CELPIP Speaking Prediction Sep 12–14
Practice the 8 speaking tasks from this prediction poster, including picture description, advice, predictions, persuasion and opinion questions.
CELPIP Speaking Practice Tasks
Use the questions below to practise before your test. For the full explanation, structures and sample answers, download the detailed PDF.
Giving Advice
Practice Question: Your friend wants to learn how to cook but has never cooked before. Give your friend some advice on where to start.
Personal Experience
Practice Question: Talk about a time when you had to work with someone whose personality or working style was very different from yours. What was the situation, how did you handle it, and what did you learn?
Describe the Picture
Practice Question: Describe the picture to someone who cannot see it.
Make Predictions
Practice Question: Look at the same picture in Task 3 again and predict what might happen next.
Comparing and Persuading
Practice Question: You and your friend are both looking to buy a new pair of wireless earbuds. You've each picked a different option. Compare the two and convince your friend that your choice is the better buy.
Difficult Situation
Practice Question: You and your two roommates split the cost of a birthday gift for a mutual friend, but now one roommate wants to back out and get their money refunded at the last minute.
OR Talk to your other roommate about covering the missing share instead.
Express an Opinion
Practice Question: Do you think employers should be allowed to monitor employees' social media activity outside of work hours?
Unusual Situation
Practice Question: You found an old, hand-painted wooden birdhouse abandoned in a public park. Call the parks department's lost and found and describe it. Ask if anyone has reported it missing.
Useful CELPIP Speaking Language
If I were in your position...
I would recommend...
One experience I remember...
What happened next was...
In the foreground...
In the middle...
In the background...
I think...
It is likely that...
The biggest advantage is...
Another benefit is...
I strongly believe that...
From my perspective...
Speaking Practice Checklist
Before you finish your practice, check whether you:
- Answered the question directly.
- Organized your ideas logically.
- Gave explanations and examples.
- Used varied vocabulary and linking words.
- Spoke clearly and confidently.
- Avoided unnecessary pauses and repetition.
- Completed the task within the required time.
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