Difference between amends and attempts

[Malaka]

ESL/EFL Test "How to apologize", question 8

Please accept this small present as my way of making ......... for all the trouble I've caused.

(a) attempts
(b) attention
(c) amends
(d) arrears

ESL/EFL Test "How to apologize", answer 8

Please accept this small present as my way of making amends for all the trouble I've caused.

Correct answer: (c) amends

Your answer was: incorrect
Please accept this small present as my way of making attempts for all the trouble I've caused.
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Define: what is the difference between amends and attempts.

[Alan]

Hi Malaka,

Make amends for means try to repair any damage/ harm you have caused and has the sense of putting something right again. Make attempts to is try to in the sense of making an effort to do something.

Alan
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