Your local council has decided to close the only park in your town and build a car park in its place. You believe this will have a bad effect on the people who live and work in the town. Write a letter to the mayor. In your letter introduce yourself explain why you think the decision is wrong say what you think the council should do instead You should write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Sir or Madam,

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Dear Sir, I heard that the council has just decided to close our
park
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which is large and beautiful. And
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the council had built a vehicle
park
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area, so I am writing to tell you about
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problem.
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of all, in
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letter, I will introduce
my self
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. I am Furkan, and I am a computer engineer in a company which is very famous.
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, we have lived in Istanbul with my family for 2000 years. There are a lot of wrong decisions. As you know, there are plenty of children in our district, and
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most of the kids are under six years old, so if you remove
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park
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, these little kids can not play outside because there are not any places else. you should do different things. I have an idea about building a
park
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. there is an area where you will build a car
park
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but it is not near to the centre.
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this
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place is not very close to the centre, people will confirm
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decision in order for children. I look forward to catching up with you soon. Best wishes, Furkan Oz

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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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