B2–C1 · Follow-up questions · 4 patterns

Follow-up questions

Keep an answer moving toward its implication.

01 · How to use this set

Start from the communication job

Keep an answer moving toward its implication.

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 follows if [X]?What follows if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Was folgt daraus, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02How does it affect the plan if [X]?How does it affect the plan if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wie wirkt es sich auf den Plan aus, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03What else should we consider if [X]?What else should we consider if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Was sollten wir außerdem berücksichtigen, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04Why does that matter if [X]?Why does that matter if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Warum ist das wichtig, wenn [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 follows if [X]?QSTQFOL001 · What follows if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Was folgt daraus, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02How does it affect the plan if [X]?QSTQFOL011 · How does it affect the plan if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wie wirkt es sich auf den Plan aus, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03What else should we consider if [X]?QSTQFOL021 · What else should we consider if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Was sollten wir außerdem berücksichtigen, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04Why does that matter if [X]?QSTQFOL031 · Why does that matter if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Warum ist das wichtig, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?
01Opinion questionsInvite a view with the right amount of openness.02Cause and reason questionsTrace a result back to its likely cause.03Purpose questionsAsk what an action is meant to achieve.04Time questionsPlace an action, answer or decision on a timeline.

Continue learning

Choose the next useful route.