Verb drill
Futur antérieur drill: what will already be finished?
Build the French future perfect with aurai or serai plus a past participle. Practise deadlines, earlier departures and completed actions before a call.
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In short
The futur antérieur presents an action as completed by a future point: à midi, j’aurai fini. Build it with the future of avoir or être plus a past participle. In quand j’aurai fini, je t’appellerai, finishing comes before the call.
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Study first: the two pieces
| Passé composé | Futur antérieur | Meaning of the future form |
|---|---|---|
| J’ai terminé. | J’aurai terminé. | I will have finished. |
| Elle est partie. | Elle sera partie. | She will have left. |
| Nous avons lu. | Nous aurons lu. | We will have read. |
| Elles sont arrivées. | Elles seront arrivées. | They will have arrived. |
The future endings sit on the auxiliary: aurai, auras, aura, aurons, aurez, auront or serai, seras, sera, serons, serez, seront. The second piece is a past participle: fini, lu, pris, parti. With être, these examples agree with the subject: elle sera partie, elles seront arrivées.
Quand Léa arrivera à dix heures, Sami aura déjà terminé.
When Léa arrives at ten, Sami will already have finished.
Two future points: Sami finishes first; Léa arrives afterwards. Déjà highlights the earlier completion.
| French | English | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Demain, je terminerai. | Tomorrow I will finish. | The future action |
| Demain soir, j’aurai terminé. | By tomorrow evening I will have finished. | Completion by the future point |
How do you form the futur antérieur?
Write the full compound form in each gap. The time phrases give you a future deadline or a later event. Check three things: the auxiliary, its future ending and the past participle.
1 · Deadlines and later actions
- À midi, j’ ce travail. (terminer · je)
- Demain soir, tu tes révisions. (finir · tu)
- Quand nous arriverons, Léa . (partir · elle)
- Avant vendredi, nous ce texte. (lire · nous)
- À dix-huit heures, vous votre décision. (prendre · vous)
- Quand Sami téléphonera, Inès et Léa . (arriver · elles)
- Dès qu’il , il pourra commencer. (comprendre · il)
- À midi, je . (finir · je · negative)
- Est-ce que tu avant mon retour ? (terminer · tu)
- Quand elles , elles nous appelleront. (choisir · elles)