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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Present progressive vs be going to

Hello,

Why it is that in most cases present progressive form is more often used than be going to?

Eg., What are you wearing at the party tonight?/ What are you going to wear at the party tonight?
What time are you leaving tomorrow?/What time are you going to leave tomorrow?

(In both sentences the test said that 'be going to' was a wrong option)

There is no context and I know that both can be used, but like I said almost in all situations in tests they choose present progressive form instead of be going to.

Thanks
  

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Why it is that in most cases present progressive form is more often used than be going to? -- I don't believe that is true. What is the source of your statistic?

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Why it is that in most cases present progressive form is more often used than be going to?-- I don't believe that is true. What is the source of your statistic?

Eg., What are you wearing at the party tonight?/ What are you going to wear at the party tonight?
What time are you leaving tomorrow?/What time are you going to leave tomorrow?
In both sentences the test said that
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Most online tests say that. I know now it's not true. Unfortunately the test was not that good. In most questions more than one answer was possible.
Could you please reply to my post Future tenses? In that test too it said that only ' we are going to have dinner', 'it will snow'
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I have read and responded at your link.
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It's correct because in both sentences the present continuous emphasizes that there are the future arrangements
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WhatsApp are you wearing ti the party?

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