Unit 6 Making

Excuses
 Sub-competences:
• Use common phrases to make excuses and
decline invitations.
• Uses phrases to apologize.

Units of learning:
1. Vocabulary to express excuses, decline invitations and express
feelings.
2. Useful phrases to apologize.
3. Infinitives verbs and gerunds
Which is your most
common excuse?

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 I’m sorry, I can’t…
__ my car broke down.

__ the weather is bad.

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__ too much work.

__ have an appointment.

__ I’m broke.

__ too busy.
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__ a terrible flu.

__ pick up a friend.

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What can you say if you someone invites you to a party and
you don’t want to go?

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 Can you help me with the homework after class?
Would you like to go to the cinema later?
Would you like to go to the park tomorrow?
Would you like to go to the library this afternoon?
Do you want to have dinner after work?
Do you want to come to the gym with me?
Would you like to go to an Italian restaurant?
I was wondering if you wanted to go to the beach with my friends?
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1. What was the relationship
between the caller and the person
she was leaving the message?

2. What was the situation?

3. What was the excuse?

1. Do you think Susan was really sick

or just making an excuse not to go
to the party?

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 Susan’s mother left her the following voice mail
Family message. Fill in the missing words, using the word
bank below.

• call
• headache
• lie down
• party
• pill
• worry

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✘ Where is the party?
✘ Who organized the party?
✘ Is it an anniversary party?
✘ Did Jason remember the party?
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What do you think
happened next…?

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Match the characters to the things
they said…

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Lunch

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Maybe lunch tomorrow busy eat afraid work

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 Classwork

1. Your friend is feeling sad. You want to cheer him/her up. You try to persuade
him/her to go out with you.
2. Complete the conversation in groups of 5 students.
3. Include the requested information marked in color red in the format.
4. Choose 2 students from the group to practice the dialogue and present it to
the class.

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Invite to a place

Phrase to apologize + Excuse

Persuade

Decline again

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✘ Lesson 4: Infinitives after adjectives
✘ Lesson 5: Infinitives after objects.

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 Infinitives after adjectives
✘ I am really tired to go out.

tired… adjective

to go… infinitve

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✘ She is very busy to play soccer tonight.

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✘ She is very busy to play soccer tonight.

✘ She is very busy to play soccer tonight.

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Read the invitation and
identify infinitives.

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Sentence Making game!
Infinitives after adjectives

1. ____________________________

2. ____________________________

3. ____________________________

4. ____________________________

5. _____________________________

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 Infinitives after objects
✘ I told my coworker to send the report.

my coworker… object

to send… infinitve

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✘ She called me to go out.

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✘ She called me to go out.

✘ She called me to go out.

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✘ Lesson 6: Gerunds as subjects.
✘ Lesson 7: Health

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 Gerunds as subjects.

✘ Making excuses is easier than saying no.

making… subject / gerund

-ing… gerund

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✘ Working late is a good excuse to avoid going
out.

✘ Working late is a good excuse to avoid going

out.

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Complete the sentences

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Now you are able to:

1. Use common phrases to make excuses and decline

invitations.

2. Uses phrases to apologize.

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