A college student is writing an email to their professor because their mischievous cat stepped on their phone and turned off the alarm. Select ALL the grammatically correct and natural ways for the student to apologize for being late.
The correct answers are I apologize for missing the start of class., I am so sorry for being late today., and Please forgive me for arriving late.
When apologizing for an action, we use the preposition for followed by a gerund (an -ing verb).
For example: "sorry for being late" or "apologize for missing class." Using "to" + infinitive or the preposition "of" is grammatically incorrect in these fixed expressions.