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Conversation I

Mingma : I hope you’ll forgive me for being late. I had a flat tyre.

Sujan : Really? That’s quite alright. It can happen to anyone.
Conversation II

Nabina : Binod, I’m sorry, I kept your book so long. I didn’t mean to
keep it this amount of time.
Binod : No problem. I won’t need it until next semester.

Conversation III

Kuber : Ouch! You hit me with your umbrella.
Kiran : I apologise. I was looking for another way through.

Kuber : OK. Be careful when you're passing people.
B. Work in pairs. Make similar conversations for the given clues from
a - f below. Choose the structures from the box.

Apologising Responding to an apology

I'm sorry that .............. That's OK.
It's my fault. It happens.

Oops, sorry. No problem.

I should have ...... Don't worry about it.

I apologise for I forgive you.

a. took my bag/think it’s mine

b. ate my biscuits/think it’s mine

c. sat on my cat/think it’s a pillow

d. took my newspaper/not realise it’s yours
e. got off a bus and bumped into someone/I was in a hurry

f. tapped someone’s shoulder who looked like your friend/thought
my friend

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