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Se la situazione peggiora, avremo un grande problema.

Se la situazione peggiora, avremo un grande problema.
If the situation worsens, we will have a big problem.
From Lesson 116:The first conditional (se)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Se la situazione peggiora, avremo un grande problema.

Why is the present tense used for peggiora but the future tense for avremo?
In Italian first conditional sentences, which talk about real possibilities, the condition clause (se la situazione peggiora) usually uses the present tense. The result clause (avremo un grande problema) uses the future tense to show what will happen. This matches the English structure perfectly!
Since problema ends in -a, why does it use the masculine article un?
Problema is a masculine noun, even though it ends in -a. Words ending in -ma that come from ancient Greek are usually masculine in Italian. Other common examples are il programma (the program) and il sistema (the system). Because it is masculine, it takes the masculine article un.
Why is grande placed before problema? Don't adjectives usually go after the noun?
You are right that most descriptive adjectives go after the noun. However, a few very common adjectives like grande (big), piccolo (small), and bello (beautiful) often go before the noun. Putting grande before the noun is very standard and sounds natural here.
How does the future tense verb avremo get its spelling?
Avremo is the first-person plural (we) future tense of avere (to have). Avere has an irregular future stem: instead of keeping its full infinitive, it drops a vowel to become avr-. Then you add the standard future ending -emo to get avremo.

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