How long is the Part 6 clip, and does it repeat?
About 3 minutes, the longest audio in the test, and it plays one time only with no pause. In real practice here you can replay it while reviewing, but exam mode plays it once, exactly like test day.
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Listening Part 6Demo
Listening to Viewpoints
The exact exam interface with a sample question. Nothing you do here is saved.
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Transcripts and the dictionary unlock in real practice.
CELPIP Listening (Demo) - Part 6 1/1
Time remaining: 4 minutes
You will hear a report once. It is about 3 minutes long. Then 6 questions will appear.
Click "NEXT" to continue.
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Demo clip screen. In real practice the clip plays as real audio, once only.
Listening Part 6: Listening to Viewpoints
Part 6 plays the longest clip of the test, a report of about 3 minutes in which one speaker presents a community issue and relays the views of several named people. Then 6 sentence completions appear with drop-down menus. The questions lean on who said what and why, so notes organized by voice do most of the work.
6 questions8 minutesOne three minute report
In real practice
- The report plays as real audio, once only in exam mode, and the six statements go live with a real countdown after it ends. This demo window stays silent on purpose.
- Your answers are graded instantly against the answer key, and every question has an explanation that shows why the right option wins and where each trap fails.
- You can replay the audio with a synced transcript as you review, look up words along the way, and your accuracy is tracked across the whole question bank.
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CELPIP Listening Part 6 Guide:Viewpoints Tips, Who Said What and Answer Traps
Part 6 plays the longest and hardest clip of the test: one speaker delivers a report of about 3 minutes on a community issue, relaying the views of several named people. It plays once, then 6 sentence completions appear together with drop-down menus. Tracking who holds which view and why is the entire game. The demo above is the exact interface you get on test day.
The format at a glance
Questions
6 in total, shown together after the report ends, as sentence completions with drop-down menus. Most target viewpoints: which person, which stance, which reason
Time
About 8 minutes. The report runs about 3 minutes, the longest clip in the test, then the question screen gives you roughly 4 minutes for all 6 statements
The audio
A formal report in a broadcast style: one speaker presents an issue, relays the views of two to four named people with titles, cites a statistic or two, and usually ends without a verdict
How Part 6 is scored
Listening is scored by computer, one point per correct answer and no penalty for wrong ones. Part 6 contributes 6 of the 38 scored Listening questions and sits at the top of the difficulty curve, high Levels are built on holding steady here.
One point per statement
Each of the 6 completions is right or wrong, nothing in between, and guessing is never penalized. Fill all six menus before the shared countdown ends, even a blind guess keeps a one in four chance.
38 questions become a Level
Part 6 has no separate score, its points join the Listening total out of 38, which converts to a CELPIP Level from 1 to 12. Score equating balances difficulty across test versions, so the raw bands overlap on purpose.
Attribution is the tested skill
Officially questions cover general meaning, specific information, and inference. In Part 6 they wear one costume: which named person said, believes, or would agree with what, and every statistic belongs to someone too.
An unscored part may appear
One experimental part may hide anywhere in the Listening test and not count. It cannot be identified, so treat the long report as scored even when it feels like the odd one out.
An 8 minute plan that works
Set a lane for every voicebefore the audio
The one line introduction names the topic, use it. Rule your page into blocks, one per person you expect to hear, plus a lane for the narrator's framing. People are introduced by full name and title, then referred to by surname, so surnames are the keys to your notes.
Map each viewpoint as it landsabout 3 minutes
For every named person capture surname, side, and two reason words, and pin each statistic to its owner. Ride the signposts: however and on the other hand announce a pivot, argues and points out announce testable opinion, some versus others splits the camps.
Listen through the final sentencethe closing seconds
Part 6 reports rarely end with a verdict, they end on an open note, whether it works remains to be seen. The last question often hinges on that quiet closing judgment, so do not pack up your attention early.
Check attribution before meaningabout 4 minutes for 6 statements
On the question screen, when two options both sound heard, check who actually said it first, then check scope, all versus some, then whether it was said at all. Answer confident items first in any order and leave no menu empty.
Instructions you will hear and see
These are the official instruction patterns plus the signal words that organize a viewpoints report. The attribution verbs and pivot words are the skeleton, hear them and the report sorts itself.
You will hear a report once. It is about 3 minutes long. Then 6 questions will appear.Choose the best way to complete each statement from the drop-down menu.The purpose of this talk is to ...argues / points out / acknowledges / countershowever / on the other hand / in contrastcritics ... supporters ... / some ... others ...
Mistakes that cost points
Chasing every unfamiliar wordStaying Focused
The report uses academic vocabulary on purpose, and stopping to decode one term costs the next viewpoint. Judge unknown words by their positive or negative feel and keep tracking who is saying what.
Pinning a real quote on the wrong expertSpeaker Attribution
The most productive Part 6 distractor is a statement genuinely made in the report but attributed to the wrong person or the wrong side. If your notes cannot say who said it, the option cannot be trusted.
Accepting options that stretch the claimScope and Degree
Distractors quietly turn some into all, often into always, or drop the condition a speaker attached. Match the strength of the claim, not just its topic, hedged statements stay hedged in correct answers.
Transcribing instead of taggingNote Taking
Full sentences cannot keep up with a three minute report. Surname, a plus or minus for their side, two reason words, then move on, your notes are a map of the argument, not a recording of it.
Hunting for the audio's exact wordsParaphrase
Correct completions paraphrase the report, an option that recycles its exact phrases is usually bait. Verify meaning against your notes, especially on the final question about how the report ends.
Part 6 questions people ask
Are the 6 questions visible while the report plays?
No. They appear together only after the audio ends, each a sentence completion with a drop-down menu, sharing one countdown. Your preview is the introductory line on screen, and your notes bridge the gap between the clip and the questions.
How do I take notes on four different viewpoints?
One block per person: surname, a plus or minus for their side, and two or three reason words, with statistics pinned to their owners. The questions roughly follow audio order and lean on who said what, so a page organized by voice answers them almost by itself.
