LEARNING TASK M6 LA 4 PART 1 & 2
Part 1: Getting to Know Formal Invitations
Task 1
Below
are examples of how people invite someone for some events. Listen and repeat
after the speaker.
Task 2
Listen again to the conversations in Task 1. List out expressions of inviting people!
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It’s going to be a pool party at Jay’s apartment. You must come by seven.
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Well, Samantha and I would like to have you for dinner if you’re free.
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Great! In that case please come to our house by 7:30.
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He said we could bring the spouse or a friend along. I thought about
inviting you.
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So, can you come over for a small party?
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So, would you please come to our place next Tuesday?
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Look, I just wanted to invite you to my wedding anniversary.
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Can you join us?
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We want you both there with us!.
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Task 3
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It is an honour for us to have a privilege to invite you at Home Style
and Décor Exhibition.
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Dear Sir, This is to invite you for the grand sale of our products.
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It is our pleasure to invite you for the inauguration of our company,
Star Enterprises, on 5th October, 2013 at 10.30 am.
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Hugo Taylor & Charlie Morris request the pleasure of your company to
celebrate the launch of Taylor Morris Eyewear
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Task 4
- Read again the examples of formal invitations above and answer the questions by providing evidence (expression, phrase, sentence) to support your answer.
- What is the purpose of
each of the invitation letters?
- Whom each of the
invitation letters is intended to?
- What is the mode of each
invitation letter (letter, card, etc)?
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Text 2
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Text 3
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Text 4
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Questions
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Text 1
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Text 2
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Text 3
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Text 4
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1. What is the purpose of each of
invitation letters
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To invite people to come to Home Style and Décor
Exhibition
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To invite the reader for the grand sale of products
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To invite people to come to
inauguration
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To invite people to come to a launch party of Taylor
Morris Eyewear
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2.
Whom each of the invitation letters is intended to ?
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People who might interested in home decoration , the
colleagues
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Product Department of a Company
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The programmers
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The company representative, the colleagues
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3.
What is the mode of each invitation letter (letter,
card, etc)?
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Invitation
Card
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Letter invitation
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Invitation card
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Invitation card
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Task 5
Analyze each part of
the invitations. Study the
example below. Invitation number
one has been done for you
as
an example.
Texts
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Name
of the
host
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Formal phrase
of invitation
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Details
of the
event
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Reason
of
inviting
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Special note
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Text 1
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Home Decor
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It is an honour
for us to have a privilege to invite you at
Home Style and Decor
Exhibition
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Venue: The Expo House When:
September 15 to20, 2013. Time: from
9:00 A.M to
8:00 P.M.
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This exhibition will surely benefit the visitors who want a
unique style and decor
of their home.
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Not available
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Text 2
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Grand Sale
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This is to invite you for the
grand sale of our products.
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The timings for our sale is from 9
AM to 5 PM from September 20 to September 25.
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In this sale our latest products
are on display and at huge discounts. You are one of our valuable customers
and we are sending this invitation to be a part of our sale. A discount of
10% is on for every purchase above $150.
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Please do bring the invitation
card with you when you arrive to our venue so as to evade inconvenience
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Text 3
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Inaugural Invitation
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It is our pleasure to invite you
for the inauguration of our company, Star Enterprises
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On 5th October, 2013 at 10.30
am
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The inauguration of the new
premises will be done by the Minister for Industries. This event will give
you an opportunity to meet with the members of the industry
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It will be convenient for us if
you can confirm your presence on the inauguration day. It will be helpful in
making necessary arrangements for the event.
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Text 4
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Taylor Morris
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Hugo Taylor and Charlie Morris
request the pleasure of your company to celebrate the launch of Taylor Morris
Eyewear
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At Grace Belgravia, 11c West
Halkin Street, SWIX 8JL on Thursday 5th September 2013 6:30 to
10:00pm, Cocktails and Canapés
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To celebrate the launch of Taylor
Morris Eyewear
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Not available
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Part 2: Constructing Formal Invitations
Task 6
Dear Mr Smith, My name is Sue Jenkins and I am writing as I work for Reef Technologies plc. We are happy to tell you that we are sponsoring a series of presentations on thefuture of renewable energy. The presentations are going to be performed by world- renowned experts in the field (for example Dr Josh Bartlett from MIT and Mrs Jennifer Woods from Clean Future inc.) and will consider future advances in the technology of renewable technology. Due to your company having worked with Reef Technologies plc in the past, we want to invite you to the event. The event will take place at the Randalls Conference Centre in Leeds between 3pm and 8pm on the 12 April 2013. If you need directions to the place, please tell me. If you want to come, please tell your presence by replying to this email by the 18 March 2013. If you have any questions about the event, please don't hesitate to contact me by email (on sjenkins@reeftech.com) or by mobile/cell (on 07867 7433123). I am waiting for your reply. Yours faithfully, Sue Jenkins PR Manager Reef Technologies plc |
Hi Ian, We are planning a meeting on the current problems with the computer systems and I want you to come. Having somebody like yourself there from the legal department is important because of the problems we've had with the loss of customer data. The meeting will take place next Thursday at 2 p.m in meeting room 3 in the Corley Building in Leeds. If there's anything you want to discuss in the meeting, send it to me by email and I'll include it in the meeting's agenda. Please tell me as soon as possible if you can attend. Regards, David Mitchell IT Project Manager Adapted from http://www.blairenglish.com/exercises/emails/exercises/how_to_write_email_invitation/how _to_write_email_invitation.html |
Task 7
Below is an extract from one of the conversation in Task 1. Marry is a secretary and representing her company Global Network to hold a party. Design an invitation card to invite colleagues to an office party. Pay attention to the bold phrases as they must appear in the invitation card.
Invitation to an office party
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Marry : Hi Luna, what
are you doing this weekend?
Luna :
I don’t have any major plan.
Marry : The boss is throwing a party for the success of our
new website. It crossed 20.000
visitors a day.
Luna : Really, your boss is cool. Where will it be?
Marry : It’s lunch at
the Radisson Hotel. I think it’s going to be great.
Luna :
Are you allowed to bring a friend?
Marry : He said we could
bring the spouse or a friend along. I thought about inviting
you.
Luna :
Wonderful, I think I’ll love that
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Task 8
Marry is going to invite colleagues in distance to her office party via email. With invitation card you have made in Task 7, help Marry to write a draft for her email.
Email
From : Marry (marry@gmail.com) To : Tina (tina@gmail.com) Jakarta, 5 September 2018 Dear Tina, It is our pleasure to invite you for celebrating the success of our new website. It crossed 20.000 visitors a day. Venue : Radisson Hotel Date : September 15, 2018 Time : 10.00 am – 12.30 pm You could bring the spouse or a friend along. We look forward to meet you at the party Respectfully Yours, Marry Secretary Global Network |
Thanks 4 ur kindnes, i wait 4 test formatif n sumatif
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