A friend has agreed to look after your house and pet while you are on holiday. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter Give contact details for when you are away Give instructions about how to care for your pet Describe other household duties you would like your friend to undertake

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Dear James, I hope you're doing well, a special thanks to accept my request and agreeing to come over for a few days and to take care of my house and pet.
Firstly
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, I wanted to let you know that you can call me anytime whenever you need any help and you can
also
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contact my other friend, he lives just 2 streets away from our house. You can find his contact details and address attached to
this
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letter and I'll let him know in advance about my visit.
Secondly
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, 'Jacky' is my pet! is very sweet and cooperative, I'm very sure that he'll not cause any kind of trouble. I have already prepared enough food for the duration of my stay, you can just serve him food twice a day at around 10 am and 8pm daily
along with
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fresh water. He
also
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enjoys the daily walk, it would be wonderful if you could take him outside once a day, at your convenience.
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, please take care of some important household duties,
such
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as garbage collection day fall on Tuesday, so please place the bins outside at the corner of the driveway, as well I've already ordered a new oven for my house and which is scheduled to deliver on Monday, please place it wherever you feel it's safe. Thank you again and looking forward to meeting you once I reach back. Warm Regards ABC
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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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