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IELTS Task 1 (General Training): A letter to a friend about a part-time job abroad

You are going to another country to study. You would like to do a part-time job while you are studying, so you want to ask a friend who lives there for some help.

Write a letter to this friend. In your letter

give details of your study plans
explain why you want to get a part-time job
suggest how your friend could help you find a job

Write at least 150 words.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ..........,

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Your long-range career goals

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Question: What are your long-range career goals?

This is a typical job interview question. Write your answer as though you are in an actual interview.

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Learning more about your field

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Question: What would you like to learn more about in your field of expertise?

This is a typical job interview question. Write your answer as though you are in an actual interview.

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Your philosophy of teaching

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Question: What is your philosophy of teaching?

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Who would play you in a movie?

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Question: If Hollywood made a movie about your life, what actor would play you?

This is a typical job interview question. Write your answer as though you are in an actual interview.

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Trading places

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Question: If you could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not, living or dead, real or fictional, who would you choose?

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How weird are you?

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Question: On a scale of 1 to 10 (least to most), how weird are you?

This is a typical job interview question. Write your answer as though you are in an actual interview.

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Invisibility or flying?

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Question: Which superpower would you choose: invisibility or flying?

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Ways to use paper clips

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Question: List 10 things you could do with a paper clip besides clip papers together.

This is a typical job interview question. Write your answer as though you are in an actual interview.

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Sell a pen

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Question: Sell me this pen.

This is a typical job interview question. Write your answer as though you are in an actual interview.

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Pages

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Transition Words & Phrases (3): Comparison and Contrast

Transition Words & Phrases (2): Cause and Effect

Transition Words & Phrases (1): Sequencing

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Writing Paragraphs (Part 1)

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I kind of get it

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Understand ALMOST and MOSTLY

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