Nice to meet you.

  • Topic: Nice to meet you.
  • Communication Objectives: To learn to greet people the first time you meet them.
  • Language Objectives: To learn to learn formulaic expressions for greeting people the first time you meet.
  • Vocabulary:  nice, meet, you,
  • Sentence Structures:
    • Nice to meet you.
    • Nice to meet you too.

nice to meet you

  • Grammar:  We often use the expression ‘Nice to meet you’ when it is the first time, we are meeting someone. The word ‘nice’ is an adjective, which in this case is often followed by the the infinitive form of the verb ‘to meet’. Here are some other examples:
    • Nice (adjective to describe how I feel) + to meet (infinitive or base form of the verb)
    • Glad (adjective to describe how I feel) + to meet (infinitive or base form of the verb)
    • Pleased (adjective to describe how I feel) + to meet (infinitive or base form of the verb)
    • Happy(adjective to describe how I feel) + to meet (infinitive or base form of the verb)