You have a Facebook friend living in another country and s/he is curious to learn about a major news item in your country. Write a letter to your Facebook friend. In your letter • describe a news story in your country • explain why people are interested in it • say how the story personally relates to you

Dear Vivek, I am writing you
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letter regarding your interest in our country’s news, I remember, you were asking about that
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weeks ago. Mainly news bulletin at 9 pm
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very important in our country, as it is dinner time and most of
people
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are watching it. Nowadays,
story
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the story
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of urban flooding caused by heavy rain in major cities is in the limelight. Since
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urban flooding and heavy rain
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not common in metropolitan cities in the south side of Pakistan; the residents are worried about it, many
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individuals are stranded and stuck outside and to keep up to date they watch the news regularly. As you know, I have recently bought a new house in downtown Karachi, Pakistan.
This
flood has affected
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, around eight feet
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is in the building foundation;
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is damaging it. I am really worried about these rains. Regards Vishal
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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.

A very long letter will not give you a higher band score.

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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