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Future Perfect Passive

Future Perfect Passive is used to talk about an action that will be completed by a certain time in the future, while focusing on the receiver of the action (the thing affected), not the person who does it. It is especially common in formal writing such as reports, project updates, process descriptions, and official announcements. The structure is: will have been + past participle (V3). For example: “The work will have been completed by Friday.” This emphasizes the result and the deadline. If the doer is important, you can add it with by + agent: “The work will have been completed by the team by Friday.” (Often, the agent is omitted.) You will often see Future Perfect Passive with time markers like by + time/date, before, by then, by the time + present simple, and in contexts where completion matters more than action in progress. In this lesson, you’ll learn the structure, where it’s used, key time markers, important edge cases (agent, transitive verbs only, differences from Future Perfect active and Future Continuous), common mistakes, and practice with a 10-question quiz. ### Meaning - A passive action will be completed **by a future deadline**. - It combines “by + time” with a completed passive result. ### Form will have been + past participle ### Time expressions by next week, by 6 p.m., by the time…

💡 Tips

  • Use when completion by a future deadline matters more than the doer.
  • Remember the full form: will have been + V3.
  • Common time markers: by Friday, by 2027, before noon, by the time you arrive.
  • Use passive only with verbs that can take an object (transitive verbs).

Grammar Rules

Positive

Subject + will have been + past participle (V3): The report will have been written by Monday.

Negative

Subject + will not have been (won’t have been) + V3: The report won’t have been written by Monday.

Question

Will + subject + have been + V3?: Will the report have been written by Monday?
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Time markers

Common markers: by + time/date, before, by then, by the time + present simple.

Examples

B2
EN"The work will have been completed by Friday."
deadline focus
HY"Աշխատանքը ավարտված կլինի մինչև ուրբաթ։"
արդյունք/ժամկետ
B2
EN"The building will have been repaired by next year."
completed by a future time
HY"Շենքը վերանորոգված կլինի մինչև հաջորդ տարի։"
ավարտված կլինի
B2
EN"By the time you arrive, the room will have been cleaned."
by the time + present simple
HY"Երբ դու գաս, սենյակը արդեն մաքրված կլինի։"
by the time
C1
EN"All applications will have been processed by the end of the day."
formal/process context
HY"Բոլոր դիմումները կվերամշակված լինեն օրվա ավարտին։"
պաշտոնական

⚠️ Common Mistakes

❌ Wrong:
The work will have finished by 6.
✅ Correct:
The work will have been finished by 6.
💡 Note:
Passive needs 'been' + V3.
❌ Wrong:
The project will have been finish by Monday.
✅ Correct:
The project will have been finished by Monday.
💡 Note:
Use the past participle (V3).
❌ Wrong:
By the time you will arrive, the room will have been cleaned.
✅ Correct:
By the time you arrive, the room will have been cleaned.
💡 Note:
After 'by the time', use present simple.

🧠 Practice Quiz1 / 10

Choose the correct option.
The report ____ by Monday.

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