English Phrases: Make Excuses - Explanation and Examples

Hello, this is Jack from tofluency

.com, and in this video we're going to look at the phrase

make excuses - and I used this phrase in a video

where I was talking about the perfect time to start learning

English. So, let's have a look at how I used

this phrase

if you're saying those kinds of things then you're only

making excuses. So, in the video I said

if you're saying those kinds of things then you're

only making excuses. Now,

to make an excuse means to give false

reasons for why you can't do something

So it's to give false reasons and this

is different than giving a reason for why you can't do it do something

because making an excuse is a false

reason. So, let's have a look at a couple more examples..

Manchester United's manager

always gives excuses for why they lose.

So, the manager talks about false reasons

why his team loses. Now imagine you're in a class and the teacher

might say this: Stop making excuses

and do your work. Okay, so some

students will give excuses why they can't do something

and the teacher will say something like this. So, my question for this video

is: What excuses to children make

for not doing their homework? So

leave your comments below this video, thanks for watching,

and see you next time!