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Your friend has been offered a place on a course at the university where you studied. HelShe would like your advice about finding a place to live. Write an email to your friend. In your email • describe where you lived when you were a student at the university • recommend the best way for him/her to look for accommodation • wam him/her of mistakes students make when choosing accommodation

Hi, Great news about your place on the course — congratulations! Since you asked about accommodation, I thought I’d share what worked for me when I was studying there. I lived in a shared house about ten minutes from campus. It wasn’t fancy, but it was affordable, quiet, and close enough to walk to lectures. The area was mostly students, so it felt safe and convenient, and the local shops were only a few minutes away. The best way to start your search is through the university’s accommodation office. They keep an updated list of approved landlords and are quick to warn students about places with a bad reputation. Local student groups online are
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 useful for finding housemates or checking what’s available. Just be careful not to rush into signing a contract. A lot of students choose the first place they see and later regret it. Make sure you view the property in person, check for hidden costs in the contract, and confirm that utilities are included. It’s
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 worth asking current tenants about noise, heating, and the landlord’s responsiveness. Let me know if you need help comparing places — happy to look over anything you find. Best, [Your Name]

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content
Your email meets the task well and covers all parts: where you lived, how to look, and mistakes to avoid.
structure
The order is clear: opening, place you lived, how to find a room, then the mistakes to watch for.
language
Some words are a bit hard for the top 100 list. Use more simple words where you can.
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Add one more tiny example or fact to make the tips feel more real (like a price or a time), but keep short.
grammar
Try to keep sentences short to make the flow easy to read.
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Clear aim in every part of the email.
tone
Good tone that is friendly and helpful.
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Well placed tips that are useful to a student.
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For we to consider an essay structure a great one, it should be looking like this:

  • Paragraph 1 - Introduction
    • Sentence 1 - Background statement
    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
    • Sentence 4 - Outline sentence
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion
    • Sentence 1 - Summary
    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
    • Sentence 3 - Prediction or recommendation

Our recommended essay structure above comprises of fifteen (15) sentences, which will make your essay approximately 250 to 275 words.

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