In this short lecture we'll be discussing future real conditionals. Future real
conditional are the second type of conditional.
Future real conditionals describe possible future conditions and real
results. In other words, they describe something that must happen first before
something else will happen. So let's look at a couple of examples of future
real conditions. "If she studies for the test, she will feel confident." Again just
like present real conditionals, we have a condition, if-clause and the results. "He will
not graduate on time, if he does not pass his chemistry class." So, in this case we
have the independent clause first and the conditional clause second but the
meaning is the same. We have a condition "he does not pass his chemistry class" and
the result "he will not graduate on time". "If she does not have to work tomorrow. she
may go to the beach." Again the condition,
this has to happen first, "she does not have to go to work tomorrow," and then
this will happen, "she may go to the beach. and we can also use "unless" with future
real conditions. "Unless she has to work tomorrow, she will go to the beach."
In other words, if you remember,"unless" is the same as "if ...not". So "If she does not
have to work tomorrow, she will go to the beach." To form future real conditionals, we need to use a simple present verb in the if-clause and the we use "will" or
"be going to" in the independent clause. This the most basic form of the future
real conditional. So we can follow this formula. "If"
subject, simple president verb, comma, subject plus "will" or "be going to". So if we look at a couple
of examples. "If they study everyday, their grades will improve." So here in the if-clause we
have a simple present verb "study" and in the independent clause we have future time
"will improve". So, in other words this has to happen first "They study every day and
then after that happens "Their grades will improve." Same thing for the next one. "He is
going to study in the library,
if is too noisy at home." So we have the condition "If is too noisy at home" and we have the result "He is
going to study in the library." With future real conditionals we can also
use other models in the conditional clause and also in the independent clause,
so for example "If she has free time tomorrow, she may go to the beach." So
in the if-clause, we have a simple present verb "has" but in the result clause or the independent
clause we have the model "may", but it still refers to future. In the second one
"He could graduate early, if he takes seven classes every semester." So we have
the condition, "If he takes seven classes every semester, "takes" is a simple present verb.
"He could graduate early." The result is "he could graduate early". And in the last one
"If the teacher can finish grading early,he will go hiking." So notice that in this sentence
we used the modal "can" in the if-clause, and we use the model "will" in the result clause. So,
this has to happen first, "The teacher can finish grading early," then after that "he will go
hiking"