A thoughtful thank-you names the help, explains its effect and adds an appropriate next step. Specific appreciation is more useful than several sentences repeating that you are grateful.
Task 1: Writing an Email · Suggested response length: 150–200 words. These original PrepEx study examples are illustrative answers, not rated official CELPIP responses. Other relevant answers are possible.
Help settling into a new neighbourhood
Your task: A neighbour helped you find local services and introduced you to a community walking group after you moved.
Write to: Your neighbour
Write about 150–200 words.
Thank them for the help.
Explain how it affected you.
Offer a way to return the kindness.
Worked email
180 words · Informal tone. Word counts include greetings and sign-offs and count whitespace-separated words.
Hi Olivia,
Thank you for making my first few weeks in the neighbourhood much easier. Your suggestions about the library, grocery shops and community centre saved me a great deal of wandering around, and I really appreciated the introduction to the walking group.
Moving here was exciting, but I did not realise how tiring it would be to work out every small routine at once. Having someone explain where to find things helped me feel settled sooner. The walking group has been especially valuable because I now recognise familiar faces when I go out, rather than feeling like a stranger everywhere.
I would love to invite you over for dinner once the last boxes are unpacked. It would be nice to spend time together without asking you another question about the neighbourhood. Please let me know which evening might suit you and whether there is anything you prefer not to eat.
If you ever need someone to water your plants while you are away, I would be happy to help. Thank you again for such a warm welcome.
Best,
Amir
Useful feedback on a presentation
Your task: A colleague reviewed your presentation before an important internal meeting. Their feedback helped you explain the proposal more clearly.
Write to: Your colleague
Write about 150–200 words.
Thank them.
Describe which advice helped.
Explain the result and offer reciprocal help.
Worked email
183 words · Semi-formal tone. Word counts include greetings and sign-offs and count whitespace-separated words.
Hi Sophie,
Thank you for reviewing my presentation before yesterday's meeting. You took time out of your own work to listen to the draft, and your comments made the proposal much clearer.
The most useful suggestion was to explain the customer problem before describing the new process. I had assumed everyone knew the background, but the questions during our practice session showed that this was not true. I moved the example to the opening and removed several slides that repeated the same point.
During the meeting, colleagues were able to discuss the proposal's practical effects instead of asking what problem it was meant to solve. We still have details to work through, but the discussion was far more focused than I expected. Your advice helped me present the idea confidently without adding extra technical language.
Please let me know if you would like a second pair of eyes on your next report or presentation. I would be glad to return the favour. I have also kept your comments beside my planning notes so that I can use them next time.
Many thanks,
Leo
Support during a community event
Your task: A local shop lent equipment and helped volunteers prepare for your neighbourhood book exchange. The event has now finished.
Write to: The shop owner
Write about 150–200 words.
Thank the owner for the support.
Describe how the support helped.
Explain the equipment return and a follow-up gesture.
Worked email
183 words · Formal tone. Word counts include greetings and sign-offs and count whitespace-separated words.
Dear Ms. Carter,
On behalf of the neighbourhood book exchange team, thank you for lending us display stands and helping our volunteers set them up. Your support made it much easier to organise the books so that visitors could browse comfortably.
The stands kept the children's books within reach and left enough table space for larger books. This mattered because several families came together, and the room could have become crowded if every book had been laid flat. Your advice about leaving clear pathways also helped us arrange the entrance before the event began.
We have checked and cleaned the equipment, and two volunteers will return it tomorrow morning as agreed. Please let me know if you would prefer a different time. We would also like to include a short thank-you to your shop in the community newsletter, provided you are comfortable with that.
The exchange gave residents a chance to share books and meet neighbours. We appreciate the time and care you contributed, as well as the loan of the equipment. Thank you for being part of the event.
Sincerely,
Holly James
Before you finish
Say what you are thanking the person for.
Explain a concrete effect of their help.
Match the closing gesture to the relationship.
Read the whole response for repetition, unclear references and missing links between ideas.
The four public Writing dimensions are Content/Coherence, Vocabulary, Readability and Task Fulfillment. Completing every point and reaching a word target do not, by themselves, establish a CELPIP level.
Task timing, public criteria and the suggested response length were checked against the official 2026 Writing Pro study pack on October 2, 2026. The examples on this page are original PrepEx study material. They do not reproduce official questions, provide answer keys for graded previews or guarantee a score.