"This December" - present or future?
As part of a grammar test, I have to fill in the blank in the following sentence:
"It's _________ this December".
a) is b) is being c) is going to be
I understand that "is being" does not work here at all, and I think the right answer is "it is going to be" and that means that it's not December yet, but we are making a prediction for December (the future). But how would I say it if it was December now? "It's cold this month" ? Can I plug in the word "December" to the sentence somehow?
Thanks.Ah! I'm sorry I missed one word in the sentence.
It was "It ____ cold this December".
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REWRITE: It ____ this December.
This is like a trick question, because many of us in conversation would say, "It's this December." But the meaning of this is: "It's [going to be] this [coming] December." (SIMPLE FUTURE for an activity planned or talked about earlier)
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You're right. "Is being" wouldn't work here. "It is going to be this December" makes sense, but it could still be "It is this December." English is my native language, and this is giving me a little trouble, because it could be either answer depending on what question is being asked to yield this answer. If I had to choose, I would choose "It is this December" because it sounds like this could be the answer to a question such as "When is the concert?"
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Thank you, Dan!
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In real life, it is more common to say, "It is cold this month." You could say, "This is a cold December." In this case, I am comparing this December to past Decembers.
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Its going to be December
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