7. You have recently used a moving company to move your household items to a new place and they have been damaged in transfer. Write a letter to the company’s manager and say – When and where did it take place? – What is your complaint? – Suggest a reasonable solution.

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to
complaint
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about your moving service that I have used. I used your company service because I believe that you would carefully transfer my stuff.
However
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, once I unpacked them, I was very disappointed.
First
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of all, there were a lot of items that were
transfered
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transferred
from my house at Kenwood road to my new one at Lena road
last
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week.
However
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, some of them have been damaged during
transfering
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transferring
.
Firstly
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,
left
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the left
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leg of
dining
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the dining
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table has been broken.
Secondly
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, there were some
cracked
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cracks
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on the cupboard.
Lastly
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,
a
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the
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wheel of my working chair did
not
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apply
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work not. I was sure that all items were in a good condition before moving into
this
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house. Again,
this
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was very
dissatisfied
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dissatisfying
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. I would like to suggest
you
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some possible solutions to solve
this
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problem. I ask you to send me new furniture, as I bought an insurance policy which covered
this
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case. Another suggestion is that you should train your staff to be more careful about lifting and
transfering
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transferring
items.
Finally
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, I hope
this
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situation will not happen again in the future. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Jenny Lee
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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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