Invitations:

Invitation means proposing someone to go to an event. It may cover three activities.

1. Expressing invitation     2. Accepting invitation      3.  Refusing invitation

1. Expressing invitation:

To express invitation, we use such utterances and structures as:

i. Would you like to + verb1 ---------?

Would you like to go to cinema with me?

ii. Please, Verb1 -----------.

Please come in and sit down.

iii. Verb1------------.

Come in and sit down.

iv. May I invite you to -----------?

May I invite you to dinner the next day ? 

v. Would you please + verb1-----------?

Would you please attend my sister's wedding?

 

2. Accepting invitations: 

If we are invited, We may accept or refuse the invitation.

We can accept an invitation saying:

i. Thank you very much. That's kind of you.

ii. Thanks a lot. I'd love to.

iii. Certainly. I would be delighted to.

iv. Oh, sure. It's nice of you to invite me.

v. Thank you very much. That'd be lovely indeed.

 

3. Refusing an invitation : 

We can refuse an invitation if we say:

i. That's very kind of you. But I'm afraid. I'm otherwise busy.

ii. I'm sorry. I'd love to, but I'd be away that day.

iii. Sorry, I'm already engaged otherwise:

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