this summer
fixed phr..fixed phr.. You use this to talk about the summer that is happening now or the one that is coming soon.
fixed phr.. A noun phrase functioning as a temporal adverbial, referring to the summer season of the present year or the one immediately following.
We are going to the beach this summer.
She's working a part-time job to save money for her trip to Spain this summer.
The city council's controversial decision to close the public pools this summer has sparked widespread protests from residents facing a record-breaking heatwave.
Its meaning depends on context: it can mean the current summer or the next one.
Teach this in a set with 'last summer' and 'next summer', and highlight that these phrases do not take a preposition like 'in' or 'on'.
I will travel in this summer.I will travel this summer.Time phrases with 'this', 'last', and 'next' do not need a preposition like 'in' or 'on'.