Portuguese Grammar Guide

Future perfect (e.g.: terei falado)

On this page: Description, Questions, Exercises

Description

An Overview of the Future Perfect (Futuro Composto)

The future perfect is used to describe an action that will be completed before another future action.

  • Quando terminares, os meus primos já terão chegado.

How to Form the Future Perfect

The future perfect is formed using the simple future of ter followed by the past participle:

Future perfect Translation
terei falado I will have spoken
terás falado you will have spoken
terá falado he/she will have spoken
teremos falado we will have spoken
terão falado they will have spoken

🧠 Key point

The future perfect expresses:

  • a completed action in the future

  • that happens before another future event

Questions

Questions about the Future Perfect

Q: Why is it terão chegado and NOT terão chegar?
Forms of ter are followed by the past participle, not the infinitive.

Exercises

Provide the future perfect for the following subjects and verbs:

Ela (ver).
Nós (romper).
Eles (conhecer).
Eu (aprender).
Tu (poder).

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Escolhe entre o futuro composto e o condicional passado:

Quando eu tiver 20 anos, o meu pai (terminar) de trabalhar.
Se tu tivesses tentado, (fazer) menos erros.

Tags: verbs future past conditional simple future
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