Your local council has been doing roadworks along the road outside of your house. This has caused a lot of noise and inconvenience. Write a letter to your local councillor to complain. In your letter, Describe what has happened. Say why you are complaining. Explain what you would like your councillor to do.

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Dear Ms Nimanthi, I am writing in order to draw your attention and place a formal complaint as you are my local Councillor.
This
is regarding the roadworks taking place outside my home. As the roadworks are being done for over a few weeks, which usually starts at about 7 in the morning and ends at 6 in the noon.
This
off-peak hour work immensely affects my daily routines as I have difficulty
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out to work on time due to the delay I face
on
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reaching my bus station.
This
has become more challenging and stressful.
Although
it is very important for us
this
is taking me onto a bad ride as I get scolded
from
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my boss on a daily basis which did not happen before.
In addition
to it, even my mother has a tough period with the kids as they do not sleep enough in the morning due to the loud noise.
This
tough situation has made me write
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you with regards to my struggle. I would be more than happy if you could ask the workers to start their working
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from 8 in the morning and end at 5 in the afternoon so that I can be on time for my work and
also
my children can sleep for an extra one hour to be trouble-free to their grandma. Thank you for your kind cooperation and hope that you give me positive feedback. I highly appreciate
you
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your support and assistance. Yours sincerely, Amee
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Word Count

IELTS says that you should write a minimum of 150 words in writing task 1. If you go under word count you will lose marks in task response.

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Aim for between 160 to 190 words in writing task 1. This will ensure a concise letter and will be realistic in terms of time management. You have only 20 minutes to write the letter and you need around 5 minutes of planning time, so you will not be able to write a long letter in 15 minutes.

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