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B2–C1 · Wh-questions · 4 patterns

Wh-questions

Ask for the missing reason, method, thing or outcome.

01 · How to use this set

Start from the communication job

Ask for the missing reason, method, thing or outcome.

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 is it important that [X]?Why is it important that the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Warum ist es wichtig, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02How can we tell whether [X]?How can we tell whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wie können wir feststellen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03What suggests that [X]?What suggests that the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Was deutet darauf hin, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04Which consequence would follow if [X]?Which consequence would follow if the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Welche Folge hätte es, 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.

01Why is it important that [X]?QSTQWH001 · Why is it important that [the team needs another day to decide]? / Warum ist es wichtig, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02How can we tell whether [X]?QSTQWH011 · How can we tell whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wie können wir feststellen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03What suggests that [X]?QSTQWH021 · What suggests that [the team needs another day to decide]? / Was deutet darauf hin, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04Which consequence would follow if [X]?QSTQWH031 · Which consequence would follow if [the team needs another day to decide]? / Welche Folge hätte es, wenn [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?

04 · Continue

Questions in use

A useful next step from the same learning path.

01Subject questionsAsk who or what performs the key action.02Object questionsAsk what action, evidence or response is needed.03Preposition questionsPractise preposition plus question word as one unit.04Tag and checking questionsInvite confirmation without sounding abrupt.

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Pattern PracticeFind a pattern you can reuseContinue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasWhy is it important that [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasHow can we tell whether [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.