grammar · neutral

apologize for + V-ing

Band 7+speakingtask1task2

to say sorry for doing something; followed by a gerund or noun.

Examples

“She apologized for arriving late to the interview.”

“The company apologized for the error and offered a refund.”

“I must apologize for my behaviour yesterday.”

Band 8 sentence

“The organisation issued a statement to apologize for failing to meet basic safety standards.”

Collocations

  • apologize for the delay
  • apologize for any inconvenience

Word family

apologize + to + somebody grammarsay sorry for + V-ing phrase

Common mistakes

apologize to + V-ing→apologize for + V-ing OR apologize to + somebody

apologize about + V-ing→apologize for + V-ing

Say it for a higher band

5say sorry for→6apologize to + somebody→7+apologize for + V-ing

Synonyms

say sorry for + V-ing

offer an apology for

Easily confused

apologize to + somebody

“He apologized to the manager for his mistake.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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