Listening Part 4: News Item
Part 4 plays one news report read by a single speaker, about 1.5 minutes, then shows all 5 questions at once as sentence completions with drop-down menus and about 3 minutes on the clock. The statements stay hidden until the clip ends, so your notes are the only bridge between the audio and the answers.
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Listening Part 4 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.
A single speaker reads a news item of about 1.5 minutes. It plays one time only.
All 5 questions appear at once as sentence completions with drop-down menus and about 3 minutes on the clock.
One news clip, then all five sentence completions appear together with about 3 minutes on the clock.
That is the whole flow. The demo runs these exact screens with a real question, timed like test day.
How Listening Part 4 is scored
Listening is scored by computer, one point per correct answer and no penalty for a wrong one. Your raw score out of 38 converts to a CELPIP level from 1 to 12, aligned with CLB.
38 scored questions across the six Listening parts
No penalty for guessing, and a blank counts the same as a wrong answer
The raw score converts to CELPIP levels 1 to 12, aligned with CLB
Part 4 carries 5 of the 38 scored Listening questions and opens the second half of Listening, where clips get longer and notes carry more weight.
Practice here grades every question instantly against the key and tracks your accuracy per part, so you can see which of the six parts is costing you points.
Bridge with your notes
The statements stay hidden until the clip ends, so your notes are the only bridge between the audio and the answers.
Listening Part 4, answered
How many questions are in CELPIP Listening Part 4?
Five. After a news item of about 1.5 minutes, all five appear at once as sentence completions with drop down menus and roughly 3 minutes on the clock.
Are Part 4 questions multiple choice?
They are sentence completions rather than spoken multiple choice. Each statement has its own drop down menu, and all five sit on one screen.
How much is Part 4 worth in the Listening score?
Part 4 carries 5 of the 38 scored Listening questions, one point per correct answer with no penalty for guessing.
Who reads the news item?
A single speaker reads one news report. There is no conversation to follow, so your notes need to capture facts, names, and numbers from one continuous voice.
All CELPIP Listening question types, covered
6 parts · about 47 minutes on the mockA short news report, followed by questions on what actually happened.
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