Writing Task 1: Writing an Email
Task 1 asks you to write an email of about 150 to 200 words in 27 minutes. Raters look for a clear purpose statement, one paragraph per bullet point, and a tone that fits the reader.
No account needed for the demo. Practicing the full bank takes a free account.
Writing 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.
An everyday situation that needs an email, with bullet points listing what your email must cover. It stays on the left the whole time.
A clear purpose statement, one paragraph per bullet point, and a tone that fits the reader. The word counter tracks you live.
One screen, two panes: the prompt stays on the left while you write on the right, 27 minutes with a live word counter.
That is the whole flow. The demo runs these exact screens with a real question, timed like test day.
How Writing Task 1 is scored
Trained raters score each Writing task on four equally weighted dimensions: Content and Coherence, Vocabulary, Readability, and Task Fulfillment. Tasks 1 and 2 each carry half of your Writing result, reported as CELPIP levels 1 to 12 aligned with CLB.
Four equally weighted dimensions per task, no single killer criterion
Task 1 and Task 2 each carry half of the Writing result
Levels 1 to 12, aligned with CLB for immigration targets
Task 1 alone carries half of your Writing result, scored on the same four dimensions as Task 2, so neither task can be sacrificed.
Practice here returns the same four dimensions plus grammar from an AI marker, with sentence level corrections and a CLB style estimate on every draft.
Submit for AI grading
Your response comes back scored on four dimensions plus grammar, with strengths and weaknesses on each one, corrections written on your own sentences, and a CLB style estimate. Each note points at something specific to fix, so you know where the next point comes from.
Inside your Writing 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.
Strengths and weaknesses on every dimension
Content and Coherence, Vocabulary, Readability, 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.
Corrections on your own sentences
Grammar and wording fixes are written directly on what you wrote, sentence by sentence, so you fix the habits you actually have instead of textbook examples.
A full written review at the end
Past the numbers, the report closes with a written review of the whole answer: what to keep doing and the few changes that will move the score first.
Writing Task 1, answered
How long should the CELPIP Task 1 email be?
About 150 to 200 words in 27 minutes. The interface counts words live, and one paragraph per bullet point in the prompt is a structure raters can follow.
How is Writing Task 1 scored?
Trained raters score four equally weighted dimensions: Content and Coherence, Vocabulary, Readability, and Task Fulfillment. Task 1 carries half of the Writing result. Practice here returns the same four dimensions plus grammar from an AI marker.
What do the bullet points in the prompt mean?
They are the content checklist. Every bullet must be addressed for full Task Fulfillment, and skipping one is the most common self inflicted loss in Task 1.
Can I practice Writing Task 1 online for free?
Yes. This site has a free demo of the exact exam interface, and a free account unlocks the Task 1 bank with AI marking on every draft during pre-launch.
All CELPIP Writing question types, covered
2 tasks · about 53 minutes on the mockWrite an email handling an everyday scenario, graded on all four dimensions plus grammar.
Ready to try Writing an Email?
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.
