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Form: future perfect

will + have + past participle

AffirmativeA declarative sentence indicating "yes"; also called a positive sentence. E.g.: John likes squash a lot.

subjectThe person or thing that performs the action of a verb or that is described by a verb. E.g.: Andy has never been to Brunei. ("Andy") auxiliaryA helping verb used with main verbs to express mood, voice and tense. E.g.: I can't stand when I am disturbed. ("can", "am") verbA part of speech that expresses an action or a state. E.g.: John seldom plays tennis. (perfectThe aspect expressing completion. E.g.: He’s finished university. infinitive)  
I
You
He/she/it
We
You
They
will have finished by then.

NegativeA declarative sentence indicating "no". E.g.: Tim has no friends.

subject auxiliary not verb (perfect infinitive)  
I
You
He/she/it
We
You
They
will not have finished by then.

InterrogativeThe sentence type used to express a direct question. E.g.: What are you doing?

(question wordA word that introduces a wh-question. E.g.: What are you doing?) auxiliary subject verb (perfect infinitive)
(By what time) will I
you
he/she/it
we
you
they
have finished?
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