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Hello everyone,If there is a series of pictures showing someone's activities, I wonder if I can ask about them using the present progressive + time.I mean, is it possible to introduce the present progressive along with the hours? Is it a good idea?Are they possible?a) Now it's twelve o'clock. She is sleeping.b) What is she doing at twelve o'clock? She is sleeping.etc.I mean, I can also ask them, for example, in present simple.a) She sleeps at twelve o'clock.b) What does she do at twelve o'clock? She sleeps.etc.And I can also use the hours with all the other tenses except the perfect tenses; right?Thanks.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

anonymousI mean, is it possible to introduce the present progressive along with the hours? Is it a good idea?

Yes. You see it quite often in stories.

The present simple is not as common.

CalifJim · Answer

anonymousa) Now it's twelve o'clock. She is sleeping.
b) What is she doing at twelve o'clock? She is sleeping.

Those are fine.

anonymousa) She sleeps at twelve o'clock.
b) What does she do at twelve o'clock? She sleeps.

No.

What does she do at twelve o'clock? She goes to sleep.

to go to sleep is an action that can occur at a point in time.

to sleep is not an action that can occur at a point in time.
to be sleeping can occur at a point in time. You are either sleeping or not sleeping (awake) at a point in time.

At a point in time you can also "fall asleep". He goes to sleep at 10 o'clock every night. He falls asleep at 10 o'clock every night.

You sleep for a period of time: He sleeps for 8 hours every night.

CJ

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