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Making
invitation
Making invitations
sCan/ will you…?
How
about (a
Conversa
movie)?
I was wondering if
tion
you’d like
to…

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to…
I/ We’d be
delighted if you
could…
What about
(camping)?
Would you care

to…?
Would you like
to… ?

Accepting invitations
Great!
I’d be delighted

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to.
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I’d love to.
It sounds great!
Sounds fun!
Sure thing!
That would give
us the great
pleasure.
What a
nice/great idea! I’d
really like that!

Declining invitations
I hate to turn you down

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but…
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I wish I could, but I’m busy.
I’m afraid I can’t’ but thanks
anyway.
I’m tied up (tonight)…
Much to my regret, but…
Thanks for asking, but I
really can’t.

Create the situations and talk to a partner.
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You have two tickets for a terror movie for tonight. Invite your best friend to go with you.

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A friend of yours gave you two tickets for an opera concert which will take place next weekend. Invite
someone to go with you.

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Today you are very hungry but you don’t want to cook. Ask your friend to go to a restaurant to have lunch
with you.

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It is a holiday and most amusement places are closed. Invite your friend to have a drink at the bar in the
corner of your street.

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It is your 25th anniversary and you’d like to have your friends celebrating with you. Invite one of them who
wants to take two more people to your party.

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Ask your friend if he/she is free next Friday and invite him/her to watch a classical music concert at the
theater downtown.

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You are planning to travel abroad on your next vacation. You’re going to Turkey. Ask a friend to travel with
you and explain why you don’t want to go alone.

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Your neighbor is having a party at his house. There’s much food and drink. But you are shy. Invite a friend to
drop by the party with you.

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Your favorite band is going to be in your country. Set up a trip to watch the concert and invite one of your
friends to go with you.


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It was your best friend’s sister’s wedding last Saturday. You were sure you’d be invited but you weren’t.
Discuss the reasons of your friend for not inviting you.

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You are not a coffee passionate and one of your friends invited you to have an espresso with him for an
important job interview.

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You are graduating in college and you professor invited you to make a presentation of your project at the
university.