You have not performed well in your half-yearly examinations due to which your parents are quite upset. Write a letter to your father assuring of better performance next time. In your letter, write: the reason for not performing well in the examination the changes you have brought in your daily schedule what your expectations are

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Dear Dad, I hope you are doing well. I am glad to inform you that we recently won a local football tournament conducted by our University but
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I was unable to concentrate on my studies during the
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session. Unfortunately, it impacted my result. Since I was confident in my exam preparation, I didn't focus much on subjects and kept practising for games but
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impacted my half-yearly examinations result.
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, I did well in the past and
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is a lesson learnt for the future that exams should never be impacted
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any reasons. Now, I not only have a studies schedule but
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spend time with my lecturers to ensure that no stone is left unturned for my final assessment. Teachers are impressed with my hard work and support me by all means because I am one of their favourite students. If my plan goes well, I would be able to cover my
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mediocre performance in the final exams. I hope to share a good result soon that should make you happy. Best wishes, Vikas
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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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