Invitation, Solved Examples

Formal Invitation

1.         Draft a formal invitation to be sent to your friends and relatives on the occasion of your son’s marriage.

Mrs. & Mr. Abhilash Nair request the pleasure of your benign presence on the auspicious occasion of the Wedding Ceremony of their son Sumit with Sumitra (d/o Mrs. & Mr. Anup Nair) on Sunday, 27th March, at Vrindavan Garden from 6 p.m. onwards R.S.V.P.                                                                           With BestWishes Mr. Abhilash Nair                                                             Near & Dear A-27, Housing Board Colony Banswara Mob. 9352602728

           

2.         Your father Mr. Binu George, residing at 5-C-16, Mahaveer Nagar, Jaipur, wants to celebrate the success of your brother Moncy’s clearing his AIPMT examination and securing admission in SMS Jaipur. He wants you to draft a formal invitation for him on his behalf. Draft the invitation in not more than 50 words.

Mrs. & Mr. Binu George request the pleasure of your benign presence on the auspicious occasion of the Grand Celebration Party of their son Moncy’s successfully passing the All India Pre-Medical Test on Sunday, 27th July, at YKS Banquet Hall from 6 p.m. onwards R.S.V.P.                                                                             With Best Wishes Mr. Binu George                                                                Near & Dear 5-C-16, Mahaveer Nagar, Jaipur      Mob. 8646569676

3.         You are the principal of Emmanuel Mission Sr. Sec. School, Ratlam. You are going to celebrate the annual function of your school on 25^th February. Draft an invitation to invite people to attend the same. Mention about the chief guest as well.

The Principal & Staff of Emmanuel Mission Sr. Sec. School request the pleasure of your benign presence on the auspicious occasion of the Annual Function of the school on Saturday, 25th February, at school auditorium from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Chief Guest – Mr. M. L. Gupta (M. L. A.) R.S.V.P.                                                                                     With Best Wishes Mr. Joseph Abraham Principal Emmanuel Mission Sr. Sec. School Mala Road, Ratlam

           

4.         Draft a formal invitation to invite your friends and relatives to attend the inaugural function of your new showroom.

M/s Lokwani Brothers request the pleasure of your benign presence on the auspicious occasion of the Inaugural Function of their new showroom Lokwani Garments on Sunday, 27th July, at 45 C. P. Road, Dungarpur at 11 a. m. R.S.V.P.                                                                 With Best Wishes Mr.Manoj Lokwani                                               Near & Dear 516, Basant Vihar, Dungarpur      Mob. 8646569676

Invitation, Rules, Allocation of Marks

INVITATION

Being social creatures it is a part of our culture to celebrate and invite. An invitation is a short composition written in order to invite people to occasions like- wedding ceremony, birthday party, house warming, inauguration of a shop etc. The main components of an invitation are-

·         Name of the host

·         Name of the invitee

·         Occasion

·         Venue

·         Date

·         Time

·         Chief Guest (In case of official invitation)

There are two types of invitations—

A.    FORMAL INVITATION

It is written in the form of a card. The main characteristics of a formal letter are—

·         Meant for a lot of invitees

·         Written in third person

·         Abbreviations are not used

·         Written in one sentence

·         Central alignment is followed

·         Name of the invitee is not mentioned

·         Simple present tense is used

·         Put in a box

·         Written in 50 words

·         Inline commas can be used

·         End of line punctuation should not be used

B.     INFORMAL INVITATION

It is written in the form of a letter. The main characteristics of an informal letter are-

·         Meant for one person

·         Name of the invitee is mentioned

·         Name of the host is not mentioned

·         Simple present and simple future can be used

FORMATS

FORMAT OF FORMAL INVITATION

·         Name of the host

·         Formal phrase of invitation e.g.

Solicit your benign presence/ request the pleasure of your gracious presence/ seek your blessed presence

·         Date, time and venue

·         Occasion/ reason of invitation

·         R.S.V.P. at the left bottom. It mean ‘reply if you please.’ It should be followed by the name, address and phone no. of the host.

