Apologising
Do the preparation exercise first. Then watch the video and do the exercises to check your understanding and practise the language.
Preparation
Transcript
Ana: Hi! I'm Ana. Welcome to What to Say!
Do you know what to say when you want to apologise? Listen out for useful language for apologising. Then, we'll practise saying the new phrases – after this.
Paul: Noelia! I am so sorry! Are you OK?
Noelia: I think so. That was lucky.
Paul: I'm really sorry! I didn't see you!
Noelia: That's all right. I shouldn't have been running.
Paul: No, no, I should have been paying attention.
Noelia: And they teach you not to run inside at school!
Paul: Still, it was my fault and I'm sorry.
Noelia: I'm sorry too. It was both of us. Honestly, it's fine. I'm fine. Don't worry about it. Hey, I saved the laptop though!
Bob: Yeah, I'll be there in …
Noelia: Oh no!
Bob: Uh oh!
Paul: Ahhhh …
Ana: Hello again! Ooh, I hope Noelia's OK. So, did you notice the useful phrases used for apologising? Listen to me and then repeat.
I'm so sorry!
I'm really sorry!
That's all right.
It was my fault.
I'm sorry too.
Honestly, it's fine.
Don't worry about it.
Ana: Try and use some of these phrases the next time you want to apologise in English. Bye for now!
Whe I need say I'm sorry I say " I'm so sorry "
Yes, It was happened today. I told something to my friend by mistake.So i was apologise immediately.
When was the last time you said sorry for doing something?
it was three days ago, I accidentally hit a woman in the street and I apologized to her immediately
It was 2day ago me supervisor told me i should turn off the light then i forgot it
The last time i said sorry was yesterday. I missed my boss's call and when i found the miss call, i called him back to appology
I think it was last Sunday. I pushed one of my friends Ni Ni in classroom accidentally. So, I apologized to her and than she said " it's Ok! don't worry about that "
last weekend,i said sorry . I accidentally interrupted my friend while she was talking
When was the last time you said sorry for doing something?
Not long ago. I had to say sorry at work because I didn’t complete a required training. There were many trainings, and I was thrown into tasks immediately when I started, so I didn’t really have time to finish them.
It was last week; the thing was I said sorry for the conditions being I was forgotten to change price updated files on one drive and as a result we missed the opportunities from customers on our website. That was my fault, so I said sorry to my team and noted down about this on my note not to do the same mistake as previous.
Yesterday, i fell on my friend while she was sitting on the floor