Come to my party!
Interactive exercises to consolidate your students’ learning.
Writing an invitation and replying to one, seen through Sam's invitation to a bowling party, Lily's yes and Ravi's no. Pupils answer questions on the messages, read the useful phrases, choose the right words, then reply to Sam and invite their friends to an outing from a card (a picnic, the cinema, the beach, an adventure park) or their own idea, and tick a checklist; model messages and answer key included.
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Teaching guide
Objective & content
This writing sheet teaches pupils to write an invitation (I'm having a party on..., We're going..., It starts at..., Please bring..., Can you come? Please reply by...) and to reply to one, saying yes (Thanks for the invitation! I'd love to come.) or no (I'm really sorry, but I can't come, with a reason). Pupils read an invitation and two replies, take their phrases, then write a reply and an invitation of their own. By the end, they can invite friends to an outing and answer an invitation politely.
Pedagogical guide
Page 1 has three messages, with a photo of a bowling alley. Sam invites his friends to a birthday party on Saturday 14th June: bowling at Strike City from two to four o'clock, then pizza at his house; friends should bring socks and reply by Wednesday, so his mum can book the lanes. Lily says yes (she went bowling last month and was terrible) and asks if she should bring anything; Ravi says no, because his cousin is getting married that weekend, and suggests the cinema next week instead. Pupils answer six questions with three options each, then read the useful phrases, set out in the order of an invitation and a reply. Page 2 starts with four sentences where pupils choose the right word. Then pupils write two short texts: a reply to Sam (yes or no, with a reason and a question, helped by a strip of reasons for saying no), and their own invitation to an outing from a card (a picnic, the cinema and pizza, a day at the beach, an adventure park, each with when, where and what to bring) or their own idea. They finish with the checklist. The answer key gives a model reply and a model invitation.
Suggested procedure
- (5 min) Ask "How do you invite friends to a party?" and list what an invitation needs.
- (10 min) Read the three messages aloud; pupils answer the questions.
- (5 min) Read the useful phrases with the class: which ones say yes, which ones say no?
- (5 min) Page 2: pupils choose the right words.
- (20 min) Pupils write their reply to Sam, then their invitation, and tick the checklist.
- (5 min) Pupils swap invitations with a partner and say yes or no aloud.
Adaptations
[S] Pupils write only the reply to Sam.
[A] Pupils swap invitations with a partner and write a reply to each other.
Materials & prerequisites
One copy of pages 1 and 2 per pupil. Page 3 is the answer key, the model messages and the teacher notes: keep it. Pupils need the present continuous for plans, going to, can and the past simple of common verbs. To take it further, pupils plan a real class outing and write the invitation for it.
Possible adaptations
- Lower levels: Offer segmented listening and additional visual aids.
- Advanced levels: Encourage an oral summary and a debate in English on the theme.
- Large groups: Organise group work with differentiated roles.
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