Changing an invitation

A1.2 · Reply to a proposal with a workable decision and a next step.

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Present tense, common nouns and adjectives, times and basic connectors. Use a dictionary if needed.

Model

Salut Hugo ! Merci pour ton invitation au déjeuner. Mardi, je travaille jusqu’à midi. Je suis libre à une heure. On mange ensemble à une heure ? Je peux apporter du pain. À bientôt, Zoé.

1. Merci pour ton invitation au déjeuner. · It acknowledges the proposal or problem.
2. Mardi, je travaille jusqu’à midi. · It explains the constraint with a precise fact.
3. On mange ensemble à une heure ? · It proposes a next step that the reader can confirm.

Task

Reply in French to Amira, who suggests a game on Tuesday at five. You have swimming until six that day. You are both free on Wednesday at four. Choose a possible time, give the reason and ask her to confirm.

30–50 words

Planning

1. Who will read your text, and what do they need to know first?
2. Note the facts you must keep and decide what information you will add.
3. Plan the order of your ideas and a sentence for your decision or request.

Criteria

1. Acknowledge Amira’s invitation.

   Identify the referent: the reader needs to know who or what you mean.

2. Explain Tuesday swimming until six.

   Keep the fact that lets the reader act without guessing.

3. Propose Wednesday at four.

   Connect your decision to the need in this situation.

4. Ask for confirmation in a friendly way.

   End with useful information for the next step.

Review

Keep your draft. Mark an improvement and explain why it helps the reader; if it already meets the criteria, identify and justify a specific check.

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