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B2–C1 · Negative questions · 4 patterns

Negative questions

Use negation to question an assumption or prompt action.

01 · How to use this set

Start from the communication job

Use negation to question an assumption or prompt action.

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.

01Why haven't we clarified whether [X]?Why haven't we clarified whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Warum haben wir noch nicht geklärt, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Isn't it likely that [X]?Isn't it likely that the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Ist es nicht wahrscheinlich, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03Could no one confirm that [X]?Could no one confirm that the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Konnte niemand bestätigen, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04Shouldn't we ask whether [X]?Shouldn't we ask whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Sollten wir nicht fragen, ob [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.

01Why haven't we clarified whether [X]?QSTQNEG001 · Why haven't we clarified whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Warum haben wir noch nicht geklärt, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Isn't it likely that [X]?QSTQNEG011 · Isn't it likely that [the team needs another day to decide]? / Ist es nicht wahrscheinlich, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03Could no one confirm that [X]?QSTQNEG021 · Could no one confirm that [the team needs another day to decide]? / Konnte niemand bestätigen, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04Shouldn't we ask whether [X]?QSTQNEG031 · Shouldn't we ask whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Sollten wir nicht fragen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?

04 · Continue

Questions in use

A useful next step from the same learning path.

01Alternative questionsCompare two routes before making a choice.02Confirmation questionsCheck a fact carefully before relying on it.03Clarification questionsRepair meaning before the conversation moves on.04Follow-up questionsKeep an answer moving toward its implication.

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Pattern PracticeFind a pattern you can reuseContinue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasWhy haven't we clarified whether [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasIsn't it likely that [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.