examples:
I will have been here for six months on June 23rd.
By the time you read this I will have left.
Won't they have arrived by 5:00?
Will you have eaten before I pick you up?
She will have finished her lessons by seven o'clock.
d- Signal Words:
Some common words/expressions to detect the use of the Future Perfect:
By the end of the week, by this evening, by (followed by a year ‘by 2025), this time
next week, this time (followed by a specific day ‘this time on Sunday’), in years'
time (‘in ten years' time’), in months' time (‘in three months time’) etc…
II- Future Simple:

a- Form:
The simple future form is:
Subject + will + infinitive
Example:
b- Positive, Negative and Interrogative Form:
Affirmative Negative Interrogative

Form Subject +will + infinitive Subject +will not (won’t) + Affirmative: Will + subject +
without "to" infinitive without "to" infinitive +?
Negative: Will (won’t) +
subject + not + infinitive + ?
Examples I will go. They will not see. Affirmative: Will she
They won't see. ask?
Negative: Won't they
try?
c- Use:
The simple future refers to a time later than now, and expresses facts or certainty.
The simple future is used:

To predict a future event:
It will rain tomorrow.
With I or We, to express a spontaneous decision:

I'll pay for the tickets by credit card.
To express willingness:
I'll do the washing-up.
He'll carry your bag for you.
In the negative form, to express unwillingness:

The baby won't eat his soup.
I won't leave until I've seen the manager!
*With I in the interrogative form using "shall", to make an offer:

Shall I open the window?
*With we in the interrogative form using "shall", to make a suggestion:

Shall we go to the cinema tonight?
*With I in the interrogative form using "shall", to ask for advice or instructions:
What shall I tell the boss about this money?
With you, to give orders:

You will do exactly as I say.
With you in the interrogative form, to give an invitation:

Will you come to the dance with me?
Will you marry me?
*Note:In modern English will is preferred to shall. Shall is mainly used with I and we to
make an offer or suggestion, or to ask for advice (see examples above). With the other
persons (you, he, she, they) shall is only used in literary or poetic situations, e.g. "With rings
on her fingers and bells on her toes, She shall have music wherever she goes."
d- Signal Words:
Some common words/expressions to detect the probable use of the Future Simple:
Tonight, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next week, next month, in two years, in
2035, probably etc…
III- What’s the difference between Simple Future and Future Perfect:
There are similarities and differences between future simple and future perfect,
which might cause confusion.
*What is Their Main Difference?
Future simple tense tends to appear when we are talking about decisions that we
made, while the future perfect tense guesses the time of the completion of events.
1. Making Decisions:
When we want to talk about decisions that we make for the future, we use the future
simple tense.
2. Future Events:
Both tenses tend to describe future actions but they express different actions and
events.
3. Completion of Actions
We use future perfect tense to talk about forecasts of actions or events. We tend to
guess the time of the completion of events and actions.
4. Order of Events:
The future perfect tense can be used as a comparative tense. This means that we use
this tense to compare events and actions to predict which one will end sooner.

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Grammar: Future Perfect vs Future Simple:

b- Positive, Negative and Interrogative Form:

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

II- Future Simple:

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

The simple future is used:

With I or We, to express a spontaneous decision:

In the negative form, to express unwillingness:

*With I in the interrogative form using "shall", to make an offer:

*With we in the interrogative form using "shall", to make a suggestion:

With you, to give orders:

With you in the interrogative form, to give an invitation:

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