The future perfect tense refers to an action that will be completed before a specified time in the future. It is formed using "will/shall have" + the past participle of the main verb. Some examples of future perfect constructions include "The party will have ended by the time you finish work" and "I will have eaten before we meet." This tense can also show that something will continue up until another future action. The future perfect is not used with time expressions like "when", "before", etc., and the present perfect is used instead in these cases.