Your local council is considering closing a sports and leisure centre that it runs, in order to save money. Write a letter to the local council. In your letter give details of how you and your friends or family use the centre explain why the sports and leisure centre is important for the local community describe the possible effects on local people if the centre closes

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing
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letter with a heavy heart after hearing the decision of considering to closing local sports and leisure centre. I oppose that decision and let me explain why.
To begin
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, when I was young, I and my friends use to play a lot in the centre lot after school hours. We still cherish our memories in there and still, I feel to go back to the times that were spent around see-saws and merry-go-rounds.
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, I want to make your attention to the pandemic that we had
last
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year. We were happy as a council because we had the lowest death rates compared to the other councils. I have a strong feeling it is because our children had enough physical fitness than the others. Not only juveniles' but
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adults use sports complexes to improve physical health. I suggest, that if you consider closing
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valuable asset, just to save money, it will result in raising more money in the future to cure the lonely hearts of your citizens. Because
this
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centre is not only responsible for health but
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it has the symbol of the unity of our community. I would appreciate your immediate attention to
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letter and help us to protect our sports complex. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Saman
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

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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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Topic Vocabulary:
  • leisure centre
  • foster social bonds
  • physical health
  • mental well-being
  • constructive activities
  • accessible
  • exercise
  • community spirit
  • public service
  • anti-social behavior
  • cost-saving measures
  • vital role
  • recreation
  • negative impact
  • forecast
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