Today you’ll learn Band 9 vocabulary for IELTS questions about apologizing.
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She left a comment on another of our YouTube videos.
Questions about apologizing are popping up on IELTS lately, and she needed more vocabulary related to that topic.
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When would this come up on IELTS?
You could be asked about this on IELTS Speaking Part 1 or Part 2.
An example Part 2 question could be, “Describe a time someone apologized to you.”
Or, if you’re a General Training student, you could have to apologize in a formal or informal letter.
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High level vocabulary for apologising
When someone apologizes, they do so, usually, because they feel guilty or ashamed.
A higher-level way of saying that is to use the word ‘remorseful’.
- remorseful: feeling guilty or regretful of a mistake
Also, you could describe the guilty person as feeling ‘guilt-ridden’.
- guilt-ridden: feeling extremely guilty
Phrases for describing the person apologising
Next, when you are describing the person who is at fault, you could note that ‘nobody’s perfect’.
- nobody’s perfect: an expression meaning that everyone makes mistakes sometimes
Another phrase for that is to say that someone has made an ‘honest mistake’.
- honest mistake: this error was totally accidental and understandable
A longer, very impressive phrase to use here is ‘through no fault of their own’.
- through no fault of their own: the person totally didn’t mean to make this mistake and it’s really not their fault!
Takeaway
You may need to speak or write about apologising on the IELTS exam!
Be prepared with these high level vocabulary words and phrases.
Practice using today’s phrases in your own IELTS Speaking Part 2 answer about a time someone apologized to you!
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