CELPIP Practice

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CELPIP speaking practice questions

Practise CELPIP speaking questions from all 8 tasks, including giving advice, describing a scene and expressing opinions. Choose a free question, prepare under the timer and record your answer. Signing up includes your first AI score and model response. For all 8 tasks in one sitting, take a full 8-task practice test, free. See how answers are scored on the CELPIP Speaking practice test page.

120 questionsAll 8 tasksReal exam timing
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Task 1

Giving Advice

Give advice to a friend or family member about a situation.

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Task 2

Talking about a Personal Experience

Describe a personal experience and explain why it mattered.

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Task 3

Describing a Scene

Describe what is happening in a picture in detail.

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Task 4

Making Predictions

Predict what will happen next in a scene.

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Task 5

Comparing and Persuading

Compare two options, pick one, and persuade someone it is better.

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Task 6

Dealing with a Difficult Situation

Choose how to handle an awkward situation and explain your choice.

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Task 7

Expressing Opinions

State and defend your opinion on a topic.

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Task 8

Describing an Unusual Situation

Describe an unusual or unfamiliar scene to someone over the phone.

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Why drill

Why drill a single CELPIP Speaking task

Full mock exams are great for stamina and pacing, but they spread your attention across all 8 tasks at once. Task-by-task drills are the opposite: focused, short, repeatable.

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    Fix the weakest task

    If your last mock fell apart on Task 6, repeating it ten times beats taking ten new mocks. Drills let you stay on one task until it clicks.

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    Shorter sessions

    Each drill is two minutes of real exam timing plus playback. Easy to slot into a coffee break, a commute, or before bed without committing to a full 20-minute mock.

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    Pattern recognition

    CELPIP repeats prompt structures across questions, advice for a friend, describing a scene, persuading someone. Drilling a task makes the patterns obvious so you stop reinventing every answer.

How task drills work

  1. 1.Pick a task

    Focus on one of the eight speaking tasks. Your progress helps you choose where to start.

  2. 2.Choose a question

    Browse the short summaries, then open a question to start your prep timer.

  3. 3.Speak and replay

    Record with real exam timing. Listen back and try again with a clearer answer.

FAQ

Practice questions, answered

Should I drill tasks or take full mocks?

Both, but in different phases. Early in your prep, drill tasks to learn the structure of each one. Closer to test day, switch to full mocks for stamina and pacing under real timing.

Are these real CELPIP questions?

No. We don't redistribute official Paragon prompts. Every question here is an original prompt written to match the official CELPIP Speaking patterns for each task type. The timing, format, and instruction wording mirror the real exam.

How is each task timed?

Same as the real CELPIP Speaking exam: preparation, then recording. Most tasks give you 30 seconds of prep and 60 seconds to speak. Tasks 1 and 7 give you 90 seconds to speak. Task 5 includes an extra 60-second selection phase. Task 6 gives you 60 seconds of prep.

Will my progress save?

Yes. Sign in and your progress and recordings save to your account, so they follow you across devices. Browsing without an account, completed questions are remembered only in this browser, so clearing your data resets them.

Can I redo a question?

Absolutely. There's no penalty and no limit. Drilling the same question multiple times is one of the most effective ways to internalize a CELPIP task's structure.