In this article and video, you will learn how to answer the IELTS Speaking Part 2 question about an apology, more specifically, a time someone apologised to you.
You will get some ideas to talk about an apology, then listen to a model answer and finally get an analysis of the vocabulary, and some pronunciation points.
At the end, you should have the ideas and language to give your own answer for this IELTS Speaking Part 2 Cue Card about an apology.
IELTS Speaking Part 2 Cue Card
Describe a time someone apologised to you
You should say:
- What happened
- Who the person was
- Why they apologised to you
and explain how you feel about it.
Sample Answer
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Anyway, it was a run-of-the-mill restaurant, nothing to write home about, but it had excellent food and a really good reputation.
So, it was my wife’s birthday and to celebrate, I decided to go to the restaurant, one of her favourite restaurants; just the two of us, right.
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It really is her favourite place to eat out, and she loves their signature dish which is a roast duck, done Chinese style. It was a Chinese restaurant.
When we get there, we sat down, the waiter came over with the menu and my wife ordered the roast duck. But it was off, there was no roast duck.Â
So that was a bit of a set back, but we said, well we ordered the ribs, they had roast ribs, so we ordered those instead.Â
And we waited patiently, and we waited quite a long time – in fact 40 minutes or so. Then finally, when the food arrived, it was undercooked and it was cold.
We asked the waiter, we summoned the waiter over, and said listen we are really sorry but this is undercooked and it is coldÂ
The waiter was so apologetic, he was a very nice, humble waiter, and said I am really, really sorry, I don’t know how that happened.Â
He changed the dish straight away, and we got a new dish that was great and it was absolutely delicious.Â
What’s more, the waiter came over and said we are really sorry we would like to offer you a drink on the house, free of charge just to make up for that mistake.Â
So, we did, we had the drink, we finished off the meal and it was lovely. We had a really, really nice evening.Â
All in all – we left content – pleased as punch with the whole evening. It was great.
Vocabulary
if my memory serves me right
= If I remember correctly
run-of-the-mill (adj.)
= ordinary, noting specialÂ
nothing to write home about
= ordinary, noting special
signature dish (n.)
= speciality of a chef or restaurant = a dish that a chef restaurant is famous for
To be off (item on a menu)
= not available, no longer on the menu
a set back (n.)
= a problem that stops you progressing
undercooked (adj.)
= not cooked enough
summon someone over (v.)
= to ask/tell someone to come over and talk to you
To be on the house (adj.)
= free of chargeÂ
make up forÂ
= to compensate for something (like a mistake)
pleased as punchÂ
=very happyÂ
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