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E. Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense or the past perfect tense
of the verbs given in the brackets.

1. My father (pay) his phone bill before he

(receive) a reminder from the company.

2. By the time Bunny (reach) home, everybody
(eat) lunch.

3. Gaurav (say) he wasn’t hungry as he

(eat) something on the way.

4. Our teacher (read) the story to the class again though
she (read) it to us before.

5. I (go) to see Kung Fu Panda, although I

(see) it twice before.

Future Perfect Tense

The future perfect tense is used for an action which will have been finished at
a particular time in the future.

Uses

The future perfect tense is used Note
Time expressions commonly
1. to show the completion of an action before a used in future perfect tense are
specified point in the future. For example, by the time, by tomorrow, by
• Before the guests arrive, we will have next month, by the year.
cleaned up the house.
• I will have saved up all my money by this time next year.
2. to talk about actions that will take place after a

given time in the future. For example, Note
• By 2020, I will have known Pragya for The structure of the future
twenty years. perfect tense is will + have
• By next year, Vineet will have lived in + past participle. It does not
Sikkim for twelve years. change with the person or
number of the subject.
Structure

♦ Affirmative sentences

For affirmative sentences, we have the following structure.

subject auxiliary verb auxiliary verb past participle rest of the sentence

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