Praxis 5362 Practice Question
An ELL asks his teacher， ""Can you tell me what time is it?"" The student's question includes an error in
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The student's question, "Can you tell me what time is it?" contains an error in subject-verb inversion, which is a common structure in English interrogative sentences. The correct form should be, "Can you tell me what time it is?" In this structure, the subject ("it") should precede the verb ("is") after the clause "what time."
Option A, relative pronouns, is not applicable as the question does not involve any relative clauses. Option B, subject-verb agreement, is also irrelevant since the subject and verb agree in number. Option D, the use of modals, is incorrect because the modal "can" is used appropriately in this context.
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