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INVITATION, Kinds of invitations:, 1. Card format (Institutional and personal), 2. Formal letter, 3. Informal letter (personal), Kinds of replies to invitations:, 1. Formal letter of Acceptance / Regret, 2. Informal letter of Acceptance / Regret, Content for an invitation includes:, 1. What :, (eg. Inauguration, event, marriage, etc), 2. When :, 1.1: Date (eg. January 15, 2022), 1.2: Time (eg. 10 am, 6.30 pm, etc), 3. Where:, (eg. 1232 Teunga Bazar, Pratapgarh), 4. Why:, (eg. Annual Sports Day), Style / Tone:, 1. Formal invitation / Formal replies = formal and polite., 2. Informal “, / Informal “, = warm and personal., Content for reply to an invitation includes:, 1. Expressing thanks for invitation, 2. Accepting the invitation or, 3. Refusing by giving reason for not accepting the invitation and giving your good wishes for the occasion, Formal Invitation:, It is a single sentence presentation / written in third person / no signature / date of writing not given / simple present tense is, used / in-line commas are used / punctuation at the end of lines not used. / having following layout with each mentioned in, separate line:, Meant for a lot of invitees / name of invitee mentioned ‘only on envelope’ / address of host at the bottom of invitation card., Format: Each of the followings should be written in separate line., 1) Host line: Name of the host, 2) Invite line: The standard expression ** (Select any of the examples given below), 3) Event line: Purpose of Invitation (celebration of an event, birthday, marriage, inauguration, etc.), 4) Date and time: Day, date and time of event/party/function,., 5) Venue: Name of the place / location with complete address., 6) Name of the Chief Guest: Mention if any chief guest / guest of the honour is coming, 7) RSVP: French expression: Repondez s’il vous plait: means Respond if it pleases you, (Pronunciation = Re-pawn-day-c-voo-play)., 8) Contact details: Just below RSVP write the phone no. or address of the host., 9) Special instructions (if any, eg. Dress code, must bring the card, etc), Some sample of standard expressions used **, 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., , Request the pleasure of your company on the auspicious occasion of…., Solicit your gracious presence on the auspicious occasion of….., Cordially invite you to ….., Cordially request the honour of your presence….., Cordially seek the pleasure of your inspiring presence….., Invite you to join….., Request the pleasure of your benign presence….., Seek/request the pleasure of your company/gracious presence/company….

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Examples, 1. You are Navita/Naveen Kumar, daughter/son of Shri Rajinder Khanna of 1272 Indira Nagar, Lucknow. Prepare a, draft for an invitation card to be sent on behalf of your parents on the occasion of the wedding of your sister., 2. On behalf of the Principal of your school draft a formal invitation to be sent to the parents and distinguished guests, on the occasion of the Annual Function celebration of your school. Shree Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of U.P., will be the guest of honour., Smt and Shri Rajinder Khanna, Request the pleasure of your company, On the auspicious occasion of the marriage of their daughter, Reetu, With, Vikas, (Son of Shri Devprakash Sharma), On Sunday, 15th January 2021, at 9:00 p.m., At their residence 1272 Indira Nagar, Lucknow, , Reception of Barat 8:00 p.m., Dinner 9:00 p.m., R.S.V.P., Navita/Naveen, 9800xxxxxx, , The Principal, staff and students, of, Sanskar Global School, Pratapgarh, request the pleasure of your company, on the occasion of, their Annual Function celebration, ‘INDRADHANUSH’, on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at 10 am, in, the School Auitorium, Shri Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of U.P., will grace the occasion and distribute the prizes., RSVP, Cultural In-charge, 9800xxxxxx, , Reply to Invitation:, rd, , Attending or not attending - Must acknowledge the invitation by expressing thanks. / written in 3 person / very short and to, the point / Should mention whether accepted or refused (specify reason) using polite language. The reply should be brief, and specific. Add ‘Best Wishes’ if refusing the invitation. / if not accepting give specific reason.