when you are going to sleep vs when you sleep

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'When you are going to sleep' is used to refer to the period leading up to going to sleep, while 'when you sleep' is used to refer to the actual act of sleeping.

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when you are going to sleep

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to the period leading up to going to sleep, indicating the time before falling asleep.

Examples:

Make sure to turn off all the lights when you are going to sleep.
I like to read a book when I am going to sleep.

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So you are going to sleep here?
If you are going to sleep on the couch, just fold the covers neatly when you get up.
The boys are going to sleep ealry.
All my friends are going to sleep over, and we're going to have birthday cake for breakfast.
Of 6 billion human beings, half are living on less than EUR 2 per day and 800 million are going to sleep hungry every night.
None of us are going to sleep until this is over.
when you are going to release my had, will I be able to go to sleep?
Yes, you are going to have to Sleep or he will make you sleep.
I hated going to sleep when I was a kid.
They say it's like going to sleep.
I'm going to sleep with her.
I'm going to sleep on my lab table.
End up going to sleep by the vending machine.
I wasn't planning on going to sleep again tonight anyway.
I am not going to sleep like this.
Substantial type, eats pie before going to sleep.
Mr. Simply's going to sleep.
- Then when you're going to sleep...
Jamal is going to sleep here, mama.
They have no interest in going to sleep.

Alternatives:

when you are getting ready for bed
when you are preparing to sleep
when you are about to sleep
when you are getting into bed
when you are winding down for the night

when you sleep

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to the actual act of sleeping, indicating the time during which a person is asleep.

Examples:

I don't like to be disturbed when I sleep.
You should try to get at least eight hours of sleep every night.

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Wrap a towel around your stomach when you sleep.
You look like a little porcupine when you sleep.
Put your hands over your eyes when you sleep, so that they won't peck them out.
Do you hug this when you sleep?
When you work, when you sleep, who brushed their teeth, who don't.
When you sleep, the wall is your blanket.
And you have to stop looking so pretty when you sleep.
I think that's just what happens when you sleep next to an open sewer.
And they pull on your feet when you sleep and put your socks in the fishbowl.
I hope you stay still when you sleep... ...because I'm putting a rat trap between your legs.
But listen, when you sleep... and struggle like that, you know that increases the hunger?
When you sleep your face is slack.
When you sleep away, you're supposed to call first thing in the morning.
When you sleep with me, you always whisper the name of Chun Ho.
When you sleep here during the summer, it's actually cold.
When you sleep in this bedroom, I hope - I mean, I haven't slept in it yet.
When you sleep, Mondo, you are not there.
When you sleep, there are no other voices in your mind?
When you sleep, do you toss and turn, thrash around a lot?
Accept that he watches you when you sleep.

Alternatives:

while you are sleeping
during your sleep
at the time of sleeping
when you are in bed
while you are resting

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when you are going to sleep vs when you sleep