B2–C1 · WOR · 40 patterns

Word order and verb position

Control sentence structure across statements, questions and clauses.

01 · How to use this set

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Control sentence structure across statements, questions and clauses.

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

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A compact sample from the 40 patterns in this study set.

01The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the team was reviewing the new policy]The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners in a situation where the team was reviewing the new policy. · German parallel: Das Team hat den überarbeiteten Entwurf bereits an die Partner geschickt [das Team die neue Regelung prüfte]02The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the partners needed a clear decision]The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners in a situation where the partners needed a clear decision. · German parallel: Das Team hat den überarbeiteten Entwurf bereits an die Partner geschickt [die Partner eine klare Entscheidung brauchten]03The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the pilot was entering its final phase]The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners in a situation where the pilot was entering its final phase. · German parallel: Das Team hat den überarbeiteten Entwurf bereits an die Partner geschickt [das Pilotprojekt in seine letzte Phase ging]04The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the available evidence was still incomplete]The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners in a situation where the available evidence was still incomplete. · German parallel: Das Team hat den überarbeiteten Entwurf bereits an die Partner geschickt [die verfügbaren Belege noch unvollständig waren]05The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the timetable had changed at short notice]The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners in a situation where the timetable had changed at short notice. · German parallel: Das Team hat den überarbeiteten Entwurf bereits an die Partner geschickt [der Zeitplan kurzfristig geändert worden war]06Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision [the team was reviewing the new policy]Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision in a situation where the team was reviewing the new policy. · German parallel: Weil die Belege unvollständig waren, verschoben wir die Entscheidung [das Team die neue Regelung prüfte]

