🎉 Would You Like To Come?
It's Leo's birthday soon! Today you will learn the party words (gifts, cake, snacks, balloons…), talk about your plans with the present continuous ("I'm having a party on Saturday."), and invite a friend, accept or decline an invitation — always politely!
An Invitation In The Schoolyard
It's Wednesday. Leo has a big smile and a colorful envelope in his hand. He runs to his classmate Yasmine.
🤔 When is your birthday? Do you have a party with your family and friends?
🎈 Vocabulary: Parties
Click a card to hear the word. The person who gives the party is the host; the people who come are the guests.
have a party = organize a party at your house · go to a party = be a guest. Snacks, gifts, games, balloons are usually plural: "Can I bring some snacks?" In the US, soda = a fizzy drink.
🎈 Party Pop!
Look at the picture and choose the right party word. 8 rounds.
📅 Present Continuous For Future Plans
To talk about something you have planned to do, use the present continuous (be + verb-ing) with a future time expression.
📅 Plans
Yasmine's family is flying to Paris tomorrow.
Adam is leaving for Sousse in two hours.
We're having my grandparents over for dinner next weekend.
I'm meeting my cousins on Wednesday afternoon.
❓ Questions & answers
What are you doing tomorrow? — I'm visiting my grandma.
Are you doing anything this weekend? — Yes, I'm going to the beach.
Is Leo having a party on Saturday? — Yes, he is.
Now or future? The verb form is the same! The time expression tells you: "I'm studying." (now) · "I'm studying with Adam tomorrow." (a plan).
⚙️ The Plan Machine
Choose a person, a plan and a time — the machine builds the sentence and the question.
🗓️ Leo's Busy Week
Click a day: what's Leo doing?
🕒 Now Or Later?
Is it happening now or is it a future plan? Look for the time expression! 8 sentences.
💌 Making, Accepting And Declining Invitations
Use these expressions to invite someone, to accept (or ask for details), and to decline — politely!
💌 Invite
- What are you doing this weekend?
- Are you free on Sunday?
- Would you like to come to a party?
- Do you want to come to my picnic?
✅ Accept or discuss
- Yes! Can I bring anything?
- Sure! What time should I come?
- Yes. Thanks for the invitation!
- When is the party? · Where is it?
🙏 Decline
- I'm sorry. I'm afraid I'm busy.
- I can't, but thanks for the invitation.
- I'd love to, but I'm visiting my grandma.
Be kind when you say no. Never just "No." Say sorry, give a reason with the present continuous (I'm visiting my grandma) and say thanks for the invitation.
🎯 Invite, Accept Or Decline?
What is the person doing with this sentence? 9 sentences.
💬 The Invitation Chat
A friend invites you! Choose what to say at each step. Play twice: one time you're free, one time you're busy.
🖍️ The Invitation Card Maker
Make your own invitation card, then listen to it.
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: Two Invitations
Write two short dialogues. In the first one, your friend accepts your invitation and asks two questions. In the second one, another friend declines politely and gives a reason with the present continuous.
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Read your dialogues out loud — sound happy when you invite, and kind when you say no! Then listen back.
🎯 Final Quiz — Invitations
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!