·         ‘With Best Wishes/ Compliments’ should be written at the right bottom followed by the expression ‘Near & Dear or Friends & Relatives’

FORMAT OF INFORMAL INVITATION

·         Sender’s address

·         Date

·         Salutation

·         Body

·         Subscription/ Leave taking expression

.    Allocation of marks

a.         Lay Out                                  1 Mark

b.         Content                                  1^1/2 Marks

c.         Expression                             1^1/2 Marks

Phonology, Phonetics, Transcription Part 2 (English Version)

Notice Writing, Solved Examples, Previous Years' Questions

4.   Your school has planned an excursion to Kota in the month of August for the students of Class XII only. Write a notice in 50 words for your school notice board, giving detailed information and inviting the names of those who are desirous to join. Sign as Nakul/ Namrita, Principal, D.A.V. Sr. Sec. School, Chittaurgarh.

D. A. V. SR. SEC. SCHOOL, CHITTAURGARH 25th July, 2015                        NOTICE EXCURSION TO KOTA This is to inform all the students of Class XII the Excursion Club of our school is planning for an excursion to Kota, the education city. We will visit Garh Palace, Abheda Mahal and some other places. It will be a one day trip. We will begin at 5 a.m. on 5th August and return the same day. The charges will be 500/- per head. Interested students can give their names to their respective Class teachers by 30th July. Nakul Principal

5.      As a Student Editor, draft a notice in not more than 50 words for your school noticeboard inviting articles from the students for your school magazine. You are Sharad/ Sharada of Modi Public School, Kota.

MODI PUBLIC SCHOOL, DELHI 5th August, 20XX                 NOTICE ARTICLE FOR MAGAZINE This is to inform all the students that we are going to publish the next edition of ourschool magazine in the next month. To this end we invite articles from all the students.Those who are interested can submit their articles on a plain paper in their ownhandwriting latest by 15th August 2015 to their respective class teachers. For furtherdetails contact the undersigned Sharad Student Editor

COMMON MISTAKES IN NOTICE

1.         Most of the students begin with “This is to inform all the students ...” but if the notice is not for all the students this beginning goes wrong. So avoid haste and read the question properly.

2.         Most of the students avoid ‘the’ before ‘undersigned’ which is a mistake.

3.         Most of the students use the language “ the programme has organized or has been organized” which is wrong.

PREVIOUS YEARS' QUESTIONS

(2017)    While walking in a park in your neighbourhood, you found a plastic bag containing some documents and cash. Write a notice in about 50 words to be put on the park notice board asking the owner to identify and collect it from you. You are Amar/ Amrita 9399123456.

                                                                                                                                                 [4 Marks]

(2015)    Your club is going to organise an interclass singing competition. Write a notice in about 50 words inviting names of the students who want to participate in it. Give all the necessary details. You are Navtej/Navita, Secretary, Music Club, Akash Public School, Agra.                                                                                                                                                  [4 Marks]

(201 3)   You are Vineeta/Vikram, School Pupil Leader of Rani LaxmiBai Senior Secondary School, Gwalior Draft a notice for your school notice board in not more than 50 words inviting the names of the students who want to participate in the cultural programme organised in aid of the victims of the recent Assam floods.                                                                    [5 Marks]

(2012)    Your school has planned an excursion to Lonavala,near Mumbai, during the autumn holidays. Write a notice in not more than 50 words for your school notice board, giving detailed information and inviting the names of those who are desirous to join. Sign as Naresh / Namita, Head Boy / Head Girl of DV English School, Thane, Mumbai.                                                                                                                   [5 Marks]

(2011)    You are Srinivas / Srinidhi of D.P. Public School, Nagpur. As Student Editor of your school magazine, draft a notice in not more than 50 words for your school notice board inviting articles / sketches from students of all classes.                                                          [5 Marks]

(201 0)   You are the Secretary of your school Literary Association. Write a notice in not more than 50 words for your school notice board, giving details of the proposed inauguration of the Literary Association of your school. You are 'XYZ' of JainVidhyashram, Cuddalore.                                                                                                                                                  [5 Marks]

