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Taking a Course 8

Speaking

A. Discuss with a partner.
1. How do you divide up tasks fairly when
doing a group project?
2. Have you ever felt like a friend wasn’t doing
their fair share of the work?

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B. Listen to the recording. Which phrases
do you hear?

a. I hope you can forgive me.
b. I know it’s no excuse but…
c. I owe you an apology.
d. I promise it won’t happen again.
e. I’m so sorry.
f. It was my fault.
g. My bad.

h. Please don’t be mad at me.

C. Work in pairs and write a dialogue on one
of the topics below. Use the phrases from
exercise B.
• forgetting a friend’s birthday
• not returning something you borrowed from
a friend
• breaking something that belongs to a friend
• ignoring a friend’s messages

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