B2–C1 · Reported questions · 4 patterns

Reported questions

Report what was asked without losing the question's meaning.

01 · How to use this set

Start from the communication job

Report what was asked without losing the question's meaning.

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.

01Did she ask whether [X]?Did she ask whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Hat sie gefragt, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Who wanted to know why [X]?Who wanted to know why the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wer wollte wissen, warum [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03How was the question of whether [X] raised?How was the question of whether the team needs another day to decide raised? · German parallel: Wie wurde die Frage aufgeworfen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04What should happen according to the report if [X]?What should happen according to the report if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Was sollte laut Bericht geschehen, 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.

01Did she ask whether [X]?QSTQREP001 · Did she ask whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Hat sie gefragt, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Who wanted to know why [X]?QSTQREP011 · Who wanted to know why [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wer wollte wissen, warum [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03How was the question of whether [X] raised?QSTQREP021 · How was the question of whether [the team needs another day to decide] raised? / Wie wurde die Frage aufgeworfen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04What should happen according to the report if [X]?QSTQREP031 · What should happen according to the report if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Was sollte laut Bericht geschehen, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?
01Discourse-management questionsUse questions to steer a conversation with care.02Question forms and auxiliariesControl tense, auxiliary verbs and question formation.03Yes/no questionsCheck a fact, possibility or condition.04Wh-questionsAsk for the missing reason, method, thing or outcome.

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