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Verilen durumda söylenmiş olabilecek sözü bulunuz. 3. Your friend’s mother is in the hospital and needs to have
immediate surgery. Your friend is worried about her
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mother’s health. You try to empathise with her situation and
1. You and a friend are supposed to meet for dinner at a console her by saying: _______
restaurant. Your friend arrives twenty minutes late and
A) Your mother’s surgery is a major one and the chances of a
says it was because of the traffic, which is normal in your
full recovery seem a bit low. Good luck to your mom.
city. Frustrated, you want to criticise your friend for being
B) The doctors and nurses in this hospital are very well-trained.
late, so you say: _______
If I needed surgery, I guess I would also choose this hospital.
A) I know. The traffic is always terrible around here, C) Why don’t you take your mother to another doctor for a
second opinion? This might help you feel much better and
especially this time of day.
get rid of your doubts.
B) If you had planned ahead and left home earlier you D) I know it’s difficult when our loved ones are ill, but I’m sure
wouldn’t have been late. the operation will go well and your mother will feel better in
C) Next time why don’t you consider taking the metro? It isn’t a very short time.
E) Actually, my friend Jane’s mom had the same operation
affected by the traffic.
three times. But she still has a lot of pain, so I hope your
D) I really wish more could be done to deal with the traffic mother’s will go better.
problem in our city.
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4. You suddenly realise that you’ve completely forgotten that
yesterday was your best friend’s birthday, because you’ve
been so busy studying. You sincerely apologise to your
friend and say you’ll make up to her for it: _______
A) I’m so sorry I forgot about your birthday. I thought it was in
summer.
B) My heartfelt apologies for forgetting your birthday. Let me
take you to dinner to celebrate.
C) Sorry I forgot, but I don’t understand why some people are
so obsessed with birthdays.
D) Forgive me for not buying you a present you’d like. Let’s
celebrate next year.
E) I didn’t mean to forget your birthday, but I’ve just been so
busy this week.

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2. You and your friends went out for dinner. Your friends
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all found their meals delicious but you were dissatisfied
5. You couldn’t hand in your assignment on time, so you lied
with yours. You disagree with them about the quality of
to your teacher about your mother being sick in hospital.
the food, so you say politely: _______ The next day, your teacher found out the truth, then she
phoned your mother. You are ashamed of what you did, and
A) The food was terrible. I’m going to write a very negative
you apologise to your teacher:_______
review for this restaurant.
B) This restaurant is very disappointing, especially the old A) It’s a shame my mother didn’t back me up. I won’t ever talk
to her again.
decor and slow service.
B) I regret lying to you, but that’s my habit, and I can’t help it.
C) I’m glad you all enjoyed your meals, but I must say I was But why did you call my mother?
a bit disappointed with mine. C) Sorry, I shouldn’t have lied. The truth is I played computer
D) It appears that none of us liked the food, let’s go games instead of doing the homework.
D) Sorry, I should have told you the truth. But then, you would
somewhere else for good desserts.
have been worried about my mother.
E) I’m really sorry, but I won’t be joining you in this restaurant E) I apologise to you for not handing in the assignment, but you
again. had given us so little time to finish it.

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