You have just read an article in a national newspaper claiming that town centres in your country all look very similar. You don’t fully agree with this opinion. Write a letter to the editor of the newspaper. In your letter, say which point in the article do you agree with? Explain ways your town centre differs from most other town centres offer to give a guided tour of your town to the article’s writer.

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Dear Sir or Madam Hello. My name is Leanna Lee, and

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I have been living in

Sydney

my whole life. I am writing

this

letter to inform you about our

town

information and to give you my opinion about an article that I have read recently from The Herald newspaper. I totally agree with your views that

Sydney

is surrounded by amazing oceans and we have some specific buildings in

town

and the highest skyscraper in the world. I really appreciate your good aspects about our

town

. But, I do not completely agree with your malicious point about our

town

centres they

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almost the same look as other

town

centres. Because we have a short-history period of about 150 years

compare

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with other countries. And

also

, we were a colony in England in the past. So we get close to a little English culture in our life still. Even though our ancestors tried to make

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culture by ourselves and to keep the traditional culture. I heard that you are going to stay 3 days more here to explore The Blue Mountain which is located near

Sydney

town

. If you have free time for me, I will guide you to fascinating

Sydney

street and show you our traditional buildings in

town

. Thank you for spending time to read

this

letter. And I hope you give me a positive answer as soon as possible. Faithfully, Leanna

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Structure your letter

A letter needs to be written using a proper format, including the following:

A greeting (Dear sir/madam, Dear John, Dear Mr. Smith)
The main body (consisting of paragraphs for each part of the letter)
A closing (Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Best wishes, Kind regards, Love)

When writing a letter as part of the IELTS General Training Writing Task 1, it is important to include the bullet points presented to you in the question.

All three bullet points need to be presented. And remember that some bullet points contain more than one element. So, make sure to watch for ‘and’ and plurals.

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2Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
2Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
4Grammar mistakes
 

1 paragraphs

237 words

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 4.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 6.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 6.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 6.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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