Speaking Task 5: Comparing and Persuading
Task 5 has two parts, first you choose between options, then you persuade someone who prefers another one. Scorers look for comparison, reasons, and a polite but firm tone.
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Speaking Task 5 format: how the test plays out
Every panel below is a moment from the exam interface this site rebuilds. Read the flow once, then run the same screens yourself in the demo.
You get 60 seconds to pick one of two options, each with a few bullet points.
The screen reveals what the person you are talking to chose, a different option from the two you were given. You get 60 seconds to plan comparisons and a concession.
Compare, concede a little, and land on why your choice still wins, in a polite but firm tone.
Three timed stages: 60 seconds to choose, 60 to plan, 60 to speak.
That is the whole flow. The demo runs these exact screens with a real question, timed like test day.
How Speaking Task 5 is scored
Trained raters score each Speaking task on four equally weighted dimensions: Content and Coherence, Vocabulary, Listenability, and Task Fulfillment. All eight tasks feed one Speaking result, reported as CELPIP levels 1 to 12 aligned with CLB.
Four equally weighted dimensions per task, including Listenability
All eight tasks count, there is no task you can safely throw away
Levels 1 to 12, aligned with CLB for immigration targets
Task 5 is the only three stage speaking task, and the persuading minute rewards comparison plus a concession more than pure insistence.
Practice here scores every recording on the same four dimensions plus grammar, with a word by word transcript and a CLB style estimate.
Submit and get the AI report
Your recording is scored on four dimensions plus grammar, with strengths and weaknesses on each one, grammar fixes pulled from your own words, a word by word transcript you can replay, and a CLB style estimate. Each note points at something specific to fix, so you know where the next point comes from.
Inside your Speaking score report
Every answer comes back as one report in two parts: a transcript of what you said, and the grading details that show where the score came from. Both are built from your own answer, and the improvement lives in the details.
First, replay your answer word by word
Click any word to hear yourself say it. A word the transcript got wrong is usually a word your pronunciation got wrong, and the thin stretches of your answer are easy to find and replay.
The same answer as readable text. Grammar points are marked right where they happened, and opening one shows the fix written on your own sentence.
Then, the grading details
Strengths and weaknesses on every dimension
Content and Coherence, Vocabulary, Listenability, and Task Fulfillment each get their own read: what worked, what fell short, and what to change. You can tell exactly which dimension is holding the score back.
See where you stand
Your result lands on a distribution of scores from every test taker on the site, and each dimension is set against the site average, so you know whether you are ahead, on pace, or behind on that skill.
A written review, sentence by sentence
Overall feedback reads your whole answer back: an overall assessment, sentence by sentence improvements with the why behind each change, vocabulary upgrades for words you actually used, and key sentences rewritten at three levels.
Grammar notes on your own sentences
Improvement points are marked right in the transcript. Open one and the correction is written on your sentence, so you fix the habit you actually have instead of a textbook example.
Speaking Task 5, answered
What are the three stages of Speaking Task 5?
60 seconds to choose between two options, then the screen reveals the other person’s own pick, a different option, with 60 seconds to plan, then 60 seconds to persuade them.
Is the other person’s option one of my two choices?
No. Their pick is a separate option of their own, so you are defending your choice against something new, not against the one you rejected.
How is Speaking Task 5 scored?
The same four equally weighted dimensions as every speaking task. The points cluster around a clear position backed by comparisons and a polite concession.
Can I practice Speaking Task 5 online for free?
Yes. The free demo walks the exact three stage flow, and the Task 5 bank with AI scoring opens with a free account during pre-launch.
All CELPIP Speaking question types, covered
8 tasks · about 20 minutes on the mock
Compare two options, pick one, and talk the listener into your choice.
Ready to try Comparing and Persuading?
Open the demo to see the exact exam interface, or create a free account to practice the full bank. Everything is free during pre-launch, no credit card required.
