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CELPIP task guides for all four skills
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Follow a skill from the first task or choose the guide you need. Learn an approach, work through an example, and put it into practice. New to CELPIP? Start with the test format, then learn the 15 wrong-answer traps.
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Each path follows the section’s task order. All guides are free.
Listening
Follow conversations, pick out important details, and understand what each speaker thinks.
Reading
Find answers in messages, timetables and articles. Check which details support each answer.
Writing
Write clear emails and explain your survey choices with reasons and examples.
Speaking
Practise giving advice, telling stories, describing scenes and explaining your choices.
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Follow the problem to the final decision
Learn to separate what someone suggests from what the speakers finally agree to do.
The problem, rejected ideas, and final plan
Find out why a plan changes
Learn to tell the reason for a change from other details the speakers mention.
What each person wants, why the plan changes, and what happens next
Follow the steps and check the exceptions
Learn what to do first, when to do something different, and who makes the final decision.
Steps to follow, missing information, and who decides
Separate what happened from what is planned
Find the reason for a change, who it affects, and which future plans have been agreed.
The change, its reason, and what happens next
Keep each speaker’s opinion separate
Follow what each person wants, why they want it, and what they need before they can agree.
Who suggests each idea, who agrees, and who has not decided
Find the speaker’s own opinion
Separate the views a speaker reports from the view they support at the end.
Other people’s views, the speaker’s concern, and the final recommendation
Read the request and choose a reply that fits
Use the original message to check who will help, what they will do, and when.
The request, the agreed time, and the reply
Check every requirement before choosing
Use a timetable or notice to find an option that meets all of the person’s needs.
What the person needs and which choice meets those needs
Find the paragraph that supports the whole statement
Check every detail in a statement. Choose “not given” when none of the paragraphs gives you enough information to support it.
What each paragraph says and what information is missing
Keep track of who agrees and why
Compare people’s opinions, then choose words for a reader’s comment that fit the reader’s own view.
What people agree on, where they disagree, and what the reader thinks
Make your request easy to act on
Explain what happened, why it matters, and what you want the reader to do next.
The problem, its effect, and your request
Support your choice with clear reasons
Choose one option, give two different reasons, and explain how people would benefit.
Your choice, reasons, and examples
Turn advice into a practical plan
Give advice that fits the person’s problem, and explain how each suggestion would help.
What to do and why it helps
Tell what happened and why it mattered
Tell one story, explain how someone helped you, and say why you remember the experience.
What happened and what you learned
Help the listener picture what is happening
Say where the scene is, then describe who is doing what in each part of it.
Where people are and what they are doing
Use scene details to predict what happens next
Say what may happen next and explain which detail makes you think so.
A clue and a likely next action
Compare the options and explain your choice
Explain why your choice suits both people, and answer your listener’s reason for preferring the other option.
Differences, benefits, and your recommendation
Explain a difficult decision clearly and politely
Choose one option, explain your decision to the right person, and offer help you can provide.
Your decision, reason, and offer of help
Give an opinion and explain your reasons
Answer the question, explain two different reasons, and respond to a concern about your idea.
Your opinion, reasons, and a possible concern
Describe what is unusual and finish the task
Help the listener picture what you see, then complete the invitation or request in the prompt.
What you see and why you are calling
Start with your feedback
A specific improvement is easier to practise. Revisit your review and choose a guide that addresses it.