Correct form of saying of what will be left?

Question

Imagine a hypothetical situation that someone is left to do home duties and you are writing a note to him.

Which is the correct form?
1) "Turn on the robot cleaner. After it finishes all that will be left for you to do is to ..."
2) "Turn on the robot cleaner. After it finishes all that you will have been left to do is to ..."

I personally feel that both are all right but since I'm far from native speaker I would appreciate your advice stackexchangers.

Ram Pillai · Answer

1) "Turn on the robot cleaner. After it finishes all that will be left for you to do is to ..." - This is correct.

2) "Turn on the robot cleaner. After it finishes all that you will have been left to do is to ..."- This is also correct, but one needs to know how it is formed. It follows present perfect/ past perfect/ future perfect tenses - all in passive forms - you have been left to do.../ you had been left to do.../ you will have been left to do...(in the respective order).

Correct form of saying of what will be left?

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