What month is this month?

[SophiaM]

Hello teachers,
Can you please help me?

1)What month is this month?
2)What month is next month?

I know grammatically the above sentences are correct but do they sound funny? If they do, please tell me the correct way to ask about months.

Thank you.

 

[BobK]

What month is this/it/are we in? (This last one's tricky for francophones, who tend to omit the 'in'.)

What month is it next month?

Good question. Your versions, as you say, sound funny.

b

 

[BobK]

PS - I underlined the 'it' in the last one, but it's not stressed. I just wanted to emphasize how nearly right you were. The stress, as you might expect, is on the first 'month'.

b