Is this a commonly used verb tense?

Question

Is this tense more commonly used in French than in English? I hardly ever speak like this in English and I find it to be a strange tense to learn since it doesn't seem likely that we learners will be reminiscing in French. That seems to be it's only use.

Cécile Janty-Davies · Accepted Answer

Hi Danielle, 
Le Futur Antérieur causes many problems as it is a little-used tense but it does exist in English too.
Here is the Kwiziq lesson on the theory -
Le Futur Antérieur
Also, you might want to do a couple of fill-in-the-blanks exercises to practice a situation where you might use it -
En attendant Aline (Le Futur Antérieur) 
Au retour du travail (Le Futur Antérieur)
Bonne Continuation !

Jim Jones · Answer

Hi Danielle,Perhaps so    -  but this is one of the eight indicatifs which form a standard conjugation table.   Maybe one could make the same comment about others within that group?Bonne journéeJim