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A note of apology Sumayyah Write a note of apology to your friend telling her why couldn't you go to the gathering arrange another time for meeting. Use expressions for apologies, excuses,and good wishes. Answer questions p.80 0 ! . 4 a Match the highlighted expressions - time. Pie burs, Nayer Nel Mando Technical Manager possible endings - away on business/ on holiday a great party / wonderful evening. take my children to the doctor's/work late. d come to your party/attend the meeting Da bad cold. /a dentist's appointment Iru miss the dinner/I won't see you. e Then think about: 1 Who invited you? What is the event? When is it? Why can't you go? 2 Who invited you? What was the event? When was it? Why didn't you go? b Write your email. b Which expressions 1-8 are for: 1 apologies 2 excuses 3 good wishes a You're going to write an email of apology. Choose one of the situations. 1 You've been invited to an event by a friend or relative. You can't go because you have other things to do on that day. 2 You were invited to an event by someone from another company. You didn't go because you had to do something important, or something you didn't expect 6 Read some other students' emails. Do they give good reasons for not going