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B2–C1 · Cause and reason questions · 4 patterns

Cause and reason questions

Trace a result back to its likely cause.

01 · How to use this set

Start from the communication job

Trace a result back to its likely cause.

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

Start with these reusable frames

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

01What explains why [X]?What explains why the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Was erklärt, warum [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Which factor matters most if [X]?Which factor matters most if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Welcher Faktor ist am wichtigsten, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03How did it happen that [X]?How did it happen that the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wie kam es dazu, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04What consequence follows from the fact that [X]?What consequence follows from the fact that the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Welche Folge ergibt sich daraus, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?

03 · Complete set

Browse every pattern

The canonical list follows below. Every pattern has a stable ID and its own page for examples, translation, and reuse.

01What explains why [X]?QSTQCAU001 · What explains why [the team needs another day to decide]? / Was erklärt, warum [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Which factor matters most if [X]?QSTQCAU011 · Which factor matters most if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Welcher Faktor ist am wichtigsten, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03How did it happen that [X]?QSTQCAU021 · How did it happen that [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wie kam es dazu, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04What consequence follows from the fact that [X]?QSTQCAU031 · What consequence follows from the fact that [the team needs another day to decide]? / Welche Folge ergibt sich daraus, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?

04 · Continue

Questions in use

A useful next step from the same learning path.

01Purpose questionsAsk what an action is meant to achieve.02Time questionsPlace an action, answer or decision on a timeline.03Place and setting questionsChoose the right place or setting for the next step.04People and responsibility questionsIdentify who can act, decide or approve.

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Pattern PracticeFind a pattern you can reuseContinue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasWhat explains why [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasWhich factor matters most if [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.