A friend from another country is moving to your city for work. He / she has asked you for advice about living in your city. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter suggest an interesting part of the city to live in * describe the public transport in your city say how your friend can meet new people there

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Dear Sam, I hope you’re doing well. Sorry for not writing sooner, I was busy with my studies. I’ve just found out that you’re moving to Chişinău, which is great news for me. To start, you can live in
Ciocana
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the Ciocana
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district. It’s a nice place
,
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apply
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where you can rent a cheaper flat. It’s
also
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near my house, so we can hang out more often. Another thing you should know about is our public transport. I can’t say that it’s perfect, because in a hot season there’s no air conditioning, which makes travelling too hard. It
also
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became more expensive, now you have
pay
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to pay
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7 lei. On top of that, you should know about how you can meet new people here. You can look for some interesting events on social media,
such
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as festivals, small musical concerts, master classes and so on. Usually, people here are really outgoing
so
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, so
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It
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isn’t going to be hard to meet someone. I hope it will help you when you move. Anyway, I have to go now and do my homework. Write something if you have some free time. Take care, Liza

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Write a bit more about why this part of the city is good.
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Check small grammar mistakes, like 'you have to pay' and 'in summer'.
coherence and cohesion
Use clear linking words to join ideas, like 'also', 'because', and 'so'.
coherence and cohesion
Keep one main point in each paragraph and add one more detail.
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You answered all parts of the letter.
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The tone is friendly and good for a letter to a friend.
coherence and cohesion
The letter has a clear start, middle, and end.
coherence and cohesion
Each paragraph has its own main idea.
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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