The following list has vocabulary related to meeting someone new and having a first short conversation.

Meeting someone new vocabulary

A family with many children (over 4 or 5) and relatives.

An informal word for when leaving. (interjection)

A phrase to use when interrupting someone who is already

A greeting to use when meeting someone important or if you are being polite, e.g. hello, how do you do. (noun)

A place where a person was born or lives, e.g. where are you from? (preposition)

A formal greeting to use after midday but before 5 pm. Can be shortened to the informal ‘afternoon’. (noun)

A formal greeting to use after 5pm. Can be shortened to the informal ‘evening’. (noun)

A formal greeting to use before midday. Can be shortened to the informal ‘morning’. (noun)

he word used to greet someone, e.g. hello. (noun)

A formal greeting. The correct reply is also ‘how do you do?’

A phrase to explain that the conversation needs to end.

To tell someone your name or another person’s name. (verb)

A greeting to use after someone is introduced to you.

A phrase to use when you did not hear what was said. (interjection)

o treat someone with respect. (adjective)

A question to ask to get a lot of information about a person. When answering include your name, job, where you come from and possibly your age as well as family information.

A question to ask for the same information from someone as they asked from you.