A friend has agreed to look after your house and pet while you are on holiday. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter tell your friend how they can contact you when you are away give instructions about how to care for your pet describe other things they will need to do to take care of your house Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear …………………,

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Dear Sara, I would like to thank you for taking care of my pet while I am travelling as I had to fly out immediately because it was an emergency at my work.I will summarize everything you might need to know in
this
Linking Words
letter.
First
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, my email is working while I am away and
also
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my mobile so you can contact me any time between 8:00 am and 10:00 pm.After that, I think I will be sleeping,
however
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I wake up several times during the night to drink water or go to the washroom so you can send me a message and I will call you back.
Second
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, my pet's food is all on the red shelf inside the kitchen.
Furthermore
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, you can find its plastic plates and blankets in the
second
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drawer under the sink.
Third
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, inside my home there are several plants and flowers and I would appreciate it if you can water them every other Monday.
Moreover
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, I left some pies and sweets inside my fridge so you can enjoy them when you are in my home.
Finally
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, thanks for all your efforts and I will be calling you daily to check if you need anything.Let me know if you would like to have any special souvenir from Lebanon. Yours sincerely, Lama Jaljouli
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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