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EXERCISE
1 Look at the list of mistakes on the left.Then match to whom you would
apologize for each.
a. Being late to class Your parents
Your boyfriend/girlfriend
b. Not doing household chores Your friends
Your teacher
c. Forgetting about a date
d. Telling mean rumors
2 B elow are two mistakes. What would you do to make them right? Write
some ideas below.
a. You broke
someone’s
brand-new toy.
b. You forgot
your friend’s
birthday.
3 A pology letters are written in the second person, “you.” Rewrite the short
letter, replacing the underlined words with “you,” “your,” or “yours.”
I want to apologize for a mistake. I said mean things about Mike.
This was not a nice thing to do to him. I don’t want to hurt his feelings.
I promise to tell everyone I was lying about him.
Unit 3. PERSUASIVE ✷ 79
1 Look at the list of mistakes on the left.Then match to whom you would
apologize for each.
a. Being late to class Your parents
Your boyfriend/girlfriend
b. Not doing household chores Your friends
Your teacher
c. Forgetting about a date
d. Telling mean rumors
2 B elow are two mistakes. What would you do to make them right? Write
some ideas below.
a. You broke
someone’s
brand-new toy.
b. You forgot
your friend’s
birthday.
3 A pology letters are written in the second person, “you.” Rewrite the short
letter, replacing the underlined words with “you,” “your,” or “yours.”
I want to apologize for a mistake. I said mean things about Mike.
This was not a nice thing to do to him. I don’t want to hurt his feelings.
I promise to tell everyone I was lying about him.
Unit 3. PERSUASIVE ✷ 79
