4. Writing - 1, 24 + 1 By May 20

4. Writing
1. CLB5W Write a formal invitation for a group function (such as a company picnic, BBQ or potluck).
    1. Have you ever received a formal invitation to a big event? Look at 10 formal invitations here, and write down 5-6 expressions of politeness or formality. These may include unusual adverbs, key nouns and verbs, and passive verb forms. How are they different from an informal invitation?

• kindly, celebrate, engagement, annual, invitation, dinner, request, 
• invitation to the meeting of repporteurs
• It is the great pleasure for me
• to kindly invite you
• It is an honour for me 
• to invite you for dinner on
• I would be highly grateful if you accept the invitation and honour us with your presence on that day.
• The dinner will commence from ...
• Please give our reception a call on 
• The venue of the meeting is ...

    2.Think of a group function with some details, and write a formal invitation appropriate to that event.

• Dear Mr John Smith,
• It is the great pleasure for me. Cheng invite you for dinner on May 25, 2016. 
• The dinner will commence from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. 
• Dinner will be at my home which is located at 24 Leith Hill Road, North York, ON.
• I would be highly grateful if you accept the invitation.
• Yours sincerely
• Cheng Huang
• Contact NO: 416 555 5555

    3. Ask yourself: Did you convey the intended meaning; use language and content appropriate and relevant to the situation; and express main ideas and supports them in some detail?

• First is politeness. Then reason, time, and location, all of these are necessary.