1.A: ________ is the party? B: Around 7 o’clock on Saturday.

[Lisa123]

Hello everyone
Would you please tell me what the answers to the following questions are? I’m not quite sure about them. Please help me. Thank you.
1.A: ________ is the party? B: Around 7 o’clock on Saturday.
( I suppose the answer is “When,” but I’d like to know if “What time” can also be used.)
2.A: ________ is convenient to you, 9:00 or 10:30? B: 10:00.
(Which should I use, “What time,” “When,” or “Which time”?)

 

[Flamenco1]

Lisa, could you offer which answers you think are correct? Then we can ensure your thinking is correct.

The issue I have with just offering answers is that it doesn't help you learn. And be assured, the good folks here want you to learn.

I'm sorry Lisa. I think I had a brain storm. I totally missed your suggestion.

 

[5jj]

Both your suggestions for the first are OK, Lisa.

 

[Flamenco1]

Hello everyone
Would you please tell me what the answers to the following questions are? I’m not quite sure about them. Please help me. Thank you.
1.A: ________ is the party? B: Around 7 o’clock on Saturday.
( I suppose the answer is “When,” but I’d like to know if “What time” can also be used.)

Both " When is the party?" and "At what time is the party?" are very common. In general conversation, the preposition "At" can be dropped from the latter.

The reply offers a time and a day. It is possible that the person asking already knew the day and thus asked the more precise "What time". It could also be the responder offered the day just to ensure the questioner was left in no doubt.

2.A: ________ is convenient to you, 9:00 or 10:30? B: 10:00.
(Which should I use, “What time,” “When,” or “Which time”?)

As we are offered more than one time, "Which time" would seem the better choice. However, the other two options will frequently be heard and used.

 

[jutfrank]

I don't think What time is right in the first sentence. The questioner would be very unlikely to ask what time the party was if he/she didn't already know what day it was on. I'd only accept When as a correct answer.

It's unclear to me which is the correct answer for the second question because it's badly written. I suspect the 'correct' answer (the answer the test writer is looking for) is Which time, which is why two discrete options are given as part of the question. In any case, this one fails as a valid question. Plus, the preposition should be for, not to.

Where did you see these questions, Lisa123?

 

[5jj]

I agree that When? is a far more likely question to elicit that answer. However, some people asked What time? could possibly answer Around 7 o’clock on Saturday. I would accept What time? and curse the person who constructed the test question

 

[Lisa123]

Thank you for the replies, but could you please help rewrite the second question in a way that won’t confuse people? Thanks again.

 

[5jj]

It is not confusing as it stands. we simply have a wider choice of question expressions than the setter of the test question acknowledged.

 

[jutfrank]

Thank you for the replies, but could you please help rewrite the second question in a way that won’t confuse people? Thanks again.

Did you write the original test question?

What is it you want to test exactly? If you want to improve the question, you need first to be clear about what exactly you want to test. If the point of this is to test the use of which (especially as opposed to what), then I'd suggest rewriting the context from scratch.