EXPRESSING INVITATION you still there?

Hilal : Does your mom let you go

Mrs. Jenny : Najmi, have you finished with me?
washing the dishes? Najmi : Yes, she does. Can you pick
Najmi : Yes, I have mom. me up?
Mrs. Jenny : Would you like to go to the Hilal : I’ll be there at three, okay?
shop and buy some ketchup? It’s gone. Najmi : Okey. Don’t be late.
Najmi : I just brought it last night. Hilal : Bye.
Mrs. Jenny : I couldn’t find it. Where did Najmi : Bye.
you put it?
Najmi : Wait for a minute mom. I am EXPRESSING INVITATION
coming down ….. (after a few minutes). Here
you are, mom. Mrs. Jenny : Najmi, have you finished
Mrs. Jenny : Oh, you put it there. You washing the dishes?
should put it at its usual place. Can you help Najmi : Yes, I have mom.
me to cook? Mrs. Jenny : Would you like to go to the
Najmi : Surely, mom. What do you shop and buy some ketchup? It’s gone.
want me to do now? Najmi : I just brought it last night.
Mrs. Jenny : Get some chicken from the Mrs. Jenny : I couldn’t find it. Where did
refrigerator, cut it into small pieces and wash you put it?
it, okay? Najmi : Wait for a minute mom. I am
Najmi : Yes, mum. ….. (after a few coming down ….. (after a few minutes). Here
minutes) you are, mom.
I am through, mum. Here you are. Mrs. Jenny : Oh, you put it there. You
Mrs. Jenny : Could you help me to set the should put it at its usual place. Can you help
table? Your father may be at home soon. me to cook?
Najmi : Are we going to have dinner Najmi : Surely, mom. What do you
at home? He usually doesn’t. want me to do now?
Mrs. Jenny: He said he would be home for Mrs. Jenny : Get some chicken from the
dinner today. refrigerator, cut it into small pieces and wash
Najmi : Alright. I’ll do it ….. (the it, okay?
telephone is ringing) Najmi : Yes, mum. ….. (after a few
Hello, this is Najmi. Who is calling, minutes)
please? I am through, mum. Here you are.
Hilal : Don’t you recognize my voice? Mrs. Jenny : Could you help me to set the
This is Hilal. table? Your father may be at home soon.
Najmi : Hi, Hilal. What happen? Najmi : Are we going to have dinner
Hilal : Well, nothing special. Well, at home? He usually doesn’t.
actually I want you to go with me to a book Mrs. Jenny: He said he would be home for
fair. dinner today.
Najmi : Not at the moment, please. I Najmi : Alright. I’ll do it ….. (the
am now busy helping my mom preparing for telephone is ringing)
dinner. Hello, this is Najmi. Who is calling,
Hilal : What a dilligent girl. Okey I please?
understand. How about if we go in this Hilal : Don’t you recognize my voice?
afternoon at 3 or 4 p.m.? This is Hilal.
Najmi : Wait for a moment. I’ll ask my Najmi : Hi, Hilal. What happen?
mom first, okay? ….. Mom, can I go with Hilal Hilal : Well, nothing special. Well,
to a book fair this afternoon? actually I want you to go with me to a book
Mrs. Jenny : Don’t you have any lectures? fair.
Najmi : I’m free and have no lecture Najmi : Not at the moment, please. I
this afternoon. am now busy helping my mom preparing for
Mrs. Jenny: If so, of course you may go. But, dinner.
be at home before 7 p.m.. Remember, we’re Hilal : What a dilligent girl. Okey I
having dinner together tonight. understand. How about if we go in this
Najmi : Thanks mom. Hallo Hilal, are afternoon at 3 or 4 p.m.?
Najmi : Wait for a moment. I’ll ask my Hilal : Does your mom let you go
mom first, okay? ….. Mom, can I go with Hilal with me?
to a book fair this afternoon? Najmi : Yes, she does. Can you pick
Mrs. Jenny: Don’t you have any lectures? me up?
Najmi : I’m free and have no lecture Hilal : I’ll be there at three, okay?
this afternoon. Najmi : Okey. Don’t be late.
Mrs. Jenny: If so, of course you may go. But, Hilal : Bye.
be at home before 7 p.m.. Remember, we’re Najmi : Bye.
having dinner together tonight.
Najmi : Thanks mom. Hallo Hilal, are
you still there?

Questions:
1. What has Najmi just done?
2. What does her mother want her to do?
3. How does she express it?
4. Does she go to the shop to buy the ketchup? Why?
5. Why couldn’t her mother find where it was?
6. What else does her mother want her to do?
7. How does she express it?
8. “Your father may be at home in…..” what does the word may express?
9. Who is calling while Najmi setting the table?
10. Why does she call?
11. Where do they want to go?
12. Can Najmi go? Why?
13. What does Najmi say to get permission from her mother?
14. Can Hilal pick up Najmi?
15. What time will Hilal be at Najmi’s house?

1. Giving invitations:
A: Would you like to come to my place for dinner tonight, please?
B: With pleasure/I’m afraid I can’t, I’ve already got an appointment

X: hello, would you like to come to my house tonight? We will have a birthday party for my
youngest sister.
Y: yes, sure I’d love to / I don’t think so

A: would you like to have dinner with me?

B: I’d love to, but I have to accompany my mother to see the doctor tonight