Parents,family,and close friends
You should use the past tense: Jeff invited Pete and Maria to his house for dinner.
That depends on who is hosting the dinner, and the type of dinner. If you are being invited to a casual dinner at your brother's house, asking that question might be considered acceptable under certain circumstances. If the dinner in question is anything more formal than that, you should not ask. Asking such a question makes you appear to be snobbish and elitist.
Dinner
Gifts are not customary at an engagement party because they are expected at the wedding and etiquette dictates that those who are invited to an engagement party should be invited to the wedding. If you choose to give a gift you can but it is not required or expected.
Often the wedding planner is not invited to the rehearsal dinner, but if the couple want to invite the wedding planner they should also invite his or her's spouse.
Usually, if you were invited to dinner, you don't have to pay; however, it is polite to offer anyway.
Inviting your mother-in-law to dinner on Father's Day depends on whether your husband would want his mother to be invited. It's his day, so ask him.
The names of those who are issuing the invitaiton and of all those invited, The time and place at which the dinner will be held, The reason for the dinner, if there is one. An invitation to those invited to let you know in advance if they have any special dietary requirements.
"Many were invited, few were chosen." Parable of the dinner of sinners
if you mean that you have been invited for a dinner with an American family, flowers for the hostess or a nice bottle of wine for the host.
well you can i did it wants and dint but you can chose?
He is invited to the Murray's house for dinner.