Speaking Task 1: Giving Advice
Task 1 asks you to give practical advice about an everyday situation. Scorers look for clear suggestions, reasons, and a warm conversational tone.
No account needed for the demo. Practicing the full bank takes a free account.
Speaking Task 1 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.
Line up two or three suggestions and a reason for each. Recording starts automatically when time runs out.
Deliver the advice clearly and naturally. The timer submits your recording on its own.
Prompt on screen, 30 seconds of preparation, then the recorder takes 90 seconds and submits on its own.
That is the whole flow. The demo runs these exact screens with a real question, timed like test day.
How Speaking Task 1 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 1 gives you the longest speaking time of the first two tasks, 90 seconds, and raters reward clear delivery over brilliant ideas.
Practice here scores every recording on the same four dimensions plus grammar, with a word by word transcript and a CLB style estimate.
Free Speaking Task 1 practice questions
Real prompts from the Giving Advice bank on this site, shown in full so you can see the range of situations this task draws from. There are many more inside, and every one is practicable, with AI scoring and a sample answer.
Your friend needs to buy books for her university courses but has a limited budget. Advise her on where to buy books and which choices can help her stay within her budget.
Your friend wants to get a pet, but she works outside the home for long hours every day. Give her advice about what kind of pet would be suitable for her lifestyle.
Your niece is finishing high school and needs to choose a university for next year. Give her advice on what to consider when choosing a university.
Your friend wants to start going to a gym and get a gym membership for the first time. Give her advice on what to consider when choosing a gym membership.
Your friend has been late for work several times recently and wants to arrive on time every morning. Give her advice on how she should improve her morning routine.
Your friend is moving to a very cold city next month and has always lived in a warm place. Give her advice on what to consider when preparing to live in a cold climate.
Your friend lives with a roommate who wants to get a pet cat, but your friend is allergic to cats. Give her advice on what she should and should not do when talking to her roommate about getting a pet cat.
Your friend’s 12-year-old child is coming to Canada for school and will need lunch and snacks that are common for students here. Give her advice about what kind of food to pack for her child’s school lunch and snacks.
Your friend wants to help some of her classmates improve their reading skills. Give her advice on what she should do to help them.
Your cousin started university a few months ago and wants to balance studying, exercise, and making friends. Give her advice on what she should do to manage her time better in her situation.
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 1, answered
What is the timing for CELPIP Speaking Task 1?
30 seconds of preparation, then 90 seconds of recording. Recording starts automatically when preparation ends and submits itself when time runs out.
How is Speaking Task 1 scored?
Trained raters score four equally weighted dimensions: Content and Coherence, Vocabulary, Listenability, and Task Fulfillment. Practice here scores the same four plus grammar with an AI marker.
What situations come up in Task 1?
A friend, family member, or coworker describes an everyday problem and asks what to do. The raters judge how clearly you deliver advice, not whether the advice is wise.
Can I practice Speaking Task 1 online for free?
Yes. The interactive demo runs the real interface with the real timing, and a free account unlocks the full Task 1 bank with AI scoring during pre-launch.
All CELPIP Speaking question types, covered
8 tasks · about 20 minutes on the mock
Talk a friend through an everyday dilemma with practical advice and clear reasons.
Ready to try Giving Advice?
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.
