Invitations and reply to invitations

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Talking and Applied Writing
Invitations and reply to invitations
Teaching tasks
Useful sentence patterns in spoken invitations
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Invitations and reply to invitations
How to invite people
What does an invitation consist of
How to reply to invitations
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How to invite people
Invitation card
Spoken invitation
Invitation letter
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What does an invitation consist of
Requesting someones presence  
Stating the specific event 
Setting the time and place  
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How to reply to invitations
Accepting an invitation  
Declining an invitation 
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Teaching tasks
Read and write invitation cards
Invite people, accept an invitation or decline it
Write an invitation letter and a reply to it
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Samples
Sample one
Sample two
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Sample one

• Mr. and Mrs. Wangrequest the pleasure of your
  companyat a dinner party in celebration oftheir
  daughter's eighteenth birthdaySaturday, the
  sixth of Marchat 800pm74 Salisbury Street,
  Beeston, Nottingham

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Sample two

• Dear Mr. Smith, You are invited to attend
  a hike to the Great Wall on Friday, November
  17th. The coach will leave at 7 o'clock.Your
  family and friends are welcome, too. We would
  feel honored if you can join us for the wonderful
  trip. Peter

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Learn to invite people, accept an invitation and
decline it
Follow the samples
Act out
Put in use
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Follow the samples
Sample one
Sample two
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Inviting Friends to a Party
W Wang, mWilliam
Sample 1
W Hello, William. What are you doing tomorrow
evening?   m Tomorrow evening? Nothing special,
I was thinking of watching TV.   W Drag
yourself away from television for a change. Im
having a few friends to have a dinner party
tomorrow to celebrate my daughters birthday.
How would you like to join us?   m Great. That
would be super. Congratulations!   W Thank you.
How about eight oclock? Is that OK?  
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Inviting Friends to a Party

• m Oh yes, fine. Would it be all right if I
  brought somebody with me?  
• W Yes, of course.  
• m OK. Fine. Do you want me to bring something
  to drink? Red wine or white?  
• W Um, white wine, if you feel you must bring
  something. But its not necessary.  
• m Ill do that. Well, indeed, thank you very
  much for inviting me.  
• W My pleasure.  
• m Ill be along at eight. Looking forward to
  it.  
• W Yeah, see you then.  

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Declining an Invitation
C Chang, SSmith
Sample 2

• C Are you doing anything special on Friday, Mr.
  Smith?  
• S Yes, Mr. Johnson and I have promised to call
  on some friends at the embassy.  
• C Oh, what a pity!  
• S What did you have in mind?  
• C We were thinking of asking you and Mr.
  Johnson to go to the Great Wall.  

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Declining an Invitation
Sample 2
S Id love to and Im sure Mr. Johnson would,
too. I wonder if we could make it some other
time if it is convenient?   C What about
Saturday? But I need to alert you that the coach
will leave quite early at 7 oclock.   S Ill
ask Mr. Johnson if he has any plans, but I think
itll be all right. Suppose I give you a ring
this afternoon and let you know.   C That would
be fine.  
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Act out
Task One
Task Two
Task Three
Task Four
Task Five
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Task one
Here is a group of short dialogues. Follow the
examples to make more conversations with your
partner.  
A Lets go swimming today. B Good idea.
Where do you want to go? A Oh, Ive no idea
yet. How about going to the downtown
pool? B Okay. Thats fine with me.
  Task Suggest going skiing with your friend.
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Task two
A What are you doing on Saturday night? B
Im not sure. Why? A Well, I was thinking of
going to a movie with you this
weekend. B Sounds great.    Task Invite your
friend to go to a concert on Friday evening.
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Task three
A What are you going to do this weekend,
Jenny? Got any plans?   B Want to see a
movie? Ghost is on at the Marina.   A Yeah,
why not? The early show or the late show?   B
Lets go to the late show, and we could do
something afterward. Maybe go dancing or hear
some music. Task Invite your friend to go to
the early show of the movie My Fair Lady.  
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Task four

• A Would you like to go roller skating this
  Saturday afternoon?  
• B Saturday afternoon? Im afraid I wont be
  able to. Ive got to help my parents clean up the
  yard.
• A Maybe some other time then.  
• B That would be nice. We should try and do
  something together soon.  
•  Task Decline your friends invitation to go
  dancing next Friday afternoon.  

