English irregular verbs, past forms of Meet: Meet - Met - Met

Past forms of Meet

Example

V0

Meet

/miːt/

I meet Robert at work everyday. 

V2

Met

/met/

I met Robert at work yesterday. 

V3

Met

/met/

I haven’t met Robert at work for a long time.

12 English tenses

I

He/She/It

We/You/They

Present simple tense

meet

meets

meet

For example:

• I meet my friends for coffee every Sunday morning. 
• He meets his colleagues for lunch at the pantry every day. 
• They meet their neighbors for a barbecue party every spring. 

Present continuous tense

am meeting

is meeting

are meeting

For example:

• I am meeting my friend for lunch at the moment. 
• He is meeting with his clients to discuss the new project. 
• They are meeting at the park to plan for the upcoming event. 

Present perfect tense

have met

has met

have met

For example:

• I have met with the new team members to introduce myself. 
• He has met his deadline for submitting the project proposal. 
• They have met the requirements for joining the club. 

Present perfect continuous tense

have been meeting

has been meeting

have been meeting

For example:

• I have been meeting with the team all day to discuss our progress. 
• He has been meeting with potential investors during the past few weeks to secure funding for the project. 
• They have been meeting with city officials all morning to address the issues in the community. 

Past simple tense

met

met

met

For example:

• I met my friend for coffee yesterday afternoon. 
• He met with his advisor to discuss his academic plan last week. 
• They met at the library to study for their exams together yesterday morning. 

Past continuous tense

was meeting

was meeting

were meeting

For example:

• I was meeting my friend at the cafe when you called. 
• He was meeting with his boss when I went to the office yesterday. 
• They were meeting with the clients when the power went out suddenly.

Past Perfect Tense

had met

had met

had met

For example:

• I had met Anna when we graduated from university three years ago. 
• She had met her boyfriend in Paris before she came back to Vietnam. 
• We had met at his house before we went fishing. 

Past perfect continuous tense

had been meeting

had been meeting

had been meeting

For example:

• I had been meeting with my colleagues all morning before the unexpected interruption occurred.
• He had been meeting with clients for hours before he finally closed the deal. 
• They had been meeting with the project team for weeks before they made the final decision. 

Simple future tense

will meet

will meet

will meet

For example:

• I will meet with the client tomorrow morning to discuss the new project. 
• He will meet his friends for dinner at the new restaurant next weekend. 
• They will meet at the park for a picnic on Sunday afternoon. 

Future continuous tense

will be meeting

will be falling

will be falling

For example:

• I will be meeting with the project team at this time tomorrow. 
• He will be meeting with his colleagues for lunch when you arrive. 
• They will be meeting with the HR department to discuss the new policies at this time next week. 

Future Perfect tense

will have met

will have met

will have met

For example:

• I will have met with the team by the time you arrive. 
• He will have met with guests before the end of the day. 
• They will have met with the board of directors by the deadline. 

Future perfect continuous tense

will have been meeting

will have been meeting

will have been meeting

For example:

• I will have been meeting with the team for two hours by the time you arrive.
• He will have been meeting with the client all morning when you call him. 
• They will have been meeting with the investors for several days before they made a decision. 

Special structure

I

He/She/It

We/You/They

Conditional sentences

Conditional sentence type 2 - Main clause

would meet

would meet

would meet

For example:

• If I had more free time, I would meet you for coffee every morning.
• If she lived closer, she would meet us for dinner more often. 
• If they were in town, they would meet us at the concert tonight. 

Conditional sentence type 2 - Variation of the main clause

would be meeting

would be meeting

would be meeting

For example:

• If I had more flexibility in my schedule, I would be meeting with clients all day. 
• If she were feeling better, she would be meeting her friends for lunch right now. 
• If they weren't so busy with work, they would be meeting us for dinner now. 

Conditional sentence type 3 - Main clause

would have fallen

would have fallen

would have fallen

For example:

• If I had left home earlier, I would have met the train on time.
• If she had attended the conference last month, she would have met many influential people in her field. 
• If they had followed the map, they would have met us at the restaurant instead of getting lost. 

Conditional sentence type 3 - Variation of the main clause

would have been meeting

would have been meeting

would have been meeting

For example:

• If I had arrived on time, I would have been meeting with the client right now.
• If she had finished her project earlier, she would have been meeting with her supervisor at the moment. 
• If they had left the office sooner, they would have been meeting with the investors by now. 

Hypothetical sentence

Hypothetical Sentence Expressing a Present Event

meet

meet

meet

Hypothetical Sentence Expressing a Contrast with Reality in the Present

met

met

met

Hypothetical Sentence Expressing a Contrast with Reality in the Past

had met

had met

had met

For example

• If I meet my friend today, we usually go for a walk in the park. 
• If she had met her colleague yesterday, they probably would have discussed the upcoming project. 
• If they met earlier, they would eat dinner. 

Phrasal verbs with Fall

Meaning

Example

Meet up

come into the presence or company of someone, especially by arrangement

We're meeting up on Sunday - I haven't seen them for ages. 

Meet up with

to see and talk to someone after making an arrangement to do so

I'm meeting up with some friends after work. 

Meet with

to experience something, usually something unpleasant

They met with some problems they hadn't anticipated. 

to cause a particular reaction or result

The show met with poor reviews. 

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

1. B
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. A

1. meet up with
2. meet up with
3. met with
4. meet up
5. met with