(2009)    As Secretary of the 'Eco Club' of St. Anne's School, Ahmedabad, draft a notice in not more than 50 words informing the club members about the screening of AI Gore's film, 'Inconvenient Truth' in the se 001 s audio visual room.                                             [5 Marks]

(2008)    You lost your wrist watch in your school auditorium. Write a notice in no more than 50 words for your school notice board giving a detailed description of the watch. You are Anirudh / Arundhati of class XII of Springfields School, Pune.                               [5 Marks]

Notice Writing, Format, Allocation of Marks, Solved Examples,

SECTION (B)

ADVANCE WRITING SKILLS                                   (30 marks)

NOTICE

A notice is a short composition written in order to inform people or pupils about some ensuing event. It can about a competition, exhibition, excursion, inauguration, meeting, show etc.It should always be to the point and formal without leaving any scope for any confusions and not violating the word limit (50words).

•       Central alignment should be followed.
•       Name & address of the institution can be written in the same line as well.
•       Date can be written on any side.
•      Up to title everything should be in capital/ block letters.
•     Title should be underlined or highlighted.

·         The entire notice should be closed in a box and message should run from flush right to flush left.

·         Name and designation should be on the left hand side. Signature can also be put before the name.

CHECK POINTS

1.   There should be gap of around seven days between the date of issuing the notice and the date in the message.

2.   Time, date and venue must be clearly mentioned in the message.

3.   Don’t use the language “has/have organized” or “has/have been organized”

4.   If it is related to school, mention the name of the school first but in case of public notice write “Notice” in the beginning or name of the society if mentioned.

.    Allocation of marks

a.         Lay Out                                  1 Mark

b.         Content                                  1^1/2 Marks

c.         Expression                             1^1/2 Marks

1.         Suppose yourself to be the principal of Disha Delphi Sr. Sec. School, R.K. Puram,Kota. Your school is going to host 6^th Inter-School Music Carnival for classes VI to IX .Draft a notice informing the students about the same. Invent necessary details.

DISHA DELPHI SR. SEC. SCHOOL R. K. PURAM, DELHI. 10th Oct., 2015                        NOTICE INTER –SCHOOL MUSIC CARNIVAL This is to inform the students of Class VI to IX that Our school is going to host an Inter-School Music Carnival on 17th October at UIT Auditorium from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All the talented students with gifted voices may appear for audition to be conducted in the presence of the well known music teacher of Kota Mr. Harshit Sharma, on 15 September at 10 a.m. in the school auditorium. For further details contact the undersigned. Atul SharmaPrincipal

2.   Imagine you are a member of RED CROSS Blood Bank Society, Ahmedabad. You have been asked by the President of the society, Mr. Suresh Nair to organize a Blood Donation Camp. Write a notice in 50 words urging the people to come in large numbers for this noble cause.

RED CROSS BLOOD BANK SOCIETY, AHMEDABAD 2nd Jan., 2016                                  NOTICE BLOOD DONATION CAMP We are going to organize a voluntary Blood Donation Camp at Ummed Club, Ahmedabad on 7th& 8th January. It will start from 10 a.m. and last till 6 p.m. on both days. All the people are requested to participate in large numbers in this great cause of saving lives. Let’s join hands to spread happiness. Suresh Nair President, Red Cross Blood Bank Society

3.      You are Sports Secretary of Akshara Public School, Bhilwara. Draft a notice in not more than 50 words for your school notice board asking the students to give their names for participation in various events to be held on the Annual Sports Day of your school. Invent the details of the events. Sign as Lalit/ Lalita.

AKSHARA PUBLIC SCHOOL, BHILWARA 2ndDec., 2015                                 NOTICE ANNUAL SPORTS DAY This is to inform all the students that we are going to organize Annual Sports Day on 10 December in our school campus. Various activities will be held. Those who are interested in participating in any activity can get the details from their respective class teachers. Names can be given to the Sports Secretary latest by 5th December. Sumit Sports Secretary