Your city council is planning to pull down one of the historic buildings in your town because they do not have funds to renovate it. As a citizen, you do not want it to happen. Write a letter to the city council. In your letter, say what the importance of this historic building is mention why it should be renovated rather than pull down suggest a plan to raise funds and maintain the building in the future

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing
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letter to express my support for
renovation
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of the historical building and share a plan for maintaining it in future rather than pulling it down now. I was shocked when I first heard the news that the historic library at
city
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center
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might be pulled down
due to
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lack of funds. The library was
constructured
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constructed
in
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the ninteenth
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ninteenth
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nineteenth
century by Viceroy Charles over a period of 12 years. The building has a unique architecture having both old
mugal
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mural
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and modern
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style
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. It was
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used by various rulers during
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last
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2 centuries which makes it very historical.
This
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monument is a famous tourist place and has become a cherishable identity of our town. Any plans of wiping it out will leave
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undelible
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indelible
mark on people's hearts. In my opinion, It should be preserved and renovated to save our history. If there is
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of
maintainance
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maintenance
budget, we can find innovative ways to work around
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. One way is that we could impose an entry ticket for visiting
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monument which may create funds for
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maintainance
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maintenance
of
building
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the building
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.
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Secondary
way is to
crowd fund
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the money required for renovation and upkeep.
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, we may seek help from
state
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government to support it from their budget. I hope you will find some of the ideas useful for implementation. I am happy to volunteer for any support you might need to implement
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. Thanks for your attention, I am looking forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, Sumit Dua

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Task Achievement
Make sure to use proper spelling, for example, 'constructed' instead of 'constructured' and 'nineteenth' instead of 'ninteenth.'
Coherence and Cohesion
Try to ensure each paragraph clearly focuses on one idea to improve clarity. For example, the information about the building’s architecture could be better detailed in a separate paragraph or integrated more smoothly.
Coherence and Cohesion
Vary your sentence structure to make the writing more engaging. For example, instead of starting consecutive sentences with 'The library...' or 'This monument...', consider using different phrases to enhance flow.
Task Achievement
The letter clearly expresses the importance of the historic building and why it should be renovated, which reflects a good understanding of the task.
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Your suggestions for raising funds are practical and demonstrate creative thinking, which can help persuade the city council.
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The tone of your letter is polite and formal, appropriate for addressing the city council, which is commendable.

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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