B2–C1 · People and responsibility questions · 4 patterns

People and responsibility questions

Identify who can act, decide or approve.

01 · How to use this set

Start from the communication job

Identify who can act, decide or approve.

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.

01Who can explain why [X]?Who can explain why the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wer kann erklären, warum [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Whom should we ask whether [X]?Whom should we ask whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wen sollten wir fragen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03Who would decide if [X]?Who would decide if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wer würde entscheiden, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04Whose approval would we need if [X]?Whose approval would we need if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wessen Zustimmung bräuchten wir, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?

03 · Complete set

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01Who can explain why [X]?QSTQPRS001 · Who can explain why [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wer kann erklären, warum [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Whom should we ask whether [X]?QSTQPRS011 · Whom should we ask whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wen sollten wir fragen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03Who would decide if [X]?QSTQPRS021 · Who would decide if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wer würde entscheiden, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04Whose approval would we need if [X]?QSTQPRS031 · Whose approval would we need if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wessen Zustimmung bräuchten wir, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?
01Quantity and degree questionsAsk about scale, frequency and intensity.02Comparison questionsCompare options, outcomes and trade-offs.03Hypothetical questionsExplore a possible world before committing to it.04Probability questionsAsk about likelihood without claiming certainty.

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