Transcript Slide 1
Invitation
And replies
(formal and informal)
Marking scheme
Format - style
Content relevance
- name of the person (s) who is
inviting. The invitee, date, day,
chief, guest place occasion etc.
Expression
- grammatical accuracy, language
Total
Word Limit: 50 Words
Time: 5 to 7 Minutes
1 mark
2 marks
2 marks
5 Marks
Formal- points to remember
Very formal in form as well as language.
Written in the third person.
No signature
Address is given at the bottom.
Date of writing the invitation is not given.
The simple present tense is used.
R.S.V.P. (please reply) is written at the bottom.
The layout
The name (s) of the person (s) is given.
The standard expression-request the pleasure of your
company.
The reasons of the invitation.
The time, date, venue of the event.
Formal invitation-1
Mr. & Mrs. S.S Ahluwalia
request the pleasure of
Mr. Sudhir Karan’s
Company at the marriage of their daughter
GURLEEN
To
GURPREET
(s/o Mr. and Mrs. Kuldeep Malhotra,Jaipur)
At the Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Ganganagar
On Sunday, 14th october 2006 at 10:00 a.m.
and afterwards
At Hotel Park Plaza ,Jaipur Road,Ganganagar
R.S.V.P.
30 civil lines
Ganganagar
Ph:212452
with best compliments from:
Relatives
& friends
FORMAL INVITATION-2
The Principal, staff & students of
Indian High School, Dubai
request your benign presence on the
auspicious occasion of
THE ANNUAL FUNCTION
Of the school
at 10:00 am on December 28, 2006
Shri S.M. Goswami, I.F.S.
Honorable Indian ambassador to U.A.E. will
give away the prizes
to the students
R.S.V.P.
Principal
Indian High School, Dubai
FORMAL INVITATION-3
Mr. & Mrs. M.L. Tikolo
request the pleasure of your benign
presence on the auspicious occasion of the
Birthday party
Of their son
Chinkara
at the residence 31, Crescent Road, Chennai,
at 3:30 pm
On may 17, 2006
R.S.V.P.
O33-25627928
FORMAL INVITATION-4
M/s FLORENCE FASHION
Announce the opening of their
Florence Exclusive Outlet
751, Mustafa road, Bangalore
INAUGURATION
On Saturday, 7th august
By Cine Star, Aishwarya Rai
All are cordially invited
Inaugural discount of 10%
On all purchases
R.S.V.P.
Florence Fadia
Informal-points to remember
• Written in a letter form, in informal format. Such
letters are persuasive in nature.
• Written in the first person
• No inside address
• Salutation is ‘dear + name’
• Complementary close ‘yours sincerely’.
• Date of writing the invitation is given
• The writer’s address appears in the usual place
• Various tenses used to suit the tenses
INFORMAL INVITATION -1
Ahluwalia Cottage
Ganganagar
15th sept. 2006
My Dear Sudhir
You will be very glad to know that our
GURLEEN is getting married on 14th October,
2006. Our son-in-law Gurpreet is a computer
engineer working for Microsoft in U.S.A. It
happened all of a sudden and we didn’t have
enough time to prepare.
How can we ever think of celebrating such an
important occasion without you. Your bhabhi,
me and Gurleen are eagerly looking forward
to having you with us for the wedding.
Do come with family.
Yours
S.S Ahluvalia
INFORMAL INVITATION-2
7,Akbar Ali Avenue
Dubai
1st December 2006
My dear Rohan
You’ve always wanted to witness a
function in your auntie's school, haven’t
you? Well, here is your chance. I’m
organising the annual function of my
school on 28th of decemberat 10:00 am.
Do come with mom & dad to the
function.
I’ll place a special sofa for you and
your parents right next to the chief
guest. Will that please you?
Your Aunt
Madhumita
Informal Invitation-3
Dear Rana Sahib
You will be pleased to know
that our Chinkara has turned 1.
It’s a great occasion for a
party, isn’t it? So, get ready for
an evening full of dance,
music, fun-n-frolic. Of course
there will be food too! Do
come with Bhabhiji and kids.
Remember 17th may, 8:00 pm. ,
Hotel Imperial, The Mall. No
regrets. No excuses. See you!
