1. Saying hello/goodbye; arranging to meet (1)

Sam bumps into Jenny

Main practise: saying hello/goodbye; arranging to meet
Revision: Present Perfect - how about…? - to look forward to - (to) come over

Vocabulary

All the expressions are colloquial, (informal) English.

make a date: agree a date and time to meet, i.e.
Lets make a date to meet next week.

catch up: to exchange news with a someone you haven't seen for some time, i.e.
We must meet soon and catch up.

meet up: to meet, i.e.
Shall we meet up some time next weekend?

come over: to go to someone's home, i.e.
Come over to my place tonight.

ages: a long time, i.e.

I haven't seen you for ages.
She hasn't had a holiday for ages.
With ‘since': It's ages since we've been to a party.
For ages' can mean days or years depending on the context.

(to) dash: to hurry, leave quickly, i.e

Oh, is that the time? I must dash: I want to get to the supermarket before it closes.

(our) place - our home

Conversation

Sam and Jenny haven't met for a long time. They make a date to meet up at Sam's home so they can catch up with each other's news.

Sam: Jenny. Hi, how are you?

Jenny: Hi, it's lovely to see you. I'm fine, how're you?

Sam: Very well. It's since we've seen each other.

Jenny: Almost a year I think.

Sam: At Dave's party, wasn't it?

Jenny: That's right. And we said we'd for coffee but we never did.

Sam: Oh, life get's so busy, doesn't it?

Jenny: Well, look, I must now, but let's make a date to meet.

Sam: Great, how about Saturday morning?

Jenny: Fine. Where?'

Sam: to our place and we can with all our news.
About eleven?

Jenny: Great. I'll look forward to it. See you then.

Sam: Me too. Bye for now. Take care.

Exercise

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