CELPIP Learn

Know the test. Then train for it.

Start with the complete CELPIP-General format, then study each component with a repeatable method, an original worked example, and a direct handoff into practice.

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Build the right mental map

The first guide covers the complete test before breaking it into the twenty scored task families you will practise.

Test overview

CELPIP-General: format, timing, tasks, and scores

See the four components in order, all six Listening parts, all four Reading parts, both Writing tasks, all eight Speaking tasks, the scoring scale, unscored items, and the test-day workflow.

By Kate Feng 8 minute read Updated August 26, 2026

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Inside the guide

Complete timing and question counts
Every component, part, and task
CELPIP Levels and CLB alignment
How Listening and Reading are scored
How Writing and Speaking are rated
What happens at the test centre

Component guides

Study the skill before the task family

Each guide explains the component format, what the questions or raters measure, a method to use under time, and what to check after practice.

Live · 10 min CELPIP Listening

Six parts, two question workflows, one-play notes, inference, and recovery.

Component 1 Live · 10 min CELPIP Reading

Four presentations, evidence location, paraphrase, context clues, and pacing.

Component 2 Live · 11 min CELPIP Writing

Two responses, four rating dimensions, planning, drafting, and revision.

Component 3 Live · 12 min CELPIP Speaking

Eight timed responses, preparation notes, microphone delivery, and self-review.

Component 4

Listening task lessons

Use a note shape that fits the recording

The question flow and useful evidence change across the six Listening parts. Start with the first four, in official order.

Live · 9 min Part 1: Problem Solving

Three recording sections, practical constraints, proposed solutions, and the final decision.

8 questions Live · 8 min Part 2: Daily Life Conversation

Speaker relationships, purpose, plans, changes, feelings, and implied meaning.

5 questions Live · 9 min Part 3: Listening for Information

Explanation structure, category notes, steps, requirements, examples, and exceptions.

6 questions Live · 9 min Part 4: News Item

The lead, people, cause and result, next steps, and grouped sentence completions.

5 questions

After the overview

See each component in action

Move from the guide into a filtered Practice Hub section. Anonymous learners can browse the catalog and open the featured free practice in every task family.

46–55 minutesListeningSix parts built around conversations, information, news, discussion, and viewpoints. 43–56 minutesReadingCorrespondence, diagrams, information, and viewpoints across four parts. 53 minutesWritingOne email and one survey response, each developed in 150–200 words. 15 minutesSpeakingEight timed responses covering advice, experience, description, persuasion, and opinion.

Course map

Nine of 37 lessons are live

The course will cover every scored CELPIP task family, then add focused language clinics and test-taking lessons.

Test orientation1 of 1 live

Listening5 of 7 live

Reading1 of 5 live

Writing1 of 3 live

Speaking1 of 9 live

Language clinics0 of 6 live

Test strategy0 of 6 live