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01The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the team was reviewing the new policy]GRMWOR001 · The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the team was reviewing the new policy] / Das Team hat den überarbeiteten Entwurf bereits an die Partner geschickt [das Team die neue Regelung prüfte]02The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the partners needed a clear decision]GRMWOR002 · The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the partners needed a clear decision] / Das Team hat den überarbeiteten Entwurf bereits an die Partner geschickt [die Partner eine klare Entscheidung brauchten]03The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the pilot was entering its final phase]GRMWOR003 · The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the pilot was entering its final phase] / Das Team hat den überarbeiteten Entwurf bereits an die Partner geschickt [das Pilotprojekt in seine letzte Phase ging]04The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the available evidence was still incomplete]GRMWOR004 · The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the available evidence was still incomplete] / Das Team hat den überarbeiteten Entwurf bereits an die Partner geschickt [die verfügbaren Belege noch unvollständig waren]05The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the timetable had changed at short notice]GRMWOR005 · The team has already sent the revised draft to the partners [the timetable had changed at short notice] / Das Team hat den überarbeiteten Entwurf bereits an die Partner geschickt [der Zeitplan kurzfristig geändert worden war]06Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision [the team was reviewing the new policy]GRMWOR006 · Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision [the team was reviewing the new policy] / Weil die Belege unvollständig waren, verschoben wir die Entscheidung [das Team die neue Regelung prüfte]07Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision [the partners needed a clear decision]GRMWOR007 · Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision [the partners needed a clear decision] / Weil die Belege unvollständig waren, verschoben wir die Entscheidung [die Partner eine klare Entscheidung brauchten]08Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision [the pilot was entering its final phase]GRMWOR008 · Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision [the pilot was entering its final phase] / Weil die Belege unvollständig waren, verschoben wir die Entscheidung [das Pilotprojekt in seine letzte Phase ging]09Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision [the available evidence was still incomplete]GRMWOR009 · Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision [the available evidence was still incomplete] / Weil die Belege unvollständig waren, verschoben wir die Entscheidung [die verfügbaren Belege noch unvollständig waren]10Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision [the timetable had changed at short notice]GRMWOR010 · Because the evidence was incomplete, we postponed the decision [the timetable had changed at short notice] / Weil die Belege unvollständig waren, verschoben wir die Entscheidung [der Zeitplan kurzfristig geändert worden war]11She said that the report had been checked twice [the team was reviewing the new policy]GRMWOR011 · She said that the report had been checked twice [the team was reviewing the new policy] / Sie sagte, dass der Bericht zweimal geprüft worden sei [das Team die neue Regelung prüfte]12She said that the report had been checked twice [the partners needed a clear decision]GRMWOR012 · She said that the report had been checked twice [the partners needed a clear decision] / Sie sagte, dass der Bericht zweimal geprüft worden sei [die Partner eine klare Entscheidung brauchten]13She said that the report had been checked twice [the pilot was entering its final phase]GRMWOR013 · She said that the report had been checked twice [the pilot was entering its final phase] / Sie sagte, dass der Bericht zweimal geprüft worden sei [das Pilotprojekt in seine letzte Phase ging]14She said that the report had been checked twice [the available evidence was still incomplete]GRMWOR014 · She said that the report had been checked twice [the available evidence was still incomplete] / Sie sagte, dass der Bericht zweimal geprüft worden sei [die verfügbaren Belege noch unvollständig waren]15She said that the report had been checked twice [the timetable had changed at short notice]GRMWOR015 · She said that the report had been checked twice [the timetable had changed at short notice] / Sie sagte, dass der Bericht zweimal geprüft worden sei [der Zeitplan kurzfristig geändert worden war]16We will discuss the proposal tomorrow in the meeting [the team was reviewing the new policy]GRMWOR016 · We will discuss the proposal tomorrow in the meeting [the team was reviewing the new policy] / Wir werden den Vorschlag morgen in der Sitzung besprechen [das Team die neue Regelung prüfte]17We will discuss the proposal tomorrow in the meeting [the partners needed a clear decision]GRMWOR017 · We will discuss the proposal tomorrow in the meeting [the partners needed a clear decision] / Wir werden den Vorschlag morgen in der Sitzung besprechen [die Partner eine klare Entscheidung brauchten]18We will discuss the proposal tomorrow in the meeting [the pilot was entering its final phase]GRMWOR018 · We will discuss the proposal tomorrow in the meeting [the pilot was entering its final phase] / Wir werden den Vorschlag morgen in der Sitzung besprechen [das Pilotprojekt in seine letzte Phase ging]19We will discuss the proposal tomorrow in the meeting [the available evidence was still incomplete]GRMWOR019 · We will discuss the proposal tomorrow in the meeting [the available evidence was still incomplete] / Wir werden den Vorschlag morgen in der Sitzung besprechen [die verfügbaren Belege noch unvollständig waren]20We will discuss the proposal tomorrow in the meeting [the timetable had changed at short notice]GRMWOR020 · We will discuss the proposal tomorrow in the meeting [the timetable had changed at short notice] / Wir werden den Vorschlag morgen in der Sitzung besprechen [der Zeitplan kurzfristig geändert worden war]21Had we known the risk, we would have acted earlier [the team was reviewing the new policy]GRMWOR021 · Had we known the risk, we would have acted earlier [the team was