Planning an outdoor event · Offering a backup plan

Offering a backup plan in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Offering a backup plan.

For a possible future condition, use if with the present simple and will with a base verb in the result. Do not automatically put will in the if clause.

Context: Planning an outdoor event. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

If more than thirty people register, we will need extra chairs.

إذا سجل أكثر من ثلاثين شخصًا، فسنحتاج إلى كراسٍ إضافية.

The coordinator will check the forecast on Friday.

سيراجع المنسق توقعات الطقس يوم الجمعة.

If she makes a decision early, volunteers will have time to prepare.

إذا اتخذت قرارًا مبكرًا، فسيكون لدى المتطوعين وقت للاستعداد.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: If more than thirty people register, we will need extra chairs.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: إذا اتخذت قرارًا مبكرًا، فسيكون لدى المتطوعين وقت للاستعداد.