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LESSON
Future real conditionals
GRAMMAR
STUDY
Future real conditionals
If
Clause
Result Clause
If you get a master’s degree,
you
will
have more career options.
If Henry accepts the promotion, he
might not
be happy.
Result Clause
If
Clause
Henry
might
learn new skills
if he takes the promotion.
I
won’t
take classes
if I can’t study part-time.
Use the future real conditional to talk about what you think
will happen in the future based on action you take now.
Use the simple present in the
If
clause.
Use
will
or
might
in the result clause.
Grammar Note
PRACTICE
A
Circle the correct forms.
1.
If Henry
takes / will take
the promotion, more nurses will report to him.
2.
If he
has / will have
more administrative duties, he won’t see patients as often.
3.
Henry thinks if he takes the job, it
doesn’t make / won’t make
him happy.
4.
If Henry
gets / will get
a master’s degree, he might be able to advance his career.
5.
Henry will need to find a part-time program if he
wants / will want
to keep working.
B
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.
More than one answer may be possible.
1.
If you
get
a post-secondary degree, you
earn
more money.
2.
If the weather
be
nice next Saturday, we
go
to the park.
3.
Petra
pick
you up if you
not have
a ride tonight.
4.
I
call
you later if we
need
some help.
5.
The supervisor
let
everyone know if we
have
next Friday off.
6.
If your work
be not
finished, you
have
to stay late.
PAIRS
Talk about what you will or might do in different future situations.
Use the future real conditional.
get
will earn
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
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