You want to appear for an interview to an another city by train. The train departed late form the station and you could not reach in time. Write a letter to the railway officer of your city. In your letter : * When you travelled and why the train departed late * What happened as a result * How you feel about the problem

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Dear Sir , I am writing
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epistle to seek your kind attention towards an incident that I happened
last
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week. I am a resident of Jalandhar and travel through the main railway
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regularly.
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Monday I was having an interview scheduled in Ludhiana at 9 a.m and in line with it I booked a ticket for 7 a.m Intercity-Express but to my utter shock , the
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did not arrive at the platform on
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.
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, when I enquired for the same from the
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master , he told me that the
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was rescheduled due to some problems on the track which is under maintenance and would depart with a delay of 30 minutes.
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, the
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reached my destination post the scheduled
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and I was not able to reach my interview on
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much-awaited awaited job position was given to someone else.
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led to a big blow to my carrier and life goals. Though I am a very old traveller through
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station
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time
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I do have to express my dissatisfaction with the
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staff because of
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a careless attitude towards the repair activities which should have been done before
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. I shall be highly obliged if you could look into the matter and try to make sure that that
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kind of circumstances will not occur in future as
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is the most important and essential means of transport for all of us and every person book his /her calendar matching the
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timings. In the
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end I would like to thank you for your
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. Yours faithfully Tarun
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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.

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  • therefore
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • departure
  • delay
  • train schedule
  • technical issues
  • logistical problems
  • missed appointment
  • financial losses
  • career opportunities
  • frustration
  • disappointment
  • service improvement
  • future occurrences
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