There have been some problems with public transport in your area recently. Write a letter to the manager of the public transport company. In your letter: - describe the problems - explain how these broblems are affecting the public - suggest what changes could be made

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you in order to complain about the situation with transport facilities in our area.
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of all, the buses don'
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follow their timetable, even sometimes people are waiting for it and it doesn'
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arrive on time. The
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issue is that drivers don'
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have enough cash to sell tickets. What is more, it starts to be dangerous at
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to use them. Due to these ,problems a lot's of my neighbours and I are being late for work in the mornings, because we count our time and how we need it to arrive at work. There were few moments when I couldn'
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even enter the bus, because it was overfull and I need to wait for the
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about 20 minutes,
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there should be a
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one in a few minutes later. If we discuss
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cases, I would like to tell you that negotiations with drivers are a very big deal. I don'
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know why they tell us about problems with money, but I believe you should take attention to it. And
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there are problems when we use transport late at night. It follows that you need to have some decisions how to to it better mostly with my
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mentioned problem, there are can be set up cameras inside vehicles to feel more confident. What is more there are should be people who will check buses as clients to improve service. And
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but not least you should introduce new staff positions like a person who would follow the timetable and buses movements. Thank you in advance for your kind cooperation. We would like to make our area much better. Yours faithfully, Maria
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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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