Some people think that governments should invest mainly in making public transportation faster while other think there are more important priorities (cost, the environment). Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
People have differing views about priorities for public
transport
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infrastructure could improve people’s living conditions to a certain extent, I believe that the protection of the environment is more important.
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, speedy public Linking Words
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can save time from home to work and school, which is essential to modern urban life. With Use synonyms
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the health of wildlife species and ecosystems. Adding to Wrong verb form
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, many of these infrastructures are the main culprit of air and noise pollution. If governments invested more in Linking Words
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In conclusion, I understand why people might want to have faster public transportation, but it seems to me that an eco-friendly Linking Words
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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