Signification
To gather or spend time with people you know well.
Contexte culturel
Meeting friends often revolves around the 'pub' culture. It's common to meet 'for a pint' after work, even if you don't drink alcohol, as the pub is a community hub. The 'Coffee Date' or 'Brunch' is a massive cultural staple for meeting friends, especially in cities. It's often a weekend ritual that can last for hours. The concept of 'Fika' is a dedicated time to meet friends or colleagues for coffee and cake. It's a mandatory social break in Swedish culture. Meeting friends often happens very late at night compared to English-speaking countries. Meeting for 'tapas' involves moving from one bar to another as a group.
Use 'Meet up'
If you want to sound more like a native speaker, add 'up'. 'I'm meeting up with friends' is very natural.
Past Tense
Never say 'meeted'. Always use 'met'. This is one of the most common mistakes at A2 level.
Signification
To gather or spend time with people you know well.
Use 'Meet up'
If you want to sound more like a native speaker, add 'up'. 'I'm meeting up with friends' is very natural.
Past Tense
Never say 'meeted'. Always use 'met'. This is one of the most common mistakes at A2 level.
For vs To
Use 'for' to describe the activity: 'meet friends for coffee', 'meet friends for dinner'.
Vague Plans
In English, 'We should meet for coffee sometime' often just means 'Goodbye' and isn't a real plan!
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank with the correct form of 'meet'.
Yesterday, I ___ my friends at the cinema.
The sentence refers to 'yesterday', so we need the irregular past tense form 'met'.
Which sentence is the most natural for a social plan?
I have a plan for tonight.
This uses the present continuous for a future plan and the correct transitive verb usage.
Complete the dialogue.
A: Do you want to watch a movie tonight? B: I can't. I'm ___ friends for dinner.
'Meeting friends for dinner' is the standard collocation for social plans.
Match the phrase to the situation.
You are at a cafe waiting for Sarah and Tom. The waiter asks if you are ready to order.
You use the present continuous to describe an action that is about to happen or is in progress.
🎉 Score : /4
Aides visuelles
Meet vs. Make
Types of Meetings
Casual
- • Hang out
- • Meet up
Specific
- • Catch up
- • Grab coffee
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesYesterday, I ___ my friends at the cinema.
The sentence refers to 'yesterday', so we need the irregular past tense form 'met'.
I have a plan for tonight.
This uses the present continuous for a future plan and the correct transitive verb usage.
A: Do you want to watch a movie tonight? B: I can't. I'm ___ friends for dinner.
'Meeting friends for dinner' is the standard collocation for social plans.
You are at a cafe waiting for Sarah and Tom. The waiter asks if you are ready to order.
You use the present continuous to describe an action that is about to happen or is in progress.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
12 questionsBoth are okay, but 'meet friends' is much more common for social activities. 'Meet with' sounds more formal or professional.
Yes, 'see friends' is a very common synonym. 'I'm seeing some friends tonight' is perfectly natural.
'Meet' is the general verb. 'Meet up' emphasizes the act of gathering at a specific time and place. They are mostly interchangeable.
Don't use 'meet'. Use 'I ran into a friend' or 'I bumped into a friend'.
Yes! In modern English, it's very common to say 'I'm meeting my friends on Zoom' or 'in the game'.
No, it's neutral. You can use it with your boss or your best friend.
It is 'met'. For example: 'I met them yesterday.'
No, never use 'to' after meet. It's just 'meet [person]'.
Usually no. That is 'make friends'. 'Meet friends' usually means people you already know.
You can say 'hang out' or 'link up'.
Yes, but usually you'd say 'I'm meeting a girl/guy' or 'I'm going on a date'. 'Meeting friends' implies a group.
Always 'meet for coffee'.
Expressions liées
Hang out
similarTo spend time together informally.
Catch up
specialized formTo meet and talk about news since the last time you saw each other.
Make friends
contrastTo form new friendships.
Meet up
similarTo gather at a specific place.
Get together
synonymA social gathering.
