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Alternative questions

Compare two routes before making a choice.

01 · How to use this set

Start from the communication job

Compare two routes before making a choice.

Read the frame, try to complete your own sentence before opening an example, then compare the English structure with its German parallel. The point is retrieval and choice, not passive list reading.

02 · Representative patterns

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A compact sample from the 4 patterns in this study set.

01Should we decide now or wait until we know whether [X]?Should we decide now or wait until we know whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Sollten wir jetzt entscheiden oder warten, bis wir wissen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Would you rather act now or check whether [X]?Would you rather act now or check whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Würden Sie lieber jetzt handeln oder prüfen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03Is the better option to continue if [X] or to pause?Is the better option to continue if the team needs another day to decide or to pause? · German parallel: Ist es besser fortzufahren, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht], oder zu pausieren?04Do we need more evidence, or is it enough that [X]?Do we need more evidence, or is it enough that the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Brauchen wir mehr Belege, oder reicht es, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?

03 · Complete set

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01Should we decide now or wait until we know whether [X]?QSTQCHO001 · Should we decide now or wait until we know whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Sollten wir jetzt entscheiden oder warten, bis wir wissen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Would you rather act now or check whether [X]?QSTQCHO011 · Would you rather act now or check whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Würden Sie lieber jetzt handeln oder prüfen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03Is the better option to continue if [X] or to pause?QSTQCHO021 · Is the better option to continue if [the team needs another day to decide] or to pause? / Ist es besser fortzufahren, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht], oder zu pausieren?04Do we need more evidence, or is it enough that [X]?QSTQCHO031 · Do we need more evidence, or is it enough that [the team needs another day to decide]? / Brauchen wir mehr Belege, oder reicht es, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?

04 · Continue

Questions in use

A useful next step from the same learning path.

01Confirmation questionsCheck a fact carefully before relying on it.02Clarification questionsRepair meaning before the conversation moves on.03Follow-up questionsKeep an answer moving toward its implication.04Opinion questionsInvite a view with the right amount of openness.

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Pattern PracticeFind a pattern you can reuseContinue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasShould we decide now or wait until we know whether [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasWould you rather act now or check whether [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.