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Vocabulary: invitations

or  are received, what matters is to be pleasant and polite and to know what to say...  

Here are a few expressions to help you!  

1) INVITING people.

         A guest of honour                                               Accepting or refusing an invitation

- To invite somebody for a drink

- To ask sb in for a drink

- Would you like to come to dinner on Saturday? 

- Are you free for lunch tomorrow? 

- Do come and stay with us! 

- Do come in for a moment! 

- How about coming for a drink? 

- We'd be pleased if you could come! 

- I hope you'll be able to join us! 

2) ACCEPTING an invitation.

- We accept with pleasure. 

- I have much pleasure in accepting your invitation. (formal)

- It's so kind of you to invite us! 

- I look forward to seeing you again! 

- I wonder if I might bring James... 

3) REFUSING an invitation.

- I'm sorry I can't accept your invitation. 

- I'm afraid I have a previous engagement. 

- Can you rather manage on Saturday? 

- I can't get away until early evening. 

- I can't make it before 12 o'clock. 

- I'm tied up all day! 

- Perhaps another time (GB)/ I'll take a rain check (US)

Casual ways of inviting, accepting and refusing...                                 Think twice!

I hope this will be useful and helpful to you! The first opportunity to use these words will be to

pass the test with flying colours! Now, go for it! 

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1. 'We’ll have four guestsinvitation cardsguest of honourI don't know for dinner tomorrow. Please, don’t be late. I’ll need you to take care of the baby while I’m at the hairdresser’s.'



2. 'I hope you’ll be able to come and stayask someone inask him for dinnerI don't know with us for a few days while you are in the South, this summer.'



3. 'Sorry, but tonight, I’ll be tied upinvitedpleasedI don't know at the office for an international conference call at 8 o’clock.'



4. 'Well ! It’s ever so kind of you to invitepleased to cometied up to comeI don't know me and my brother! Thank your parents for us.'



5. 'I’m sorry I can’t come tonight. I have a guestsprior engagementinvitation cardI don't know that I can’t cancel.'



6. ' Don’t worry, now that you’ve invited me, I’ll be free and taking a rain checktied up till 5pleased to comeI don't know tomorrow! '



7. 'I’m look forward to meetlooking forward to meetlooking forward to meetingI don't know your parents again… It’s such a long time since we had dinner together!'



8. 'Sorry, but for lunch, I’m stuck at home and can't get away beforecome and stayinvite you to dinnerI don't know 2 o’clock! But I’m free after that!'



9. 'No really… I’m exhausted and can’t go out tonight. I take a rain checkcome for a momentask him for lunchI don't know and dinner will be on me!'



10. 'I really have prior engagementsa rain checkmuch pleasure in acceptingI don't know your kind invitation. It's so kind of you to think about your former roommate!'