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title: "Future Perfect and Modal Predictions — German grammar C1"
description: "Use Futur I and II for future events, future completion, and assumptions about the present and past."
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# Future Perfect and Modal Predictions

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Use Futur I and II for future events, future completion, and assumptions about the present and past.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

## Rule-to-example map

| Use                             | German example                                          |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| future I: formal future         | Die Präsidentin wird die Sitzung eröffnen.              |
| present for informal future     | Morgen beginnt die Sitzung.                             |
| future I: present assumption    | Er wird wohl krank sein.                                |
| future I: promise               | Ich werde dich morgen anrufen.                          |
| future II: past assumption      | Sie wird den Zug verpasst haben.                        |
| future II with sein             | Er wird spät angekommen sein.                           |
| future completion               | Bis Freitag werden wir den Bericht beendet haben.       |
| perfect as informal alternative | Wenn wir den Bericht beendet haben, feiern wir.         |
| probability marker              | Sie wird bestimmt bereits zu Hause sein.                |
| present/past minimal pair       | Er wird müde sein. / Er wird schlecht geschlafen haben. |

\| future-II passive assumption | Die Proben werden bereits analysiert worden sein. |

## Exercises

[Start practice](https://cefra.app/en/explore/de/grammar/c1/german-future-perfect-and-modal-predictions/practice)

1. Sort the sentences by tense, use, or temporal relation. (10 tasks)
2. Rewrite the sentence in the required tense and perspective. (10 tasks)