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Vocabulary :

• Accepting apologies
  "In this programme, we find out what you can say when someone says sorry to you for something they've done wrong.
  As you'll hear, there are lots of short and friendly expressions that you can use to accept an apology in English.
  So there's no need to be lost for words &
  After you've listened to the programme, get some more practice by doing the activity at the bottom of the page.
  - with the script
  (BBC)

• Saying sorry
  "In this programme we look at one important way of being polite  how to say sorry for something you've done wrong.
  As you'll hear, there are different ways of saying sorry in everyday situations, but the patterns are easy to learn and easy to use..."
  - with the script and an activity
  (BBC)
  
  
  

• School Excuses (tripod.com/Madtbone)

• I'm sorry, but... (junkscience.com)
  
  
  
  

Listening :

• Australian School Answering Machine (Updated with Transcript)
  "Someone in Australia has a clue and a sense of humour."
  (forthardknox.com)
  
  "Please listen to all the options before making a selection.

  • To lie about why your child is absent, press 1
  • To make excuses for why your child did not do his homework, press 2..."
• Homework excuse - A short classroom dialogue on excuses for homework - Dictation
  (listen-and-write.com)
  
  

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• Excuse me, where can I...? buy some aspirin, etc) - Matching exercise (a.w-z.webpark.pl)

Exercises TO PRINT :

• Messages : Excuse Notes - activities to print (link2english.com)

  

Lesson plans :

• Excuses, excuses (derecho.uba.ar)
  Vocabulary: Parts of the body .Illnesses and injuries
  Listening and Reading: Listening: A phone conversation between an employee who can't go to work and his boss
  Grammar Focus: Linking words: and, so, but
  Pronunciation: Intonation in sentences
  Speaking: Apologizing and making excuses
  Writing: Write email messages apologizing and giving excuses

• Smoking and smoking bans (British Council)
  1. Smoking vocabulary
  2. Smoking - facts and figures
  3. Excuse me! Can I smoke here?
  4. Smoking Bans
  5. Smoking bans - Opinions
  6. Give Up smoking campaign

Cartoons :

Jokes :

• A young man named John received a parrot as a gift... (emmitsburg.net)

  

• An ideal homework excuse
  "Teacher: Where is your homework?
  Pupil: I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren't the best teacher in the school."
  (jokes4teachers.com)

Stories :

• Couple who had gnome stolen get replacement and apology 13 years later
  "Now, after more than a decade, the gnome-napper has given in to his conscience and left a letter of apology along with a replacement...
  Mr and Mrs Heard's gnome went missing during a nationwide spate of gnome mysteries in the mid 1990s when a series of them disappeared only to later bombard their owners with messages from around the world."
  (telegraph.co.uk)
  
  

Quotes :

• Excuses Quotes (thinkexist.com)

Songs :

• Permission by Sixx:A.M. (stlyrics.com)
  "I apologize
  That your memory serves you more than I can now...
  I cannot finish any of my thoughts
  Forgive me for my wayward shot"
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)

• Apologize sung by Timbaland (mp3lyrics.org)
  "You tell me that you're sorry...
  I said it's too late to apologize...
  And you say
  Sorry like an angel"
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)

• Akon - Sorry, Blame It On Me
  Song and Lyrics
  (YouTube)

• Words - The Christians :
  "If I could find words to tell you I'm sorry..."
  - with the VIDEO (You Tube)

• The Reason by Hoobastank (english-4u.com) SITE PAYANT
  Language function: Apologizing, Expressing Regrets
  Grammar focus: I wish / If only with past tenses
  - with Teachers' Notes

• Excuse Me Mr by Ben Harper

• Girl next door by Take 5 :
  "I'm Sorry, I'm Sorry
  Forgive me,...
  All my friends say don't tell your girl the truth
  But I had to...
  I apologize"

• Hard to say I'm sorry by Chicago
  (sing365.com)

• I Apologize by Anita Baker :
  "I apologize
  Honest and true
  Because I know I was wrong"

• Labor Day (It's A Holiday) by Black Eyed Peas
  "it s a holiday pardon me as I celebrate"
  

• PLEASE FORGIVE ME by Bryan Adams :
  "Please forgive me, I know not what I do..."

• Rose Garden by Anderson Lynn
  "I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden"

• Sorry - Based on: Sorry by Madonna - a lesson plan
  Language Function: talking about one's experience
  Grammar Focus: present perfect
  - with Teacher's Notes
  (english-4u.com)
  FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY!
  
  

• Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word by Elton John
  
  

Animations / Videos :

• David Letterman - Top Ten Rick Perry Excuses from November 10, 2011.

• Sorry, Kevin Rudd's Apology to "The Stolen Generation"
  (YouTube)

  
  
  
  Apology Transcript - "We apologise for..." / "we say sorry."
  (australia.gov.au)
  
  

• Warhawk Matt Scott in Nike 'No Excuses' Commercial
  "UW-Whitewater Wheelchair Basketball Player Matt Scott appears in Nike 'No Excuses' Commercial."
  (YouTube)

  
  
  
  Wheelchair basketball player promotes sport in TV commercial
  "In the one-minute advertisement, the Warhawk senior is shown in a gymnasium with the camera focusing on just his upper body.
  He is dribbling and shooting a basketball while voicing several excuses people come up with for not working out.
  At the end of the clip, Scott says the words, "And my feet hurt," and then leaves off as viewers see that he is in a wheelchair." 
  (media.www.royalpurplenews.com)
  
  SCRIPT de la video :
  "I'm too weak,
  Too slow
  too big
  I ate too much for breakfast
  I've got a headache
  It's raining
  My dog is sick
  I can't right now
  I'm not inspired
  Makes me smell bad
  I'm allergic to stuff
  I'm fat, I'm thin
  It's too hot
  I'm not right
  I've got shin splints* (this is when you run on hard surfaces too much
  and your shins hurt from all the impact, it's very common)
  A headache
  I'm distracted
  I'm exerting myself too much
  I'd love to really, but I can't, I just can't
  My favorite show was on
  I've got a case of the Mondays, the Tuesdays, the Wednesdays
  I don't wanna (want to) do this
  I wanna (want to) do something else
  After New Years
  Next Week
  Might make a mistake
  I've got homework
  I feel bloated
  I've got gas
  I've got a hot date
  My coach hates me
  My mom won't let me
  I bruise easily
  It's too dark
  Too cold
  My blister hurts
  This is dangerous
  Ugh
  Sorry, I don't have a bike
  I didn't get enough sleep
  My tummy hurts
  It's not in my genes
  I don't wanna (want to) look all tired out
  I need a better coach
  I don't like getting tackled
  I have a stomachache
  I'm not the athletic type
  I don't wanna (want to) get sweaty
  I have better things to do
  I don't want to slow you down
  Do I have to do this?
  As soon as I get a promotion
  I think I'll sit this one out
  And my feet hurt."

• PreEmptive Apology - animation FLASH (Mark Fiore)