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
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⚠️ Common Mistakes
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Frequently asked questions
- What is 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.
- How do you form Future Perfect Passive?
- The key rule: Subject + will have been + past participle (V3): The report will have been written by Monday.
- What are examples of Future Perfect Passive?
- Example: The work will have been completed by Friday.
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