You are moving to a new country to go to university and will need a part-time job. You have a friend who lives in that country. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter, • apologise for not staying in touch • explain why you’re moving to this country • ask your friend if he/she can help you find a job

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Hello Ram, I want to apologise for not being in touch for so long, I hope you and everyone in the family is doing well.
Last
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year, I kept myself away from digital platforms
such
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as Facebook and Whatsapp and that's the primary reason I couldn't connect with you more often. You will be glad to hear that I'm migrating to the USA as I will be joining The University of Southern California as a master's student in the coming summer. For my master's program, I have selected Computer Science as my field of study as I like computers and
also
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there are good job opportunities in
this
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area in future. Since you
also
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studying at The University of Sothern California, I want to enquire and see if you can find some part-time jobs for me. As you are aware the cost of living in Los Angeles is very high
along with
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expensive tuition costs,and a part-time job will help elevate some of the financial burden from me. Take care and do stay in touch Best Wishes, Vipin
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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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