Invitation Text

I.  RINGKASAN MATERI

Invitation adalah text yang berupa ajakan atau undangan, sehingga semua text yang didalamnya terdapat ungkapan ajakan dapat disebut “invitation”.

Invitation dapat muncul dalam teks “announcement”, “short message’, “letters’, dsb.

Ungkapan-ungakapan ajakan tersebut adalah:

a.       I invite you to come………

Contoh: I invite you to come to my birthday party, this afternoon ( 2.00 pm) in my house, jl. Pemuda no.67 Klaten.

b. Come to ………..

            Contoh: Come to the class-meeting on Friday, November 23th 2007 in our  

            school  at 4.00 pm. Come on time!

c. I would like to invite you….

Contoh: I would like to invite you to participate in the English contest that will be held next Monday,  November, 26^th 2007 in SMP 1 Surakarta.

d. I thank /hope for coming…..

  Contoh: I hope for  coming in the next study club of class IX that will be  

  held every  Sunday in our school, at 9.00 am-12.00 a.m. Thank you.

 e. I hope you could come to….

Contoh: I hope you could come to the meeting in order to prepare our schools’s program, today, in the OSIS room.

f. I’ll wait you to come….

Contoh: I’ll wait you to come to see the biggest music show in JEC, on Sunday, December 25th 2007, 9.00 am – 2.00 p.m.

g. Would you please come to…

Contoh: Would you please come to the configuration of the students of our school tonight.

h. I’ll be glad if you could come to….

Contoh: I’ll be glad if you could come to my house to have dinner together with my family tonight.

i. Would you please come to….

            Contoh: Would you please come to school to support Our basketball team

           this afternoon.

            j. Do you fancy coming to……

                        Contoh: Do you fancy coming to my engagement party at July 13^th 2010 at  my house?

            Undangan/Ajakan memerlukan jawaban/balasan, baik menerima ajakan atau  

            menolak ajakan.

Berikut ini adalah ungkapan menerima dan menolak ajakan;

A.     Ungkapan untuk menerima ajakan atau undangan ( accepting invitation ).

  a. Yes, Iam very glad to receive your invitation.

  b. Ok. I will come to your party.

  c. Your invitation is very interesting. I like it.

  d. That’s good idea to go there. I agree with you.

  e. I hope I could come there.

                   f.  It’s fantastic. Good idea!

B.     Ungkapan untuk menolak ajakan ( refusing/ ignoring/ rejecting/ declining) invitation.

 a. I’ve received your letter, but I am sorry I can’t.

 b. It’s good idea, but I can’t go there. I am very busy.

 c. What a pity. I have a lot of works, so I can’t receive your nice invitation.

 d. It’s very sorry that I can’t go to your party.

 e. Well, your invitation to go to Mount Bromo in very nice, but It’s too cold for me. I can’t stand

     it.

 f. I am not sure I can go there. Maybe next time.

 g. I disagree with your idea to go to the beach. Any other idea?

 h. I am afraid I can’t. Your house is too far, so I can’t go there alone at night.

 i. Oh, I’ll go to somewhere else by the time you will be having a party.

 j. I don’t think I can. No one can fetch me to go there. I don’t know the place.