In Part 3 you plan something together and reach agreement. Here’s how to make suggestions and reach a solution.
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Part 3 tests whether you can plan something together with your partner and reach agreement. You get a task – for example “plan a farewell party for a colleague together” – and discuss what, when, where and how you’ll do it.
It’s about cooperation: making suggestions, reacting to your partner’s suggestions, weighing up and reaching a joint decision at the end. A good contribution isn’t just “yes” or “no” but a concrete suggestion with a short reason.
If you have phrases for suggestions, agreement and dividing tasks ready, you plan fluently. Importantly, you really need to reach a result – an open conversation without agreement feels incomplete.
Read the planning task and think about which points you need to settle (what, when, where, who).
Make a concrete suggestion (“Wie wäre es, wenn wir …?”).
React to your partner’s suggestions – agree, add to them or propose something else.
Divide the tasks at the end (“Ich kümmere mich um …, kannst du …?”).
Close with a clear agreement (“Gut, dann machen wir das so”).
A short example in the same format: how to plan together and reach agreement (phrases in German).
Plan a small farewell party for a colleague who is leaving the company together.
Example phrases (excerpt):
Why? The example makes concrete suggestions (“Wie wäre es, wenn …?”), reacts in agreement, divides the tasks and reaches a clear agreement at the end – exactly what Part 3 expects.
In Part 3 you plan a birthday surprise for a colleague together.
Which sentence makes a good suggestion for planning together?
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“Ja, machen wir was” isn’t enough. Make concrete suggestions with “Wie wäre es, wenn …?”.
Part 3 is teamwork – bring your own ideas and react actively.
Without a joint result the conversation feels incomplete. Agree at the end.
Without phrases for suggestion and agreement, the planning sounds clumsy. Learn a set.
Plan something together with your partner – for example a party or a trip – and agree on a solution at the end.
With phrases like “Wie wäre es, wenn wir …?” or “Sollen wir …?” and a short reason. That moves the planning forward.
Yes. A good planning conversation ends with a clear agreement and a division of tasks.
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