E1/ REAGUJTE NA TYTO OMLUVY:
1. I'm sorry we are late.
2. I'm so sorry but I really couldn't come any sooner.
3. So sorry but the traffic was terribly slow in the centre of the town.
4. Sorry to have disturbed you.
5. Sorry to have forgotten to bring the book for you.
6. So sorry to have kept you waiting.
7. Sorry, sir, I didn't see you.
E2/ OMLUVTE SE ZA … A REAGUJTE:
1. arriving ten minutes late,
2. leaving so early,
3. not phoning somebody,
4. keeping somebody waiting,
5. not knowing Tom's telephone number,
6. not knowing the correct answer,
7. spelling somebody's name wrongly.
E3/ OMLUVTE TOMA PODLE VZORU:
TOM IS SORRY NOT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
1. get through to him on the phone,
2. get tickets for the cinema,
3. do the translation by the weekend,
4. remember Fred's address,
5. come to the party.
E4/ OMLUVTE ZUZANU PODLE VZORU:
SUSAN IS SORRY NOT TO HAVE DONE IT.
1. phone before,
2. invite him to the concert,
3. come in the morning,
4. know he had his birthday,
5. send the news sooner.
E5/ ZMÌÒTE FORMULACI OMLUVY PODLE VZORU:
EXCUSE MY BEING LATE. EXCUSE ME FOR BEING LATE.
1. Excuse his not not being able to come today.
2. Excuse her saying such a thing.
3. Excuse my having to leave at once.
4. Excuse our being in a hurry.
5. Excuse their arriving late.
E6/ OMLUVTE SE ZA:
1. not being able to keep an appointment the next day,
2. disturbing somebody sitting in your row in the theatre when you arrive late,
3. not to be able to do what you promised,
4. not understanding what your partner said,
5. addressing somebody in the street and asking him to tell you which tram goes
to the National Theatre.
