Your local council is considering closing a sports and leisure centre to save money. Write a letter to your council. In your letter -Give details on how you and your family use the centre. -explain why the centre is important for the local community. -describe the potential effects on local people if the centre closes.

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Dear Sir or Madam, I hope

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letter finds you well. I am writing to you in relation to the closure of the sports and leisure

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. It is unfortunate that you have decided to close it as my family and I have been using it for more than five years. Every weekend, we will go

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to play tennis and use all the facilities they have. It is the best

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we have in our area as it has a swimming pool, a

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and many

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facilities

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as a soccer field and a tennis court. Other than the sport that I mentioned, we often just hang out with friends as there is a cafe there.

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centre

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has always been important to the residents as it is the only place where they can get active since there are no parks or

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in the area. If the

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closes

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, the people will be devastated since

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centre

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has been around for 20 years. I literally grew up going there.

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means I will lose a portion of my childhood and the happy memories of being there. I would kindly ask you to reconsider closing the

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as it has a special place in our local community. Kind regards, Joscelin

Submitted by joscelinching on Mon Jan 20 2025

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Try to elaborate slightly more on the community benefits and consequences of closure to strengthen the task response.

coherence cohesion

The letter contains a clear greeting and closing, which adds to its coherence.

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The tone is polite and formal, suitable for a letter to the council.

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The letter addresses all elements of the task with relevant details about personal and community use of the centre.

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 7.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

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Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 5.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 5.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

7 paragraphs

213 words

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