Practice mode Tenses

Which part of the sentence “The match will start after the umpires will inspect the pitch.” contains an error?

Correct answer A. the umpires will inspect

Explanation

A time clause beginning with "after" uses the simple present for the future, so it should be "after the umpires inspect the pitch".

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