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B2–C1 · Time questions · 4 patterns

Time questions

Place an action, answer or decision on a timeline.

01 · How to use this set

Start from the communication job

Place an action, answer or decision on a timeline.

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.

01When will we know whether [X]?When will we know whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wann werden wir wissen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02How long will it take before we know if [X]?How long will it take before we know if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wie lange wird es dauern, bis wir wissen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03At what point should we ask whether [X]?At what point should we ask whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Zu welchem Zeitpunkt sollten wir fragen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04By when must we decide if [X]?By when must we decide if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Bis wann müssen wir entscheiden, 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.

01When will we know whether [X]?QSTQTM001 · When will we know whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wann werden wir wissen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02How long will it take before we know if [X]?QSTQTM011 · How long will it take before we know if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wie lange wird es dauern, bis wir wissen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03At what point should we ask whether [X]?QSTQTM021 · At what point should we ask whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Zu welchem Zeitpunkt sollten wir fragen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04By when must we decide if [X]?QSTQTM031 · By when must we decide if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Bis wann müssen wir entscheiden, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?

04 · Continue

Questions in use

A useful next step from the same learning path.

01Place and setting questionsChoose the right place or setting for the next step.02People and responsibility questionsIdentify who can act, decide or approve.03Quantity and degree questionsAsk about scale, frequency and intensity.04Comparison questionsCompare options, outcomes and trade-offs.

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Pattern PracticeFind a pattern you can reuseContinue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasWhen will we know whether [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasHow long will it take before we know if [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.