This document outlines common communicative functions used in social interactions including greeting, inviting, accepting, refusing, and complaining. It provides examples of phrases used for each function, such as "Hi Bob!" and "Goodbye Mr. Jones" for greetings, "Let's go to the cinema!" for inviting, "Great! What a fabulous idea!" for accepting, and "I'd love to but I'm terribly busy" for refusing. Examples of complaining include "That's awful! In England that wouldn't be possible!"

1. MAIN COMMUNICATIVE
FUNCTIONS
- greeting
- inviting
- accepting
- refusing
- complaining

2. GREETING
- when you enter:
Hi Bob! (informal English)
Hello Mr Jones! (formal English)
Good morning /afternoon/evening Mrs Bell!
- when you go out:
See you! (informal English)
Good-bye Mr Jones!

3. INVITING
- Let’s go to the cinema!
- Why don’t we visit our teacher?
- What about listening to a song?
- How about watching a film?
- Would you like to dance?

4. ACCEPTING
- Great! What a fabulous idea!
- Ok! When shall we meet?
- Thanks! That’s great!
- It’s a lovely idea! What time shall we do?
- That’s very kind of you!
Whenever You like, I’m ready!

5. REFUSING
- I’d love to but I’m terribly busy
- Oh, sorry! What a pity! But on Sunday
I must visit my grand mother
- Oh I’m sorry but I can’t because I
must work

6. COMPLAINING
- What a shame! You must work well
- I would like to complain about the washing
machine I bought here.
- That’s awful ! In England that wouldn’t be
possible!
- Please leave me alone!| Your behavior towards me was terribl