CELPIP Writing Course
A structured path through both CELPIP writing tasks — email and survey response — with one full lesson per task, model answers, and editing routines.
Free to read. Create a free account to record answers and get them scored.
About this course
CELPIP Writing rewards candidates who can produce clear, well-organized prose quickly, not candidates who happen to know fancy vocabulary. This course breaks the two writing tasks — an email response and a survey/opinion response — into a repeatable process: plan fast, write to a set structure, and edit against the same criteria the raters use.
You'll start with a diagnostic to see exactly where your writing stands today, then move through the four CELPIP writing competencies (content/coherence, vocabulary, readability, and task fulfillment) one at a time. Each lesson pairs a worked example with a checklist you can reuse under timed conditions, because the real constraint on test day is rarely "can I write a good sentence" — it's "can I write a good response in 27 minutes."
By the end of the course, you'll have a ready-to-adapt structure for each task, a personal list of the errors you make most often, and enough timed-writing practice that the 27-minute clock stops being the enemy. The final lessons cover the smaller details — Canadian spelling and register, IELTS habits to unlearn, and last-mile proofreading — that polish a response once its structure and content are solid.
The 2 Writing tasks at a glance
| Task | What you do | Time | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Writing an Email | Write an email that covers the 3 points in the prompt | 27 min | 150–200 words |
| 2. Responding to Survey Questions | Choose Option A or B in a survey and argue for it | 26 min | 150–200 words |
The whole Writing test takes ~53–60 min. Source: celpip.ca, checked September 30, 2026.
The Celpip Plus team
Written and reviewed against the official CELPIP scoring criteria
Questions about this course
Yes. Every lesson is free to read. A free account lets you draft responses on the practice screen and get your first ones scored.
Task 1 is an email response: 27 minutes, 150 to 200 words. Task 2 is a survey response: 26 minutes, 150 to 200 words.
Raters score four things: Content/Coherence, Vocabulary, Readability and Task Fulfillment. Your result is a CELPIP level from 1 to 12, which maps to the same CLB level for IRCC.
About 50 minutes to read all 13 lessons. Plan on a week if you practise both tasks after their lessons.