The freedom to decline an invitation
Original practice source: a commentary about invitations.
An invitation can interrupt a narrow routine. Someone offers a place at an unfamiliar activity, and a person discovers that curiosity was being mistaken for confidence they did not yet possess. Saying yes may allow a first attempt before certainty arrives.
But an invitation also asks for time, effort or a contribution whose size may not be clear. A friendly tone does not settle whether someone can reasonably take part. Declining may protect another commitment, or simply leave space which has not already been promised away. A useful welcome allows questions and accepts an honest answer, rather than treating refusal as evidence that a person does not care.
A national newspaper is running an essay competition on the statement: “Always accepting invitations is the best way to make life richer.”
Write an essay for the competition arguing your view. You may use ideas from the source and your own ideas.
60 exam-style questions on Oxford AQA IGCSE English Language 2.2 Section B: Directed writing, covering 2.2.1 Writing for audience and purpose, 2.2.2 Responding to multiple and diverse demands, and 2.2.3 Writing linked to the Section A sources. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.