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The Race - POV

Hello, welcome to the point-of-view stories for The Race. Let’s start.

First, we will begin the story with “since last month”. Starting last month until now, okay? Since last month.

Since last month, Allen has ridden his motorcycle every day in San Francisco. Each day, he has ridden down Van Ness Street and has come to a stoplight. And each day, a red Ferrari has pulled up next to him.

Every time, the driver has been wearing dark sunglasses. He has looked over at Allen. Each time, Allen has looked over at the driver and has realized that the driver was Tom Cruise.

Tom has always sneered at Allen and he has always said, “when the light turns green, let’s race.” And each day, from one month ago until now, Allen has said, “alright, you’re on.”

Then, Tom has always said, “I’m gonna smoke you sucka”. And then Allen has always said, “you wish. I’m gonna beat you and your sorry-ass car.”

Then starting one month ago every day until now, each time Allen and Tom have waited at the light. Each time, they have revved their engines. And each time, suddenly the light has turned green. And each time, Allen and Tom have taken off.

Each time, they have zoomed down Van Ness at top speed. And Tom has always been winning. Unfortunately for Tom, every time, blue and red lights have appeared behind Tom and it has always been the police.

And they have always pulled him over. Every time, Allen has zoomed past Tom laughing and he has yelled every time, “better luck next time.”

Allen has always been the winner.

Okay, that is all of the story using the perfect tense, right? So starting one month ago and then happening again and again and again until now.

Okay, now the second version is the future, the future. Let’s imagine this is a dream or this is a movie idea for the future. So we’ll start with “next year”, next year… Let’s imagine.

Next year at 5 o’clock, Allen will be riding his motorcycle in San Francisco. He’ll be riding down Van Ness Street and he’ll come to a stoplight.

A red Ferrari is gonna pull up next to him. The driver will be wearing dark sunglasses. He’ll look over at Allen. Allen’ll look at him and he’ll realize that the driver is Tom Cruise.

Tom’ll sneer at Allen. He’ll say, “when the light turns green, let’s race.” Allen’ll say “alright, you are on.” Tom’ll say, “I’m gonna smoke you, sucka”

Allen’ll say, “you wish. I’m gonna beat you and your sorry-ass car.” Allen and Tom will wait at the light. They’ll rev their engines. Suddenly, the light’s gonna turn green. Allen and Tom’ll take off. They’ll zoom down Van Ness at top speed.

Tom’ll be winning but suddenly, blue and red lights will appear behind Tom. It’ll be the police. They’re gonna pull him over. Allen’ll zoom past Tom laughing. He’ll yell, “better luck next time.”

Allen will be the winner.

Okay, in the future, listen carefully because in real speech real conversation, we usually add ‘ll, ‘ll, to make the future.

For example, Allen’ll, Allen’ll. That ‘ll is short for will. We can say Allen will go. But in normal speech, fast speech, we usually say ‘ll. Allen’ll go, Allen’ll go to the store. That’s the future.

We also say gonna instead of going to. In books you learned going to. I am going to go to the store. But in normal speaking, we use gonna. I’m gonna go to the store. I’ll go to the store or I’m gonna go to the store.

So listen carefully to these future stories. These future versions.

Okay, that is all for the point-of-view mini-stories for The Race.