invitations moodle version for revision
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What are these types of text?
Invitations
Talk to your partner.
• Have you been invited anywhere recently?
Where? Why? What was your answer?
• Have you invited anyone to your house recently?
Why? What was their answer?
Talk to your partner.
• What phrases do you know to make an invitation?
• What about to accept or refuse an invitation?
Would you like to come to my
party?
Make an invitation
• I’d like to invite you to …
• Are you free on Saturday?
• Do you fancy going to …?
• Would you like to …?
• I hope you’ll be able to come to …
Accept an invitation
Yes, I’d love to.
Yeah, great.
Sounds great.
Refuse an invitation
• I’d love to, but I’m afraid I can’t.
• I’m sorry, I can’t.
• Unfortunately, we will not be able to come.
Writing an invitation letter
Writing an invitation letter
When we write a letter which order should we write these parts of the letter?
When Greeting Ending Invite
Writing an invitation letter
1. Greeting
2. Invite
3. When
4. Ending
Writing an invitation letter
Look at the language we can use for each part of the letter
Greeting
Dear Declan,Sorry I haven’t written to you
forso long but I ’ve been really
busy.
or
How are you? I haven’t seen you for a long time.
InviteIt ’s my birthday next week. Would
youlike to come for dinner?or
I ’d like to invite you to my wedding.
or
I ’m having a party next week. I hope
you can come.
When
The party is next Tuesday at 8.00.
or
Come round to my house at 7.30 p.m.
or
The ceremony starts at 2.30 p.m.
Ending
Love, Dawn
or
Best wishes,Dawn
The reply
• Greeting
• Accept or Refuse
• Ending
Greeting
Dear Dawn,Thanks so much for your letter.
or
It’s good to hear from you. Thank you for
the invitation.
Accept
I ’d love to come to your wedding. I am looking forward to seeing you again.
or
The party sounds great. I ’d love to
come.
Refuse
I ’d love to come to your wedding but I ’m
afraid I can’t. I am going away onholiday that week.or
It’s so nice of you to invite me, but I ’m
afraid I can’t come to dinner as I am
working on Friday evening.
Ending
Love,Declan
or
Best wishes,Declan