Know or Meet?

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Both meet and know can be translated as conocer.

Meet is used to express the first time that you conoces someone - you introduce yourselves to each other. From that moment on, you know the person though not very well.

e.g. I know David. He's Rachel's boyfriend. I met him a couple of months ago.

There is also "get to know" - "llegar a conocer" - which we use to describe the process of discovering more about people.

e.g. She seems nice. I'd like to get to know her.

Meet can also have the meaning of "quedar con" or "encontrar"

e.g. I meet my friends every Saturday.
e.g. You'll never guess who I've just met*.

* Here you could use bump into - a chance meeting with someone ie not arranged.

Complete the following sentences with meet, know or get to know in its correct form.

1. Hello. My name is John. Nice _______ you.
2. Where did you ______ your husband?
3. Have you ever ______ a famous person?
4. Have you ________ each other for long?
5. I don't ______ her, do I? Her name doesn't sound familiar.
6. A: Have we ______ before? B: maybe at Cath's birthday party last year.
7. It took a long time to _________ her. She's very shy.
8. How long have you _______ James?
9. Shall we ______ at 6 in front of the theatre?
10. I wouldn't mind _______ her better.
11. Well, it's been nice ______ you. I hope to see you again soon.
12. I _____ an old school friend on the way here.
13. A: How well do you ______ Zoe? B: Not as well as I'd like to.
14. Do you _______ any plumbers? My sink is leaking.
15. _____ me at the corner in 10 minutes.
16. I'm sure I've ____ you somewhere before.
17. Although Sandra didn't _______anyone, she soon made friends.
18. We ______ at uni but we only ______ each other when we started work in the same office.

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry.

You don't know how lovely you are

The above two lines are from the song The Scientist by Coldplay. Try to complete the lyrics to the song. You can find other songs to complete at Lyrics Training.