Future and Conditional Perfect

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Future and Conditional Perfect
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• The FUTURE PERFECT TENSE is the past of the
  future, in a manner of speaking. It shows
  something that will be complete at some point in
  the future.
• By the year 2050 we will have found a way to
  make a car run on water.
• 2050 is the future. Some time before then, a
  car running on water will be a reality. In 2050,
  our future, that invention will be a past
  (completed) act.

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• The conditional perfect is a little trickier. It
  refers to a point in the past when something
  would have been completed. Theres always an
  implied if clause.
• I would have eaten all the cake (if I could
  have).
• Although the time isnt specified, it is always
  some point in the past.

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You should be able to predict these two tenses.

• Perfect means that youll have,
• in English, has, have, or had
• in Spanish, a form of haber
• In BOTH, a past participle (hablado)
• Future means that youll have,
• in English, the word will
• in Spanish, the future of haber
• Conditional means that youll have,
• in English, the word would
• in Spanish, the conditional of haber

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• Following are the future perfect forms of
  haber
• habré habremos
• habrás habréis
• habrá habrán
• Put these helping verbs with a past participle
• to form the future perfect
• future perfect
• ? ?
• habré hablado I will have spoken

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• Click here to go to a brief practice exercise.

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• Following are the conditional perfect forms of
  haber
• habría habríamos
• habrías habríais
• habría habrían
• Put these helping verbs with a past participle
• to form the future perfect
• conditional perfect
• ?
  ?
• habría hablado I would have spoken

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• Click here to go to a brief practice exercise.
• Click here to go to another practice exercise.
• Click here to go to your FUTURE PERFECT homework.
• Click here to go to your CONDITIONAL PERFECT
  homework.