You have been offered a job that will require you to move to a city that you have never visited before. You have a friend who lives there. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter, - explain your situation, - say why you feel unsure about living in the city, - ask some questions about life in the city.

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Dear Arra, Hope you are doing well as you receive my letter. I am writing to let you know that my company offered me a job in the same city where you live. But they want me to move and stay there since my location is so far if I'll drive from here. So, they required me to shift into the apartment they provided as it is part of my benefit.
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, I am furious about transferring to another place that I am not familiar with. Let me explain why I am not sure about the shifting,
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, I am not sure if I can adapt to the weather there since you have winter season and you know that I am not fun of cold and thick clothes
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I enjoyed the snow in Korea the
last
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vacation we had. But I am not really confirmed that I can live there for a long time.
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, the transportation you have there is new to me, riding a train made me uncomfortable.
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, the common places that I need to visit.
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I am not confident to transfer there, I am thankful that you are living there. Maybe you can help me to give me tips about the weather and taking the trains. And give me a tour before I decide to accept the offer from my company. I will wait for your response. Thank you again. Regards, Tine
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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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