General IELTS Task1: your English-speaking friend who lives in your town has asked for your advice about learning a new sport. Write an email to your friend. In your email -Recommend a new sport that would be suitable for your friend to learn -Explain how your friend could learn this sport -Suggest that you both learn this sport together Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear…,

Dear Kevin, Hello Kevin. Even if It has not been ages since we
last
met, I hope you’re doing well. It’s great to hear that you’ve planned to give a new sport a try. In the town, people can easily find a couple of sports clubs, which most of them have been introduced recently. One type of
sport
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activity that I highly recommend you to take part in is
a
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scuba diving. Once you said, you had a dream of travelling
to
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beneath
of
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the ocean. For that reason,
this
sport would be an excellent choice to make your dream come true, I do believe.
Although
, our town isn’t located
nearby
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the ocean, but the sea we have, as you know. In
this
club, all
trainers
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are
so
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qualified in their field and are willing to help people
how
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to wear all
necessary
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apparatuses properly.
Moreover
, they can
be dive
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into
water
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together with
participants at the initial stage of the course. So, there’s no worry to think over being sunk whatsoever.
if
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you have not decided who to go with yet, I would be very glad
of being
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your partner there. Since I have a great passion
to capture
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for capturing
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picturesque views
by
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with
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my camera, I believe that taking photos underwater should give an extra taste to my personal photo album. How wonderful it might be
taking
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a new
acitivity
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activity
up with your friend
as well as
your liked one
simultenously
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simultaneously
. That’s all I can think of for now
,
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but definitely get back to me if I’ve missed something. Take care. Timur
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Word Count

IELTS says that you should write a minimum of 150 words in writing task 1. If you go under word count you will lose marks in task response.

A very long letter will not give you a higher band score.

Aim for between 160 to 190 words in writing task 1. This will ensure a concise letter and will be realistic in terms of time management. You have only 20 minutes to write the letter and you need around 5 minutes of planning time, so you will not be able to write a long letter in 15 minutes.

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