Yours
Tikolo
INFORMAL INVITATION - 4
Dear Nikita
Finally, my dream to open an
exclusive showroom of my range
of designer fashion clothes in
your city has come true. Well the
inauguration is on 7th august
20xx. Guess who will inaugurate?
Aishwarya Rai, who else.
You have seen her on reel now see
her in real. Don’t miss it. We will
have an exclusive photograph
with her. Do come. where? Now
don’t tell me you don’t know that
my showroom is on the mall.
Time? 10:00 am.
Yours
Florence Fadia
Replies
formal- points to remember
Accepting or declining
Follow a set formula
Formal words-kind invitation’, ‘great pleasure’,
‘regret’ etc.
Use the third person (‘they’) instead of first
person (‘I’, ‘we’) to themselves.
No signature at the end.
The address of the writer and the date written.
SAMPLE FORMAL
REPLIES
A)ACCEPTING THE INVITATION
STYLE 1
Mr. Sudhir Karan
has much pleasure in accepting
the kind invitation of
Mr. & Mrs. S.S. Ahluvalia
To the marriage of their daughter
Gurleen
On 14th October, 2006 at 10:00 am
Style 2
Mr. Sudhir Karan thank Mr. & Mrs. S.S.
Ahluwalia for their kind invitation to
their daughter Gurleen’s marriage on
14th October, 2006 at 10:00 am and has
great pleasure in accepting it.
B) Declining the invitation
Style 1
Mr. Sudhir Karan
sincerely thanks
Mr. & Mrs. S.S Ahluwalia
For their kind invitation to the
marriage of their daughter
Gurleen
On 14th October, 2006 at 10:am
but regrets his inability to attend
due to prior engagement.
He wishes Gurleen a happy
married life.
STYLE 2
Mr. Sudhir Karan thanks Mr. & Mrs.
S.S. Ahluwalia for their kind invitation
to the marriage of their daughter
Gurleen on 14th october at 10 a.m. but
regrets his inability to attend it due to
to prior engagement. He wishes Gurleen
a happy married life.
Informal-points to remember
• Accepting and declining
• Like an ordinary letter
• Do not use any formal expressions but use
informal words and expressions.
• Use the first person (‘I’, ‘we’) to refer to
themselves.
Sample informal replies
a) Accepting the invitation
19 professors’ colony
Coimbatore
20th september 2006
Dear Surinder & Bhabhiji
I am pleasantly surprised to receive your
invitation to Gurleen’s wedding. My god,
has she grown so big? I still remember her
as a tiny doll in a pink frock. How time
flies!
Well, it really is a big occasion. I will
definitely join you to make arrangements
and bless her. Yes, yes I am coming with
the whole family.
Yours
Sudhir
b) Declining the invitation
19 professors’ colony
Coimbatore
20th september 2006
Dear Surinder & Bhabhiji
I am pleasantly surprised to receive your invitation
to Gurleen’s wedding. My god, has she grown so
big? I still remember her as a tiny doll in a pink
frock. How time flies!
I would have loved to join you on this auspicious
occasion but my father is in hospital. He had a
heart attack last week and needs
my constant care. I feel bad I won’t be there to
bless Gurleen and join you on the happy occasion
personally, but believe me, the loss is entirely mine.
Please accept my best wishes. I am writing to
gudia separately.
Yours
Sudhir
Exercises for practice
1. Write a formal reply to your neighbor accepting
the invitation to his brothers birthday party.
Invent name, date, time, place etc.
2. Write an informal invitation to your friend
inviting her to the Golden Jubilee celebrations of
your parent’s marriage.
3. At the House Warming Ceremony, you plan to
invite your friends, relatives and colleagues. You
are Raman and Shanti. Write out the invitation.
4. You have requested major R.K. Chauhan to
inaugurate your school fete. As the principal of St.
Mary’s, Ludhiana , draft an invitation card.
5. You are Arun/Aruna. You have been invited to
attend the wedding, arty of your friend’s sister during
summer vacation. Respond to the invitation
accepting the invitation.
6. You have received an invitation to attend the prize
giving-ceremony on the occasion of the Regional
Social Science Exhibition. Write a letter to the
secretary of ‘The World View (the organiser of the
exhibition) informing him about your inability to
attend. Give three reasons.
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