Question

Anu reached school late because she woke up late. Complete the conversation between her and her teacher:
Teacher: Anu, why are you late?
Anu: ____________________________
A. I am very sorry, teacher. I woke up late.
B. I am very sorry teacher. I woke up late.
C. In the morning, I woke up later than usual. Hence, I reached late to school.
D. I am so sorry about being late.

Answer 1

Hint: The above question shows the conversion of a narrated event into a speech/dialogue. The situation is provided, that a girl named Anu is late for school as she woke up late. The following narration has to be converted into a dialogue.

Complete answer:
Option a – I am very sorry, teacher. I woke up late.
This sentence shows that Anu politely apologizes to the teacher and gave the reason for her being late.
Option b – I am very sorry teacher. I woke up late.
This reply is almost same as the above reply, but is has a punctuation error. There would be a pause between the words ‘sorry’ and ‘teacher’ hence a comma is missing.
Option c – In the morning, I woke up later than usual. Hence, I reached late to school.
This reply has no sense of apology to it, and state that Anu is casually explain the reason of her delay.
Option d – I am so sorry about being late.
This reply only asks for an apology, without providing any reason for being late on Anu’s behalf.

The Option ‘a’ is the most perfect reply in the dialogue between the Teacher and Anu.

Note: Option ‘a’ being very similar to option ‘b’ has a difference of a punctuation mark, a comma ‘,’. This gap created by the punctuation mark makes the option a right over option b.