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Mamger  +  332692 Sat, 24 Feb 07 06:45 AM

Which one is acceptable?

A) The train is leaving at 5 o'clock.
B) The bus is stopping in Ankara at 4 o'clock.
C) The school is opening tomorrow.
D) I am watching television tonight.
E) It is raining tomorrow.

In the question above, which answers are acceptable,under which circumstances? Thank you very much in advance.

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CalifJim  +  332693 Sat, 24 Feb 07 06:48 AM
They are all acceptable except the last one, because no one plans or schedules rain.

CJ

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Anonymous, 1 yr 262 days ago
The train is leaving at 5 o'clock.

 

Anonymous, 1 yr 234 days ago
A B C D are acceptable.
Anonymous, 1 yr 197 days ago
 A) The train is leaving at 5 o'clock.
Anonymous, 250 days ago
Only d is acceptable. A B C and D are not personal plans or intetntions regarding the near future and present continuous can be used with a future meaning in those cases.
gerdz  +  687652 Tue, 17 Mar 09 10:28 AM
I think letter A-D are acceptable. However if you are talking about Planned actions Letter D is correct- meaning you have decided to do it. Now if you're referring to schedules or time tables,  Simple Present is highly to be  used. (*-)) Thinking
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