Minggu, 25 November 2012
Invitation
Invitation is a written or spoken request asking someone to spend time
with you socially or to come somewhere or
to do something. An invitation usually uses simple present
tense, and sometimes there is simple future tense.
Kinds of invitation card:
·
Anniversary Card
·
Birthday Card
·
Business Card
·
Christmas Card
·
Greeting Card
·
Valentine Card
·
Wedding
Card
·
Reception Card
·
Ceremony Card
·
Response Card
Example of invitation:
-Birthday Invitation
-Wedding Invitation
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
request the pleasure of
request the pleasure of
company
on the occasion of
the marriage of their daughter,
Catherin Angela
with
William Steven,
at St Santo's, Knightsbridge
on Monday, 27th December 2009
at 3.30 o'clock and afterwards at Paula Hotel,
200, Main Street, Knightsbridge
the marriage of their daughter,
Catherin Angela
with
William Steven,
at St Santo's, Knightsbridge
on Monday, 27th December 2009
at 3.30 o'clock and afterwards at Paula Hotel,
200, Main Street, Knightsbridge
R.S.V.P.
- Graduation
Party
We
also can invite someone by talk directly to that person. And he/she can accept
or refuse/decline our invitation. Below is the example dialog that shows one
invitation from the boy declining by the girl, and the other one had accepted.
Boy:
“This weekend Andrew, Donny, and I are going to the night fair. Would you like
to join us?”
Girl:
“I’d love to”
Boy:
“Good. Then, after the fair, we plan to eat spaghetti at Mr.Joe’s”
Girl:
“sorry, but I don’t like spaghetti. So, I’ll go home first”
Boy:
“That’s ok”.
Here
some expressions to invite, accept, and decline an invitation.
Inviting
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Accepting
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Declining/Refusing
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●
You’ll do a math course, won’t you?
●Please
do come to my house on Sunday.
●Won’t
you attend the party?
●What
about having lunch together?
●Would
you like to go shopping with me?
|
●
Yes, I’ll.
●
That’s sounds a nice idea.
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I won’t say no!
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Why not?
●That
would be very nice.
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●
Sorry, I can’t.
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I’d love to, but I have another plan that day.
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I don’t think I can go, sorry.
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Thank you very much, but I have lunch first.
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That’s very kind of you, but I many things to do right now.
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