Letters to the Editor

Exercise 2

Problem Solution Benefit

heavy traffic - encourage people to use - they would feel better,
public transport / there would be fewer
bicycles / to walk cars, there wouldn’t be
- impose a charge for traffic jams, less
entering the city centre pollution

Exercise 3

Problem Solution Reaction

pollute the environment provide more waste bins I’m annoyed with
litter do not litter I find it unacceptable
dog waste introduce fines I am fed up with
cigarette butts take action
drop paper clean up after your pet
empty waste bins regularly
keep our city clean

Exercise 4

She suggested putting notices…

Another solution… / Other solutions…

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

1 Greeting Dear Editor,
2 reason why she is writing I am writing to express my concern
about…
3 first problem I am really annoyed with…
4 second problem Another thing which I find
unacceptable… / I am fed up with…
5 suggesting solutions and results In my opinion, we should…
It would be a good idea to…
By doing this, we would…
Moreover, the city services should
provide…
As a result,…
6 suggesting solutions and results Another solution would be…
This way we would…
7 final comments
8 letter closing I look forward to reading more…
9 letter closing Yours faithfully,
Name + surname

Exercise 7

Problem Solutions Results