VY32INOVACE13 15 Making invitations Making accepting or declining

VY_32_INOVACE_13 -15 Making invitations Making, accepting or declining an invitation

A dialogue John: I´m having a birthday celebration tomorrow night. Would you like to come? Jack: Really? I´d love to. What time? John: About seven o´clock. Jack: Should I bring some food? John: No, that´s fine. There´ll be plenty of food. Jack: Great! Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. John: See you, Bye.

A dialogue John: I´m having a birthday celebration tomorrow night. Would you like to come? Jack: Really? I´d love to. What time? John: About seven o´clock. Jack: Should I bring some food? John: No, that´s fine. There´ll be plenty of food. Jack: Great! Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. John: See you, Bye.

Invitations • Making invitation ü Would you like to…? (+ inf. ) ü Do you fancy…. ? (+ -ing. /noun) ü What about…? (+ -ing/noun) ü Why don´t you. . ?

Invitations Accepting Declining That sounds great! I´d love to come Thanks. That´s a good idea. I´ll definitely join you. Looking forward to seeing you. • Wonderful! • I´m sorry, I can´t. • Sorry, but I won´t be able to come/ to make it/ to manage it… • I´d love to, but I can´t • Sorry, but it is not possible because… • • •

Reacting Possitive Negative • Great! • Happy to hear it! • Fine, looking forward to seeing you there. • Glad you can make it. • See you there, then. • • • That´s a shame! What a pity! I´m sorry you can´t make it. Never mind. Sorry, you can´t.

Vocabulary § In pairs think about at least 10 social activities teenagers can do in their free time

Social activities

Practise § Prepare two short dialogues in pairs. Use the phrases given in this presentation. § In the first dialogue accept an invitation and react properly, in the second deny it. § Then act out the dialogue to the class.

Thank you for your attention. Autor DUM: Petra Navrátilová