Your have just read an article in a national newspaper which claims that town centers in your country all look very similar to each other. You don't fully agree with this opinion. Writer a letter to the editor of the newspaper. In your letter say which points in the article you agree with explain ways in which your town center is different from most other town centers. offer to give a guided tour of your town to the writer of the article.

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Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Jason, and I have just read an article in your newspaper. It mentioned that all the town centres in our country are more or less the same. In my view, I do not fully agree with the opinion. On the one hand, there are really tons of similarities among all these city centres. Supermarkets are surrounded, and skyscrapers are everywhere. Sometimes, it is
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very common to find a fountain in the centre of the city.
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, if we examine all the architectures, we can find more details which are totally different from each other.
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, in my town, we set up a monument and a temple in the middle of the city. It can be dated back to 1000 years ago.
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, there are lots of museums or cultural streets in our town which are
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outstanding. I really hope the writer of the article can come to my hometown and take a look. I have worked as a tour guide for 10 years, and if he comes, I can show him around for free. Hope to receive your email soon. Yours sincerely, Jason.
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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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