CELPIP Listening Practice

CELPIP Listening, Part 1 of 6

Listening to Problem Solving

Listen to a conversation in three sections where someone gets help with a problem, and answer questions after each section.

Questions
8
About
8 min

Part 1Instructions

You will hear a conversation between a man and a woman.

A woman hands a card to a receptionist at the front desk of a clinic
  • The conversation plays in 3 sections. Each section plays once and you cannot pause or replay it.
  • Then each question is spoken once. You see only the answer choices and have 30 seconds for each question.
  • When you finish, you get your score, the answers with explanations, and the transcript.

The audio starts as soon as you press start. Use headphones if you can.

How CELPIP Listening Part 1 works

You hear a man and a woman work through a problem in three short sections, usually a customer and someone helping them. Questions follow each section, 8 in total. Each question is spoken once, only the four options appear on screen, and you have 30 seconds to choose. Some options are pictures.

  • Each section moves the problem forward: what the person needs, what goes wrong, what happens next. Listen for the change.
  • Skim the four options while the question plays. You never see the question in writing.
  • Answers are often a rewording of what was said. An option that repeats the exact words can be a trap.