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C. Read the letter again and answer the questions in
pairs.

1. What did Natalie do?
2. Why?
3. What punishment did Toby get?
4. What is she going to do?

D. Complete the phrases used for making excuses
with the words in the boxes.

promise obvious thing

just intending should notice

1. I thought it would be that…
2. The is, I’m really struggling with…
3. I wasn’t to…, I .
4. I wanted to…
5. I relied on it more than I have.
6. I thought that if I…, nobody would .

E. Imagine you either:

• borrowed a copy of your friend’s project and then
lost it before he could hand it in. The project has a
lot of photos and cost a lot of money to print! Write
a letter of apology to your friend.
In your letter:
– explain what happened and why.
– say what you are going to do.
– use phrases of apology and making excuses from
the sample letter.
OR
• your friend has asked to borrow a copy of your
project. Two of your classmates got into trouble with
the teacher on the last project for copying. Write a
letter of apology to your friend.

In your letter:
– explain why you cannot help him/her out.
– suggest another way you could help your friend.
– give advice to your friend on what he/she can do.
– use phrases of apology and making excuses from
the sample letter.

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