Moving & cancelling an appointment

Plans change. Two verbs, each with a ready-made line for the phone:
- verschieben = move the appointment: Ich möchte den Termin verschieben.
- absagen = cancel it: Ich möchte den Termin absagen.
Your key line: Ich kann am Montag leider nicht. Then offer a new day: Geht es auch am Mittwoch?
Both verbs also star in the exam’s writing task — you often must cancel something in ~30 words.
Tip
"Ich kann am Montag nicht" is a fixed chunk — kann as a full system comes in Unit 7. leider (unfortunately) makes any no polite.