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Invitations and Replies:


Invitations and Replies: (50 Words 5 Marks)

No man is an island. Man is a social animal. We need to be with people. This is the reason why solitary confinement is the worst form of punishment one can experience. So, we celebrate many occasions together. To invite someone for an occasion we use the written form-INVITATION.

 Invitations are generally printed cards through which we invite our guests on some auspicious occasion like wedding, birthday, wedding anniversary, house warming, inauguration of a shop/factory etc.

Invitations are of two types: (a) Formal (b) Informal. They can be printed on cards or can be

drafted in the form of letters.

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

An invitation is complete information. It answers the questions: who, whom, when, where, what time and for what. The important components of an invitation therefore are:-

o The occasion

o Name(s) of the invitee(s)

Name(s) of the host(s)

o Date, time and venue

o Name(s) of the chief guest or special invitees , in case of an official invitation

 FORMAT OF FORMAL INVITATIONS

In case of formal invitations, each of the following is written in a separate line with fonts of

varying sizes.

· Names of the hosts

· Names of the invitee (in case of a formal letter of invitation))

· Formal phrase of invitation , for example :-

Request the pleasure of your benign presence/company.

Seek your auspicious presence.

Solicit your gracious presence on the auspicious occasion

· The date, time and venue of the event.

· The occasion/reason of the invitation

 CHARACTERISTICS OF FORMAL INVITATIONS

1.Meant for a lot of invitees

· These are written in the third person.

· In case a VIP is invited as the chief guest the name of the VIP must appear prominently.

· Name of the invitee is not to be included. The addressee’s address is to be written only

on the envelope.

· Simple Present Tense is to be used.The date of writing is not to be given.

· There is no signature of the host.

· The abbreviation RSVP (French : repondez s’il vous plait ) i.e. ‘please reply’ is

written below on the left with name(s)/ address &phone number of the host(s)

· Put the invitation in a box & follow word limit.


1.Meant for an individual (a formal letter of invitation)

* Include the name of the invitee

· These are to be written on run-on lines. The sentence is not broken into different

words/phrases.

                 · Other details are similar to the mass-scale invitations

                        EXAMPLES OF FORMAL INVITATIONS

 1.Your father, Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta , residing at K-18 ,13th Cross Malleswaram, Bangalore wants to celebrate the success of your brother Rohith’s clearing the IIT-JEE Entrance Examination and  securing admission in IIT Powai ,Mumbai. He wants you to draft a formal invitation for him on his behalf. Draft the invitation for him in not more than 50 words.

                         Mrs. And Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta

                           Seek your auspicious presence

                         at the Grand Celebration Party

                  of their son Rohit’s successfully passing the

                            IIT-JEE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION                                                         

                            at 8.00 p.m. on 1st October, 2012

                                                               at                                                                                          

                              UTSAV BANQUET HALL

                           84-Dr. Raj Kumar, Road, Rajaji Nagar

                                              Bangalore-55
                      Compliments from Friends and Relatives
                   RSVP

                       k-18, 13th Cross ,Malleswaram

                       2712001/9732966964

Your school, Bal Peeth Residential School, Bellary is planning to organize the Annual
Sports Day in the school premises. Draft an invitation in not more than 50 words giving
all the essential details.
                The Principal ,Staff and Students
                                                of
                    Bal Peeth Residential School , Bellary
                        request the pleasure of your company on
                              ANNUAL SPORTS DAY
                          at 5.00 p.m. on Monday , the 4th Nov.,2012
                                        at the school ground.
                         Air Marshal S.K.Sinha , AVSM,
                           has kindly consented to be the chief guest
                                             &
                                   Smt. Radha Sinha
                           has graciously consented to give away the prizes
                
                         RSVP
                        2354679
  
                              FORMAL INVITATION-LETTER FORMAT



Kamala Nehru School
Cantonment
Bangalore
25th Nov 2012
Mr. K.J. Singh
DCP
Police Lines
Bangalore
Sub: Invitation: School Annual Day Function
Sir
It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that we are celebrating our school’s 25th
Annual Day at 5.30 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2012. in the School Auditorium. We shall consider it a great honour if you could grace the occasion as the Chief Guest, preside over the function and give away the prizes.
Yours faithfully
Sd/-
    B- WRITING INFORMAL INVITATIONS
Informal:-
*Written in a letter form, in informal format. Such letters are very persuasive in nature
*Written in the first person *Salutation is ‘dear + name’
*Complimentary close ‘yours sincerely’ *Date of writing the invitation is given
*The sender’s address appears on the left hand side
*Various tenses used to suit the sense.
Value Points:
Format - 1 Mark
Content Relevance - name of the person(s) who is inviting; the invitee, date, day, chief, guest place Occasion etc. - 2 marks
Expression - Grammatical accuracy, Language - 2 marks
REPLIES – FORMAL: 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’)
- The address of the writer and the date to be written.
Informal - Accepting and declining -Like an ordinary letter
Do not use only informal words and expressions -use the first person (‘I’, ‘We’)
SOLVED EXAMPLES
Look at the following series of invitations (formal & informal) and their replies. The
                   occasion is the same but the style is different.



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