CELPIP Speaking
Eight tasks, a countdown on each, and nobody to react to you.
CELPIP Speaking is recorded, not conversational. There is no examiner nodding along, the preparation time is measured in seconds, and the recording starts whether you are ready or not. Most of the difficulty is structural, which is exactly why rehearsing a shape for each task works.
- 675 Speaking practice tasks, covering all 8 task types
- 30 full-length mock exams — plus unlimited more, generated on demand by AI
- Every recording scored 1–12 on all four official criteria in 15–30 seconds
- 8
- tasks, each with its own shape
- 15–20
- minutes for the whole section
- 30–60
- seconds of preparation per task
Practise Speaking, part by part
Every Speaking part in the real exam order, with the true number of tasks in each. Open a part to see what it covers and start — 675 in all.
The feedback nobody in the room gives you
CELPIP Speaking is recorded, not conversational — there is no examiner reacting, so there is no signal at all about how it landed. The evaluation supplies that signal, criterion by criterion.
- All four official criteria — Content/Coherence, Vocabulary, Listenability and Task Fulfillment, scored 1–12 each.
- Scored separately — so you can see whether it is the content letting you down or the delivery.
- Back in 15–30 seconds — fast enough to re-record the same task while the attempt is still fresh.
Task 4 picture description · 60 seconds · sample feedback
Score 10Content & Coherence
10Covers the whole scene in a sensible order, though the closing seconds repeat an earlier detail.
Vocabulary
10Accurate and varied — "leaning against the railing" places the subject precisely without straining.
Listenability
11Clear pronunciation and natural pacing; pauses fall at clause boundaries rather than mid-phrase.
Task Fulfillment
10Describes rather than narrates, as the task asks, and uses the full recording window.
The specific moments, not a general note
Nobody in the room reacts while you record, so there is no signal about how it landed. The evaluation supplies it — the filler run, the repeated structure, the point you ran out of things to say.
- What already works — named explicitly, so a habit that is working survives the next attempt.
- The moment that costs you — quoted from your own recording, not a general note about fluency.
- A concrete rewrite — the phrasing to use instead, so the fix is something you can rehearse.
Strengths
- Opens with the overall scene before moving to detail.
- Uses present continuous consistently, which the task rewards.
- Spatial language places each subject relative to the last.
- Fills the full 60 seconds without trailing into silence.
Areas to improve
One filler run costs momentum near the halfway mark.
“and then, um, there is also a, a man who is standing”
Try something tangible — “To the left of them, a man leans against the railing.”
Hear how your own answer scores.
Record a response and an AI returns it scored on all four official criteria in 15–30 seconds, naming the specific moments — a filler run, a repeated structure — that cost you marks.
Free Speaking templates
Free, no accountA structure for every task — fill it with your own ideas.
- CELPIP Speaking Task 1 Template: Giving Advice
- CELPIP Speaking Task 2 Template: Talking about a Personal Experience
- CELPIP Speaking Task 3 Template: Describing a Scene
- CELPIP Speaking Task 4 Template: Making Predictions
- CELPIP Speaking Task 5 Template: Comparing and Persuading
- CELPIP Speaking Task 6 Template: Dealing with a Difficult Situation
- CELPIP Speaking Task 7 Template: Expressing Opinions
- CELPIP Speaking Task 8 Template: Describing an Unusual Situation
Rehearsed one of these out loud? Record it and get it scored
The full Speaking course
15 free lessons, in order — strategy, worked examples, and the errors that cost the most marks.
- Orientation & Diagnostic
- Scoring & What Good Looks Like
- Fluency & Coherence Fundamentals
- Task 1 — Giving Advice
- Task 2 — Personal Experience
- Task 3 — Describing a Scene
- Task 4 — Making Predictions
- Task 5 — Comparing and Persuading
- Task 6 — Dealing with a Difficult Situation
- Task 7 — Expressing Opinions
- Task 8 — Describing an Unusual Situation
- Pronunciation & Comprehensibility
- Timing Drills & Prep-Time Strategy
- Common Errors & Fixes
- Recovering From Mistakes Mid-Answer
Every lesson is free to read. Recording is where you find out whether the structure survives a 60-second countdown.
675 Speaking tasks, split by task type
Not a rounded-up marketing figure — this is the actual count in the question bank, broken out so you can see there is enough of the part you keep losing marks on.
- Describing an Unusual Situation102
- Talking about a Personal Experience91
- Expressing Opinions90
- Dealing with a Difficult Situation85
- Giving Advice84
- Comparing and Persuading80
- Describing a Scene74
- Making Predictions69
- 30
- prebuilt full-length mock exams, timed end to end
- Unlimited
- brand-new mock exams, generated on demand by AI
- 2,064
- practice tasks across all four skills
Speaking practice is unlimited on a paid plan, and every recording comes back scored on the same four criteria.From $9.99 a week
Common questions
Eight, ranging from giving advice to describing an unusual picture. Each has its own preparation and response time, and each rewards a different structure — which is why practising them as one skill rarely works.
Between 30 and 60 seconds depending on the task, then the recording begins automatically. Tasks 5 and 6 give the full 60 seconds because they require you to compare options or plan a difficult conversation.
The silence is recorded. Finishing at 35 seconds of a 60-second task reads as an incomplete answer, so the more useful skill is having enough structure to fill the time without repeating yourself.
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