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