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We’ll eat dinner when he arrives.

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Sentence

Narrator

We’ll eat dinner when he arrives.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Instructions

We'll eat dinner once he arrives.

Making a Plan

Our dinner plans are contingent on his arrival.

Setting Expectations

Dinner will be served upon his arrival.

Describing a Scenario

The family waited patiently; they would eat dinner when he arrived.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Dinner will commence upon his arrival.

Casual

We're having dinner after he gets here.

Simpler English

We'll eat when he comes.

Phrases to learn

eat dinner

To have the evening meal.

when he arrives

At the time of his arrival.