You have recently started work in a new company. Write a letter to an English-speaking friend. In your letter ● explain why you changed jobs ● describe your new job ● tell him/her your other news. Begin your letter as follows:

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Dear Simran, It’s been a long time
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heard from you. Hope
this
letter finds you well. I thought of writing to you today to share some good news with you. I switched to a new job
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weeks ago and I’m extremely happy about
this
new opportunity. As you know, earlier I was working with
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Speak’ therapy centre as a junior therapist for nearly 3 years.
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moths
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back, it struck me that my growth
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stagnated and I was no more content with that junior position.
While
I was working there, I undertook multiple specialisation courses for my professional development. In spite of
this
, my employer didn’t seem to keen on giving me a salary hike which led to my discontentment. During
this
period, I started hunting for new and better opportunities, when I came across a vacancy in The Royal Hospital. I have been appointed here as an Assistant Professor with a
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of 14 lakhs per year. Being an assistant professor, I can not only
attentd
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attend
to patients in the hospital wards but
also
tutor students who aspire to become therapists like me.
This
gives me joy
as well as
satisfaction. I’m glad that I didn’t miss
this
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opportunity
.
Besides
the job change, I have
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news for you. I am flying to New York next month for my cousin’s graduation ceremony. I’ll be there for approximately 4 weeks. Since you live only 1 hour away from New York
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chalk out some
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to meet and spend some time together. It’s been a long time
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haven’t met. Hoping to hear soon from you. Yours sincerely, Grainne Brady.
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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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