reviewing the new policy] / Hätten wir das Risiko gekannt, hätten wir früher gehandelt [das Team die neue Regelung prüfte]22Had we known the risk, we would have acted earlier [the partners needed a clear decision]GRMWOR022 · Had we known the risk, we would have acted earlier [the partners needed a clear decision] / Hätten wir das Risiko gekannt, hätten wir früher gehandelt [die Partner eine klare Entscheidung brauchten]23Had we known the risk, we would have acted earlier [the pilot was entering its final phase]GRMWOR023 · Had we known the risk, we would have acted earlier [the pilot was entering its final phase] / Hätten wir das Risiko gekannt, hätten wir früher gehandelt [das Pilotprojekt in seine letzte Phase ging]24Had we known the risk, we would have acted earlier [the available evidence was still incomplete]GRMWOR024 · Had we known the risk, we would have acted earlier [the available evidence was still incomplete] / Hätten wir das Risiko gekannt, hätten wir früher gehandelt [die verfügbaren Belege noch unvollständig waren]25Had we known the risk, we would have acted earlier [the timetable had changed at short notice]GRMWOR025 · Had we known the risk, we would have acted earlier [the timetable had changed at short notice] / Hätten wir das Risiko gekannt, hätten wir früher gehandelt [der Zeitplan kurzfristig geändert worden war]26The question is why the process has become so slow [the team was reviewing the new policy]GRMWOR026 · The question is why the process has become so slow [the team was reviewing the new policy] / Die Frage ist, warum das Verfahren so langsam geworden ist [das Team die neue Regelung prüfte]27The question is why the process has become so slow [the partners needed a clear decision]GRMWOR027 · The question is why the process has become so slow [the partners needed a clear decision] / Die Frage ist, warum das Verfahren so langsam geworden ist [die Partner eine klare Entscheidung brauchten]28The question is why the process has become so slow [the pilot was entering its final phase]GRMWOR028 · The question is why the process has become so slow [the pilot was entering its final phase] / Die Frage ist, warum das Verfahren so langsam geworden ist [das Pilotprojekt in seine letzte Phase ging]29The question is why the process has become so slow [the available evidence was still incomplete]GRMWOR029 · The question is why the process has become so slow [the available evidence was still incomplete] / Die Frage ist, warum das Verfahren so langsam geworden ist [die verfügbaren Belege noch unvollständig waren]30The question is why the process has become so slow [the timetable had changed at short notice]GRMWOR030 · The question is why the process has become so slow [the timetable had changed at short notice] / Die Frage ist, warum das Verfahren so langsam geworden ist [der Zeitplan kurzfristig geändert worden war]31Before the meeting ends, the chair will summarise the decision [the team was reviewing the new policy]GRMWOR031 · Before the meeting ends, the chair will summarise the decision [the team was reviewing the new policy] / Bevor die Sitzung endet, wird die Leitung die Entscheidung zusammenfassen [das Team die neue Regelung prüfte]32Before the meeting ends, the chair will summarise the decision [the partners needed a clear decision]GRMWOR032 · Before the meeting ends, the chair will summarise the decision [the partners needed a clear decision] / Bevor die Sitzung endet, wird die Leitung die Entscheidung zusammenfassen [die Partner eine klare Entscheidung brauchten]33Before the meeting ends, the chair will summarise the decision [the pilot was entering its final phase]GRMWOR033 · Before the meeting ends, the chair will summarise the decision [the pilot was entering its final phase] / Bevor die Sitzung endet, wird die Leitung die Entscheidung zusammenfassen [das Pilotprojekt in seine letzte Phase ging]34Before the meeting ends, the chair will summarise the decision [the available evidence was still incomplete]GRMWOR034 · Before the meeting ends, the chair will summarise the decision [the available evidence was still incomplete] / Bevor die Sitzung endet, wird die Leitung die Entscheidung zusammenfassen [die verfügbaren Belege noch unvollständig waren]35Before the meeting ends, the chair will summarise the decision [the timetable had changed at short notice]GRMWOR035 · Before the meeting ends, the chair will summarise the decision [the timetable had changed at short notice] / Bevor die Sitzung endet, wird die Leitung die Entscheidung zusammenfassen [der Zeitplan kurzfristig geändert worden war]36The team wants to know whether the plan can still work [the team was reviewing the new policy]GRMWOR036 · The team wants to know whether the plan can still work [the team was reviewing the new policy] / Das Team möchte wissen, ob der Plan noch funktionieren kann [das Team die neue Regelung prüfte]37The team wants to know whether the plan can still work [the partners needed a clear decision]GRMWOR037 · The team wants to know whether the plan can still work [the partners needed a clear decision] / Das Team möchte wissen, ob der Plan noch funktionieren kann [die Partner eine klare Entscheidung brauchten]38The team wants to know whether the plan can still work [the pilot was entering its final phase]GRMWOR038 · The team wants to know whether the plan can still work [the pilot was entering its final phase] / Das Team möchte wissen, ob der Plan noch funktionieren kann [das Pilotprojekt in seine letzte Phase ging]39The team wants to know whether the plan can still work [the available evidence was still incomplete]GRMWOR039 · The team wants to know whether the plan can still work [the available evidence was still incomplete] / Das Team möchte wissen, ob der Plan noch funktionieren kann [die verfügbaren Belege noch unvollständig waren]40The team wants to know whether the plan can still work [the timetable had changed at short notice]GRMWOR040 · The team wants to know whether the plan can still work [the timetable had changed at short notice] / Das Team möchte wissen, ob der Plan noch funktionieren kann [der Zeitplan kurzfristig geändert worden war]

01Cases and nominal agreementKeep roles and agreement clear inside the noun phrase.02Adjectives and comparisonDescribe, compare and qualify with accurate noun phrases.03Mood, modality and reported stanceExpress possibility, recommendation and reported judgement precisely.04Contrast grammarChoose between easily confused structures by meaning, not by rule name.