You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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 You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear ..., You should write at least 150 words.

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Dear Alex, How are you? I hope you are doing well. I am writing
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letter to address the earlier query that you were interested to know about the major news of my country. The news is about the ad that was given by one of the renowned jewellery brands. They are selling the
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at a 50 per cent discount on market price. As you know,
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is the most favourite and precious commodity everywhere in the world. Most people in my country like to buy
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ornaments. We treat wearing the
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ornaments as the status symbol in our society and an investment.
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news is most interesting for me too. Because I have a plan to buy a
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chain
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week. I would be benefitted
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if I could purchase the
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month. I would like to invite you to visit my country and buy some
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if you are interested. Warm Regards, Ravi.
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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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