Indicatif: Futur Antérieur

Question 1

What English tense does the futur antérieur correspond to?

Answer 1

Future perfect

Question 2

Use the futur antérieur to make a supposition about an action in the past:

• He will probably have had an accident.

Answer 2

Il sera certainement tombé.

Question 3

Use the futur antérieur to make a supposition that an action will have been completed by a specified point in the future (here we always need a specific time indicator to make it clear that the sentence is referring to the future):

• By then he will have repaired his bike.

Answer 3

D’ici là il aura réparé son vélo.

Question 4

(effacer)

Answer 4

I will have deleted it by then. (effacer)

effacer: to rub out; to delete (file); to erase; to eliminate, to remove (barriers, borders: figurative)

Question 5

(glisser)

Answer 5

You will have glided across the rink before they see you. (glisser)

glisser: to slip; to be slippery; to glide

Question 6

(passer)

Answer 6

He will have passed by here by tomorrow afternoon. (passer)

passer: to cross; to go through; to spend; to take; to pass; to show…

Question 7

(demander)

Answer 7

We will have asked for water at least three times before the waitress notices us. (demander)

demander: to ask for; to require; to ask; to be looking for (staff)

Question 8

(pleurer)

Answer 8

You will have cried over the break up seven times by tomorrow if you keep this up.

pleurer: to cry; to water (eyes); to mourn

Question 9

(dépenser)

Answer 9

They will have spent most of the money before we can find them. (dépenser)

dépenser: to spend money; to use (gas, water); to spend (time: figurative); to expend (energy: figurative)

Question 10

(accueillir)

Answer 10

I will have welcomed the delegates before you arrive. (accueillir)

accueillir: to welcome; to receive; to take in; to accommodate

Question 11

(avertir)

Answer 11

You will have warned the soccer players about the referee before they meet him.

avertir: to warn; to inform; to tell

Question 12

(désobéir)

Answer 12

He will have disobeyed his superiors at least three times before they do anything about him.

désobéir: to disobey

Question 13

trahir

Answer 13

We will have betrayed the enemy weeks before they realize what has happened.

trahir: to betray; to give away; to reveal

Question 14

(salir)

Answer 14

Vous

salir: to get dirty; to dirty; to sully the reputation of;

Question 15

(mûrir)()

Answer 15

Ils

mûrir: to ripen; to make (someone) mature; to develop (a project)

Question 16

(inclure)

Answer 16

Je

inclure: to enclose; to include

Question 17

(écrire)

Answer 17

Tu

écrire: to write

Question 18

(boire)

Answer 18

Il

boire: to drink; to soak up

Question 19

(construire)

Answer 19

Nous

construire: to build

Question 20

(détruire)

Answer 20

Vous

détruire: to destroy; to ruin (health, reputation); to shred or destroy (documents)

Question 21

(corrompre)

Answer 21

Ils

corrompre: (to corrupt; to bribe)