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Activities: "How to use the future perfect in German?"

By: Babsi Schafer Cabrera

Use the following vocabulary to complete the exercises below:

New vocabulary
der Doktortitel

doctorate degree

der Heiratsantrag

marriage proposal

besteigen

to ascend, to climb

die Meisterschaft

championship

tauchen gehen

to scuba-dive

Activity 1: By the time I’m 30…

Tobias and his friends are chatting about what he plans to have accomplished in life by their 30th birthday. Complete the sentences in future perfect below by adding the correct form of werden meaning will and the past participle of the verb in brackets.

  1. Ich (werden) meinen Doktortitel (bekommen) haben.

  2. Wir (werden) nach Europa (reisen) sein.

  3. Meiner Freundin Tina (werden) ich einen Heiratsantrag (machen) haben.

  4. Sabine und Markus, Ihr (werden) ein Haus (kaufen) haben.

  5. Paul, du (werden) endlich Klavier spielen (lernen) haben.

  6. Matthias, du (werden) den Mount Everest (besteigen) haben.

  7. Nadine, dein Pferd und du (werden) die deutsche Meisterschaft (gewinnen) haben.

  8. Leute, wir (werden) unsere gemeinsamen Abenteuer nicht (vergessen) haben.

Activity 2: Translation challenge!

Translate the sentences from English to German below using future perfect tense.

  1. I will have bought my first car.

    → .

  2. Will he have finally moved into his own apartment?

    → ?

  3. They will have made a decision.

    → .

  4. We will have visited New York City.

    → .

  5. You (pl.) will have gone scuba diving in the ocean.

    → .

  6. You (sg.) will have written your first novel.

    → .