Booking tickets · Placing the condition first or last

Placing the condition first or last in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Placing the condition first or last.

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: Booking tickets. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

We will get a lower price if we book the tickets today.

سنحصل على سعر أقل إذا حجزنا التذاكر اليوم.

If we wait until next week, the cheaper seats may sell out.

إذا انتظرنا حتى الأسبوع القادم، فقد تنفد المقاعد الأرخص.

I will check the refund conditions before we pay.

سأراجع شروط استرداد المال قبل أن ندفع.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: We will get a lower price if we book the tickets today.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: سأراجع شروط استرداد المال قبل أن ندفع.