CELPIP writing practice with feedback

A worked email sample

Imagine the task asks you to email a fictional neighbour about a shared recycling area. You must suggest one improvement, explain two reasons and ask for a reply. Your plan could be: covered bin, less rain damage, easier sorting, reply by Friday.

Start with the purpose: “I am writing to suggest that we add a covered bin beside the recycling area.” The next paragraph explains the first reason with a result: “Rain often soaks the cardboard before collection, so a lid would keep it usable.” The next paragraph gives the second reason: “A second labelled section would also make it easier for neighbours to separate cans from paper.” Close with the action: “Could you reply by Friday so we can decide whether to ask the building manager?”

Notice the work each sentence does. The opening makes the suggestion. The middle gives two reasons. The close asks for a reply. The details are fictional and original, but the structure is transferable. Read the task 1 email guide for a timed breakdown.

The survey response

The second writing task asks you to choose between two options and explain why. Commit early. A response that spends half the answer describing both choices can leave too little room for your own reasons. Use a clear opening, two developed reasons and a short closing that returns to your choice.

For example, if a fictional community centre asks whether it should add a morning class or extend evening hours, choose one. Reason one might be access for shift workers, with a specific example. Reason two might be better use of an empty room, with a practical result. Do not add a third reason just to sound busy. Develop the two useful reasons you have.

Writing tasks ask for roughly 150 to 200 words; check celpip.ca for the current format. Use the survey guide to practise choosing and supporting one option.

A feedback checklist

Review in this order. First, count task points: did you answer every bullet? Second, check purpose: can the reader tell what you want? Third, check paragraphs: does each paragraph have one job? Fourth, inspect sentence control: subject and verb, tense, articles, plural endings and punctuation. Last, check word count and remove repeated ideas.

Choose one correction to carry into your next task. If you keep writing “I am agree,” change it to “I agree.” If you keep adding “about” after “discuss,” remove it. If your ideas are clear but vague, add a date, person, place or consequence. The best review comment is specific enough to use in the next ten minutes.

A weekly routine

Write one email and one survey response on separate days. On the first day, practise planning and task coverage. On the second, practise sentence checking. Every week, rewrite one old paragraph instead of writing a completely new answer. A rewrite shows whether you can apply feedback, not just understand it.

The free set has one original writing task with a quick estimate. The estimate can return a CLB range, reasons and corrections, but it is coaching evidence only. Every result carries the label Practice estimate, not an official score. The free writing and speaking estimate is capped at five requests per visitor per day.

Try the free writing task when you are ready. For full mocks and in-depth reports, see the paid plans.

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