You experienced an incident on public transport that caused you distress. Write a letter to the manager of the public transport company. In your letter ▪ describe the incident ▪ explain how this incident affected you ▪ suggest what could be done about it

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Dear Manager, I am writing
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letter to inform you about an accident which caused me a head injury when I was travelling by bus
last
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Sunday.
This
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incident happened when I was travelling from my home place to the office location and suddenly the bus driver applied a hard break
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an unseen pothole and I got hit by the pole fitted inside the bus as I was sitting in the first row.
This
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accident caused me a head injury and now there is swelling around my forehead.
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,
this
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incident didn't affect the other parts of my body and thanking god for the same.
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, as per Doctor's recommendation, I had to take a couple of days off and take bed rest which
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impacted my office work. Road accidents are common these days
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bad transport infrastructure. I believe I should be compensated financially to cover my medical expenses as
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incident affected me a lot both physically & mentally.
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, I would suggest you collaborate with the Government authorities to maintain proper roads for the safety of passengers and drivers. Hoping for prompt action from your side. Yours faithfully, Ashutosh
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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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