Day 5 - Making Invitations

Making an Invitation

Lena: Hi, Jade. Listen, would you like to see a movie tonight?
Jade: I'm sorry, but I have to babysit.
Lena: Oh, then how about tomorrow night?
Jade: Yeah, that sounds great. Let's go tomorrow.
Lena: Great! Let's meet at the bus stop after school.
Jade: Sure. OK.

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Conversational English - Invitations

Listening Task - audio

Making, Accepting and Declining Invitations (from MyEnglishPages.com)

Making invitations (link)

Do you know how to invite someone to your house for dinner or to go to the movies? 
What do you say in English when someone invites you? 
Here are some common expressions you can use when making or responding to invitations

Inviting:

• Do you want to go to the movies tonight?
• Would you like to go to the theater tomorrow?
• Would you be interested in going to the the stadium next Sunday?
• How do you fancy going to the the restaurant for dinner?
• How about going to the movies?
• Care to come over for lunch?
• I was just wondering if you would like to come over for a drink.
• We'd be delighted to have you over for my birthday party.

Accepting invitations:

• Sure. What time?
• I'd love to, thanks.
• That's very kind of you, thanks.
• That sounds lovely, thank you.
• What a great idea, thank you.
• Sure. When should I be there?

Declining invitations:

• I can't.  I have to work.
• This evening is no good.  I have an appointment.
• I'm busy tomorrow.  Can I take a rain check* on that? 
• That's very kind of you, but actually I'm doing something else this afternoon.
• Well, I'd love to, but I'm already going out to the restaurant.
• I'm really sorry, but I've got something else on.
• I really don't think I can - I'm supposed to be doing something else.

(*rain check: used to tell someone that you cannot accept invitations now, but would like to do so at a later time).

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Vocabulary from Aug. 30:

• invitation
• invite (v)
• accept  (v)
• decline (v)
• refuse (v)
• disgrace
• in particular
• embarrassing
• gambling