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Past Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Tense shows that an action completed before/after another action at the past moment.Future Perfect Tense defines an action which is planned to complete before a specific time in future.
Past Perfect Tense makes a comparison between the two actions.Future Perfect Tense focuses only a single action.
Had and past participle form of the main verb use in Past Perfect tense.Shall/Will have and past participle form of the main verb use in Future Perfect tense.
We can justify the activities in Past Perfect tense.We can not justify the activities in Future Perfect tense.
Example:

a) He had come before you went out.
b) The train left the station after he had reached the station.
Example:

a) They will have joined the meeting.
b) He will have finished his project by Sunday.

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