Write a letter to the manager of the bus company. In your letter • describe what the problems are • explain how these problems are affecting you • suggest what you would like the company to do

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Dear Bus Company Manager, I am writing
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letter to draw your attention to some problems I faced during my commute to work. As usual, I arrive a few minutes before the scheduled time of arrival.
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,
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morning, the bus arrived five minutes early.
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meant that I had to run in order to catch the vehicle. Not only
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, but the driver drove away before an elderly woman could alight.
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was an unpleasant experience for all, but I can only fathom what she was feeling. What if she had to make an important hospital appointment? Following
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, I had to go to the upper deck due to how busy it was. My seat was riddled with graffiti and I found a cerulean-coloured bubblegum attached to my
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pants.
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, what made
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ordeal worse was when a teenager forced me out of my seat by threatening me with a sharpened pencil. In order to mitigate the grief
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has caused, I would like a full refund and a letter of apology. Yours faithfully, Customer Red
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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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