Simple Present and Present Progressive in the meaning of future

[mehmetmamger]

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.

[Andrew Whitehead]

Originally Posted by mehmetmamger

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.

All except E.

There are basically four ways to talk about the future - will, going to, present continuous, and present simple.

Will is an idea, or a response to to something
going to is planned
present continuous is arranged
present simple is scheduled

"How are you getting to France?"

1) "we will drive there!" - you just had the idea
2)"we are going to drive there" - you have planned the route and arranged for the car to be serviced.
3)"we are driving there" - the car is serviced, the Channel Tunnel is booked, and an overnight stop at a hotel in Rouen is confirmed.
4)"we drive there at 8am tomorrow, the Tunnel ticket is for 12 noon." - you have your timetable.

In your examples, A and B could use present simple.

[mehmetmamger]

Thank you very much.