Giving invitation yaitu ungkapan atau ekspresi yang digunakan untuk mengajak/mengundang seseorang untuk datang ke suatu tempat atau ketika ada seseorang yang meminta orang lain untuk melakukan sesuatu untuknya. Biasanya ada response atau tanggapan dari seseorang atas undangan atau ajakan (responding to invitation). Berikut adalah ekspresi/ungkapan yang biasa digunakan untuk mengundang seseorang (inviting) beserta responya:
Giving invitation
- Would you like to ....?
Would you like to dance with me?
Would you like to come to my birthday party?
- Why don’t we ....?
Why don’t we go to the beach?
Why don’t we play badminton?
- Would you mind ....?
Would you mind coming over on Saturday night?
Would you mind going with me?
- What about ....? How about ...?
What about swimming to Bandar Eco Park?
- Shall we ....?
Shall we go to the cinema together?
- Can you ....?
Can you come to my house?
- Do you want to ....?
Do you want to go out with me?
ACCEPTING INVITATION
- I’d like to
- Thanks for your invitation
- With pleasure
- I’d love to
- I would. Thank you.
- That would be nice
- Wonderful
- Great
- All right
- Yes, it would be very kind of you.
- That’ s a good idea
REFUSING INVITATION
- Thanks but i’m afraid I can’t
- I’m sorry I can’t. I have another schedule.
- I’d love to but ...
- Thanks for asking me but ...
- Sorry I can’t but thanks anyway
- I wish I could but ...
