"I will update my ESL blog when I have more time", I promised a group of students. That day has arrived. We'll take a look at the future conditional and other future time clauses.
English has many ways to express or talk about the future. One of them is using the future conditional. A lot of students have difficulty with this tense. A common mistake is using will twice. For example,
- When I will retire, I will move to the countryside. 🗴
When describes the condition; the will clause is about the result or action. So, the correct form is:
- When I retire, I will move to the countryside. ✔
- I will movee to the countryside when I retire. ✔
Other future time clauses include unless, until, as soon as, before, and after.
Examples
- We'll start the meeting as soon as Patrick gets here.
- Unless you improve your test scores, you won't graduate next year.
- I won't move out of my parents house until I am 19.
- After I finish this page, I'll take a break.
- Melanie will stop by to help you before she leaves the office.
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Exercise
Write sentences using the future conditional with the words and phrases below the photo plus when, as soon as, until, before, and after.
I/get/my own apartment/ am/21
I'll get my my own when I am 21.
When I am 21, I'll get my own apartment.
OR
I won't get my own apartment until I am 21.
Marc/play soccer/he/twelve
We/go for/hike this weekend/rains
I/stay in Montreal/June/then/go back home
More Exercises
Future Conditional Forms | English Grammar (scroll down for links to the exercises)
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