This document contains various phrases and expressions for issuing and responding to invitations in different social situations. Some key phrases included are: - Accepting an invitation ("Thanks for asking me to the party. I’d love to accept the invitation.") - Declining an invitation due to a scheduling conflict ("I’d love to come, but I have to work late tomorrow evening.") - Declining an invitation and suggesting an alternative time ("I’ll have to take a rain check on it.")

1. ISSUING INVITATION
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2. ISSUING INVITATIONS
Accept
Accept an/the invitation
• Thanks for asking me to the party. I’d love to accept the invitation.
Ask
It’s nice of you to ask
• It’s nice of you to ask me to your barbecue this evening. I’d like to come very much.
Invite (n)
Thanks for the invite
• We’re going camping this weekend. Would you like to join us ?
Thanks for the invite ! I’d love to go to camping.

3. Love
I’d love to come / I’d love to come, but ...
• We’re going on a trip to the zoo tomorrow. Would you like to join us ?
I’d love to come. What time are you leaving ?
• I’ve got two ticket for the play at the Lyceum tomorrow evening. Would you like to come
with me ?
I’d love to come, but I have to work late tomorrow evening.
Make
We won’t able to make it
• Thanks for inviting us to your barbecue, but we won’t be able to make it. Unfortunately
we can’t get a babysitter.
Rain
I’ll have to take a rain check on it
• I can’t meet you for a drink tonight because I’m working late. I’ll have to take a rain
check on it.

4. Turn
Turn something down
• Thank you for asking me to dinner next week, but unfortunately, I’m going to have to
turn down the invitation. I’ll be on holiday then.
It has same meaning as refuse an invitation.

5. Can
Can you come ?
• Some of us are going to the pop concert tonight and we’ve got some extra tickets. Can
you come ?
Fancy
Do you fancy coming ?
• I’ve got some free tickets for tonight pop concert. Do you fancy coming ?
How
How about coming ?
• We’re having a party to celebrate the end of term. How about coming ?

6. Invite (v)
You’re invited
• Lucy’s having a fireworks party tomorrow night and you’re invited.
Like
Would you like to come ?
• I’m booking theatre tickets for the family for next week. Would you like to come ?
Want
Do you want to come ?
• My dad’s organizing s fireworks party for next Saturday. Do you want to come ?

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