invite a friend

Meaning

This phrase means to ask someone you know to join you for an event, a meal, or an activity. It is a friendly and common social gesture used in daily life. You can use it when planning parties, dinners, or casual hangouts.

Examples

• I want to invite a friend to my birthday party this weekend.

  I want to invite a friend to my birthday party this weekend.

• Can I invite a friend to come with us to the cinema?

  Can I invite a friend to come with us to the cinema?

• She decided to invite a friend over for dinner last night.

  She decided to invite a friend over for dinner last night.

• He is going to invite a friend to play video games with him.

  He is going to invite a friend to play video games with him.

• Why don't you invite a friend to join our study group?

  Why don't you invite a friend to join our study group?

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I want to invite with a friend to the party.

  ✓ I want to invite a friend to the party.

  We do not use the preposition 'with' after the verb 'invite' when we specify the guest.

• ✗ She invited a friend for the dinner.

  ✓ She invited a friend to dinner.

  Use the preposition 'to' before the event or meal, and do not use 'the' for general meals like dinner or lunch.

Related Expressions

Practice

• I would love to ___ to our house for lunch.

  💡 Ask a peer to join us.

  Show answer

  invite a friend

• Did you ___ to the concert?

  💡 Ask someone to go with you.

  Show answer

  invite a friend