Part 1: Problem Solving
Follow a problem, the alternatives and why a speaker rules one out.
Divide your notes into problem, constraints and decision. A detail that explains the problem may not be the final solution.
Try Part 1 · Study the lessonCELPIP-General preparation
CELPIP Listening practice: six audio exercises
Start with one reviewed audio exercise from each Listening part. Hear the recording, answer a timed question and review the evidence before moving to the next skill.
Reviewed October 2, 2026
Start the audio exercisePart 1: Problem Solving
Follow a problem, the alternatives and why a speaker rules one out.
Before you listen: Divide your notes into problem, constraints and decision. A detail that explains the problem may not be the final solution.
This is one timed, scored question using an original reviewed recording. Open this exercise on its own page.
After your answer: Find the sentence that changes the proposed solution. Explain why each rejected option misses the speaker’s purpose.
What these six exercises cover
The collection samples the six Listening parts with six questions in total. It is a starter set, not a full 38-question Listening test or an official score predictor. Each answer is scored from reviewed source evidence. No account or AI grade is needed for these objective previews.
Part 2: Daily Life Conversation
Connect details across an everyday conversation.
Listen for a correction or a requirement attached to a time or place. Keep the original plan separate from the confirmed one.
Try Part 2 · Study the lessonPart 3: Information
Understand an explanation and the purpose behind its details.
Note the main topic, categories and examples. Ask how each example supports the explanation.
Try Part 3 · Study the lessonPart 4: News Item
Track the relationship between an announcement, conditions and events.
Note what has happened, what is planned and who qualifies. Do not turn a future proposal into an existing service.
Try Part 4 · Study the lessonPart 5: Discussion
Separate three speakers’ claims, objections and partial agreement.
Give each speaker a separate line of notes. Record how they respond to another person, not just their topic.
Try Part 5 · Study the lessonPart 6: Viewpoints
Identify a speaker’s position and the qualifications that support it.
Listen for concessions: the speaker may accept a benefit but set a condition on using it.
Try Part 6 · Study the lessonMatch your notes to the question
For a detail question, retain the specific condition, person or sequence. For purpose or attitude, note the relationship between the speaker’s examples and their larger claim. A complete transcript of your notes is rarely useful under a time limit: short links such as “proposal → objection → revision” preserve more meaning.
When two choices seem plausible, identify the missing qualifier in each. Does one describe an earlier suggestion? Does it apply to everyone when the speaker limited it to a group? Does it name a fact without explaining the purpose the question asks about?
Review a wrong answer with the recording after submission. Explain what made your choice tempting before writing the source-based reason it fails. Use that observation in your next exercise rather than merely memorising the selected answer.
Practice delivery and the real test
Official Listening Parts 1–3 use spoken questions. These existing starter previews include written-question support, so they do not reproduce the complete official delivery. Part 5 uses reviewed audio and a static speaker image rather than the official video format. The full test contains more questions and a different assembled experience.
Use the full-test guide for the complete task inventory, test screens and access rules. See the official CELPIP format and Listening study pack for current official delivery.