How to invite someone to do something

INVITING SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING

Do you want to / *wanna (very informal)…?

Do you want to go to the movies tonight?

Would you like to…?

Would you like to have some coffee?

Will you . . . (with me)

Will you dance with me?

How about  V+ing…?

How about going to the ice rink?

How would you like to…?

How would you like to go on a trip at the weekend?

I was wondering if you would (like to)…

I was wondering if you would like to go to the theatre on Friday.

I would like to invite you to (more formal)…

I would like to invite you to my birthday party.

Conversation practice

When inviting someone to do something with you, it is polite to "break the ice" before extending the invitation. For example:

- Will you go dancing with me on Friday? (too abrupt by itself)

You should give the other person time to "prepare" for your invitation.

- Do you have time on Friday?

Yes, I do. Why do you ask?

- There's a dance at the Grand Ballroom. Would you like to go with me?

Sure! I'd love to.

Inviting:

• Do you want to go to the movies tonight?
• Would you like to go to the theater tomorrow?
• Would you be interested in going to the stadium next Sunday?
• How do you fancy going to the restaurant for dinner?
• How about going to the movies?
• Care to come over for lunch?
• I was just wondering if you would like to come over for a drink.
• We'd be delighted to have you over for my birthday party.

Accepting invitations:

• Sure. What time?
• I'd love to, thanks.
• That's very kind of you, thanks.
• That sounds lovely, thank you.
• What a great idea, thank you.
• Sure. When should I be there?

Declining invitations:

• I can't.  I have to work.
• This evening is no good.  I have an appointment.
• I'm busy tomorrow.  Can I take a rain check* on that? 
• That's very kind of you, but actually I'm doing something else this afternoon.
• Well, I'd love to, but I'm already going out to the restaurant.
• I'm really sorry, but I've got something else on.
• I really don't think I can - I'm supposed to be doing something else.

(*rain check: used to tell someone that you cannot accept invitations now, but would like to do so at a later time)

www.eslgold.com

Find some very useful material on the following links:

http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/accepting_refusing.html

http://www.learning-english-online.net/speaking/exercises/inviting-someone/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/howto/

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/inviting-someone-cinema

"Being around" by The Lemonheads

If I was in the fridge, would you open the door?

If I was the grass, would you mow your lawn?

If I was your body, would you still wear clothes?

If I was a booger, would you blow your nose?

Would you keep it? would you eat it?

I'm just tryin to give myself a reason, for being around.

If I was the front porch swing would you let me hang?

If I was the dance floor would you shake your thing?

If I was a rubber check would you let me bounce

Up and down inside your bank account?

Would ya trust me, not to break you?

I'm just tryin really hard to make you,

Notice me being around.

If I was a haircut would you wear a hat?

If I was a maid, could I clean your flat?

If I was the carpet would ya wipe your feet,

In time to save me from mud off the street?

If you like me, if you love me,

Why don't you get down on your knees

And scrub me?

I'm a little grubby

From being around.

Sleepy Hollow, the legend of the Headless Horseman

3rd and 4th ESO students are attending today a theatre play based on the short story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' by American author Washington Irving.

As a post-viewing activity, I'd strongly recommend the film adaptation by Tim Burton, if you haven't watched it yet. 

News reports by 4th ESO students

Good morning!!

A couple of weeks ago, our 4th ESO students wrote a news report in which they had to talk about a natural disaster, a rescue or a survival. 

Later, they used the webpage www.fodey.com to create their own newspaper clippings. 

Here's the result:

What were you doing last night when the lights went out?

Watch the first part of Side by Side TV News and answer the questions: 

There was a *blackout in Centerville last night. What were people doing when the lights went out?

1. He was......................and his wife was....................
2. She was..........................at the laundromat.
3. They were ...........................and their children were..................
4. He was...............................all night.

According to the Power Company's Director of Public Information, what was happening when the blackout occurred? It was...........................

Were workers watching the controls at the Power Company offices? No......................
What were they doing instead?


What was the presenter Bob Rogers doing when the lights went out?
He was............................and his wife was..............................

What was the presenter Jackie Williams doing? She was.............................

What were the manager and his wife doing when the lights went out? They were..............................


*blackout: a period during a massive power failure when the lack of electricity 
for illumination results in utter darkness except from emergency sources, as  candles.

How tired are you today?

Surfing the internet to find interesting activities to work extreme adjectives, I came across this funny Gif in the Cambridge Blog where we learn different ways of saying that we're tired. 

So, how tired are you today?

3rd ESO memes

We are currently working the Present Perfect in class so I asked my 3rd ESO students to create memes in which they had to use this tense. Here's the result. Some of them are really funny!! Well done, guys!