English Flashcards
(5 cards)
Wat is right
Do you know what time is it?
Do you know what time it is?
✅ “Do you know what time it is?”
This is an indirect question embedded inside a larger question.
What is correct
We arrived at the station, but the bus has left earlier.
We arrived at the station, but the bus had left earlier.
✅ We arrived at the station, but the bus had left earlier.
You’re showing a sequence of events in the past: So you need past perfect (“had left”) for the earlier action.
simple past + past perfect
What is right
The solution had ben found, although we hadn’t realised it.
The solution had ben found , however we hadn’t realised it.
The solution had ben found, even we hadn’t realised it.
✅ The solution had been found, although we hadn’t realised it.
The solution had been found; however, we hadn’t realised it.
The solution had been found, even though we hadn’t realised it.
_____ does your boyfriend look like
Which
Why
What
How
✅What does your boyfriend look like?
And the correct question word here is “What”, not “How”, when asking about appearance.
It _____ be possible some time in the future.
is
may
hope
can
✅ “It may be possible some time in the future.”
“Can be possible” is usually considered redundant or awkward. “Can” already implies possibility, so adding “possible” often sounds off unless used carefully.