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Task five
A Well, thank goodness. Its Friday, Jean? B
Yes, it was a long week, Ken.   A Say, I was
wondering if you would like to go out to dinner
tonight. Id like to take you somewhere really
special.   B Oh, thanks, but ... maybe some
other time. Ive got so much work to do. Ill be
working at the office late tonight.    Task
Decline your friends invitation to go out to
dinner.
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Put in Use
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
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Exercise1
Imagine you are inviting your friend Bill to a
concert tonight, but he happens to have to finish
a term paper. Complete the following conversation
with him by filling out the blanks.  
YYou
BBill
What are you doing tonight
Y1 ___________________________, Bill?   B Im
not sure. Why?   YWell, 2 _____________________
if you would like to go to a concert with
me?   BTonight? 3 ______________. But I really
have to stay in and 4 _____________________.  
I was wondering
I wish I could
write a term paper
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Exercise 1
Y Thats too bad.   B It is. Going to a concert
sounds like a lot more fun than writing a term
paper.   Y Oh, maybe 5 _______________________.
We should try and do something
together soon.   B 6 ______________. Lets talk
about it together later.   Y OK. See
you later.  
some other time then
Thats right
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Exercise2
Imagine you are a friend of Jennifers. Tomorrow
is your birthday. You are inviting her to come to
your birthday party. Fill in the blanks according
to the Chinese version provided.    
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are you doing anything special tomorrow evening  
You Jennifer, 1 __________________________?
(??????????????)   Jennifer No, nothing
special.  
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Id like to invite you to come to my birthday
party. Would you like to join us   
You 2 __________________________?
(???????????????????)   Jennifer Yes, Id
love to.  
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Good. Will you come at 700
You 3 __________________________?
(??,?????????)   Jennifer Oh,
yes, fine. Do you want me to bring something to
drink? Orange juice or lemonade?  
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Lemonade if you must bring something  
You 4 ____________________________________.
(???????????,???????)   Jennifer Ill do that.
Thank you very much for inviting
me.  
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Exercise3
Imagine you are a friend of Marys. You are
asking her to go to a movie. Play your role
according to the clues given in the brackets.
YYou
MMary
What are you going to do this weekend
Y 1 (????????????),Mary? Got any plans?
  M Nothing special. Why?   Y Want to see a
movie? 2 (????????????????)  
Thunderstorm is on at the Friendship.  
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The early show or the late show?  
M Yeah, why not? 3 (??????????)   Y Lets go to
the early show, and we could do something
afterward. 4 (???????????)  
Maybe go to KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) or a
Coffee Shop.  
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Id rather go to KFC.    
When and where shall we meet?
M 5 (????????)   Y 6 (?????????????)
  M Ill come to your house to pick you up at
six oclock.   Y 7 (????????) See you then.
Thats very kind of you.  
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an invitation letter and a reply
Write
Read the invitation letters
Translate an invitation letter
Write a reply to invitation letter
Write an invitation letter
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Read the invitation letter
Read
TECHNOLOGY IN ENGINEERING CONFERENCE   45
BROUGHTON Street, Brighton   J. Higgins
  Purchasing Manager   Zacron Engineering   Unit
5   Hempstead Industrial Estate   Hemel Hempstead
HP2 7FX May 25, 2002
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Read
Dear Mr. Higgins,   We have pleasure in
inviting you to our annual (???) conference. This
year it will be taking place at the Metropole
Hotel, Brighton, from 24 to 28, July.   We
enclose details of the conference, accommodation
arrangements and an activity program.   Last
year you gave a very interesting talk on the
subject of Purchasing (??) High Technology. We
would be very grateful if you would consider
giving us update on this.   We would
appreciate it if you could confirm your
participation (??) at your earliest convenience.
  Yours
sincerely,  
P Matthews  
P Matthews  
Conference Organizer   
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the letter into Chinese
Translate

June 24 , 2002
Dear Mr. Bool,   We have pleasure in
inviting you to our annual conference. This year
it will be taking place at the University of
Nottingham, from 20 to 24, August.   We
enclose details of the conference, accommodation
arrangements and a business activity program.  
Last year you gave a very interesting talk on
the subject of Academic Standards and
Expectations We would be very grateful if you
would consider giving us update on this.   We
would appreciate it if you could confirm your
participation at your earliest convenience.  
Yours sincerely,
 
Philip Luford  

Conference Organizer
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Key
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a reply to the above letter.
Write
Your reply should include the following.  
thanks for the above letter
confirmation of your participation  
request for more information about the program
  apology for not being able to give
another talk (pressure of work no time for
preparation)   a complimentary close to end
the letter   Some parts of the letter have
already been done for you.
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Dear Mr. Luford,   Thank you for your letter
of 24 June and I am pleased to confirm my
participation in this years conference in
August.   I would be grateful if you could
send me further details about the program.  
Unfortunately, I will not be able to give an
update on last times talk. I am afraid that
pressure of work will not allow time to prepare a
talk.   However, I look forward to attending
the conference again.  
Yours sincerely,   H. Bool  
Key
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an invitation letter
Write
according to the following message
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dateDearXX I wish I
could attend your graduation party. I know it
will be lots of fun. Unfortunately my parents
have already invited several of our relatives
over for a reunion. I wonder if you could come on
Saturday evening so you can tell me all about the
party.
Yours,
XXX
Key
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Useful Sentence Patterns
Id like to invite you to dinner. ????????   Why
dont you come and join us for disco? ????????????
???  Its very kind of you to invite me. ???????
  How nice of you! Many thanks. ???!???   Id
love to. That would be great. ?????????!  
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Oh, dear, Im afraid Im busy tomorrow. Perhaps
next week? ?,???,??????????????   Could you make
it another time, perhaps next Sunday?
???????,????????   Its very kind of you, but you
see Ill have to prepare for my exam.
????,???????????  Im sorry I cant, but thank
you all the same. ???,?????????????