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B2–C1 · Purpose questions · 4 patterns

Purpose questions

Ask what an action is meant to achieve.

01 · How to use this set

Start from the communication job

Ask what an action is meant to achieve.

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 would be the purpose if [X]?What would be the purpose if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Welchen Zweck hätte es, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Why might we want to know whether [X]?Why might we want to know whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Warum könnten wir wissen wollen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03How would the goal change if [X]?How would the goal change if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wie würde sich das Ziel ändern, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04What are we trying to achieve if [X]?What are we trying to achieve if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Was wollen wir erreichen, 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 would be the purpose if [X]?QSTQPUR001 · What would be the purpose if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Welchen Zweck hätte es, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Why might we want to know whether [X]?QSTQPUR011 · Why might we want to know whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Warum könnten wir wissen wollen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03How would the goal change if [X]?QSTQPUR021 · How would the goal change if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wie würde sich das Ziel ändern, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04What are we trying to achieve if [X]?QSTQPUR031 · What are we trying to achieve if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Was wollen wir erreichen, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?

04 · Continue

Questions in use

A useful next step from the same learning path.

01Time questionsPlace an action, answer or decision on a timeline.02Place and setting questionsChoose the right place or setting for the next step.03People and responsibility questionsIdentify who can act, decide or approve.04Quantity and degree questionsAsk about scale, frequency and intensity.

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Pattern PracticeFind a pattern you can reuseContinue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasWhat would be the purpose if [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasWhy might we want to know whether [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.