Complaints

Write a short letter to your local mayor or local government representative, complaining about something that annoys you in your town.

• streets are not clean
• there are too many speeding cars
• graffiti is everywhere
• there is not enough playground equipment
• there is too much light pollution
• energy or water prices are too high
• there are too many detours for road-reconstruction projects
• there are not enough bike parking racks
• library opening hours are too short
• rubbish is not collected often enough

Write about anything that annoys you, and don’t forget to propose a solution (using could, should, would)!

The most common complaint letter I write is to politicians, for awareness campaigns such as on GetUp! or other online activism websites, particularly for climate change and endangered animal protection.

Family issues

• What is the one thing that annoys you the most about someone in your family?
• What do you do that annoys your parents the most?
• Do you get along with your siblings, or do you always complain about them? Why / why not?

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