You work at home and have a problem with a piece of equipment that you use for your job. Write a letter to the shop or company which supplied the equipment. In your letter: -describe the problem with the equipment -explain how this problem is affecting your work -say what you want the shop or company to do

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to complain about a piece of equipment that failed and that I bought in your shop. On the one hand, as far as the problem with the equipment is concerned,
firstly
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, I cannot use my chainsaw anymore
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a manufacturing problem, leading to stopping my activity --To be more accurate, a leak from the motor was spotted.
In addition
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, let me explain to you how
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problem
affect
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our work. I have a landscaping company,
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the fact that we
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every day the chainsaw at work, and most importantly, my worker and I cannot continue to work
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the missing tools.
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but not least, I would suggest that the shop repair my item
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the fact that it is under guarantee.
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, I would like to have a spare chainsaw, during the time of the reparation, leading to keep going my activity. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any
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information. Kind regards, Mr Van
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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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