Is or is being?

[irenah]

Test No. incompl/elem-10 "Present Tense", question 7

Why ......... late every time we arrange to meet?

(a) is he
(b) he is
(c) is he being

Test No. incompl/elem-10 "Present Tense", answer 7

Why is he late every time we arrange to meet?

Correct answer: (a) is he

Your answer was: incorrect
Why is he being late every time we arrange to meet?
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why is that incorrect?
Please can you give me an explanation for that?

irenah

[Alan]

Here you need is because late is a single/static situation. Sometimes you can use the verb be in the countinuous form to suggest something that always happens and makes you annoyed as in: He is being stupid just to make you angry.
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[Guest]

[Guest]

These columns are being watched.
Why is he here?
Is he being watched?
Why is he being watched?

[Vesna]

Alan wrote:
Here you need is because late is a single/static situation. Sometimes you can use the verb be in the countinuous form to suggest something that always happens and makes you annoyed as in: He is being stupid just to make you angry.

I thought that situation in this sentence always happens: ''Why is he being late every time we arrange to met?''

[Alan]

Hi,

I think the point here is that 'late' doesn't describe a way of behaving or of adopting a particular attitude. This would be a requirement in sentences like: He is being stupid just to make you angry.

Alan
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