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

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

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	Accepting	Declining/Refusing
● 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. ● I won’t say no! ● Why not? ●That would be very nice.	● Sorry, I can’t. ● I’d love to, but I have another plan that day. ● I don’t think I can go, sorry. ● Thank you very much, but I have lunch first. ● That’s very kind of you, but I many things to do right now.