You live in a room in college which you share with another student. However, there are many problems with this arrangement and you find it very difficult to work. Write a letter to the accommodation officer at the college. In your letter describe the situation explain your problems and why it is difficult to work say what kind of accommodation you would prefer

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Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Danubia Juliao and I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the
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CVC123, which left the U.S.A.
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Sunday, having Vancouver as the final destination.
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, as it was an international
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, I arrived 3 hours before my ticket time.
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, at the
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minute, the airport announced that due to a problem in their system the information about the flights
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the monitors was wrong. Surprisingly, my
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was departing from another gate, far from the one I was. The airport employees did not take any effort to help me and I missed the
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. After a lot of complaints and discussions, another
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was provided to me,
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, the departure would be at the end of the
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day.
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situation brought me a lot of problems, as I was supposed to be in Vancouver on that Sunday to attend an important business meeting, as well as I had to pay for my hotel room and meals. I am expecting to have reimbursed all my financial losses, as well as to hear a good reason for
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entire situation. I await your prompt response. Yours faithfully, Danubia Juliao
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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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Topic Vocabulary:
  • accommodation officer
  • roommate
  • share a room
  • living arrangement
  • difficult to work
  • noise levels
  • study environment
  • privacy concerns
  • alternative accommodation
  • single room
  • academic performance
  • well-being
  • respectfully request
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