CELPIP Listening · Part 4 of 6
CELPIP Listening Part 4 Practice Questions: News Item
Practice CELPIP Listening Part 4 with 50 original news reports.
50 sets
Original practice sets
Set 1
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5 questions
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5 min
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50 CELPIP Listening Part 4 practice questions
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Redrawn Snow Clearing Routes
Roads & Transit - 2
On-Demand Evening Bus Service
Roads & Transit - 3
Beaver Dam Trail Reroute
Nature & Environment - 4
Library Tool Lending Collection
Community & Volunteering - 5
Early End to Outdoor Skating
Sport & Recreation - 6
Bakery Revived by Apprentice
Business & Housing - 7
Misidentified Schoolyard Tree
Science & Education - 8
Off-Leash Hours Compromise
Community & Volunteering - 9
Water Main Freeze Sensors
Public Services - 10
Footbridge Built in a Weekend
Community & Volunteering - 11
Walk-In Clinic Morning Hours
Public Services - 12
Hidden Hand-Painted Wall Sign
Heritage & History - 13
Community Apple Juice Press
Community & Volunteering - 14
Shorter Bridge Repair Closure
Roads & Transit - 15
First Half Marathon at Seventy-Four
Sport & Recreation - 16
Restored Wetland Flood Protection
Nature & Environment - 17
Motel Turned Staff Housing
Business & Housing - 18
Lift Lock Anniversary Weekend
Heritage & History - 19
Rise in First Aid Enrolments
Safety & Emergencies - 20
Search for a Fallen Meteorite
Science & Education - 21
Rural Waste Station Kept Open
Public Services - 22
Stranded Bus in Extreme Cold
Safety & Emergencies - 23
Duckling Ramp for Storm Drains
Nature & Environment - 24
Searchable Newspaper Archive
Heritage & History - 25
Lowered River Crest Forecast
Safety & Emergencies - 26
Late Thursday Shop Hours
Business & Housing - 27
Safer Rural School Bus Stop
Roads & Transit - 28
Free Park Sports Equipment Loans
Sport & Recreation - 29
Lamp Switch Repair Guide
Community & Volunteering - 30
Winter Coat Drive Surplus
Community & Volunteering - 31
Pharmacy Deliveries by Bicycle
Business & Housing - 32
Silent Film Piano Restoration
Heritage & History - 33
Hedgerows as Farm Windbreaks
Nature & Environment - 34
Street Narrowing and Snow Storage
Roads & Transit - 35
Foggy Canoe Race Reroute
Sport & Recreation - 36
Unmown Roadside Boulevard Trial
Nature & Environment - 37
Corrected Rent Increase Figure
Business & Housing - 38
Irrigation Ditches from Old Ledgers
Heritage & History - 39
Snow Markers on Fire Hydrants
Safety & Emergencies - 40
Student River Temperature Network
Science & Education - 41
Clearing a Pothole Backlog
Roads & Transit - 42
Multilingual Bus Stop Announcements
Roads & Transit - 43
Bridge Painting and Nesting Swallows
Nature & Environment - 44
Decades-Overdue Library Book
Public Services - 45
Greenhouse Hail Damage Recovery
Safety & Emergencies - 46
Hardware Store Centennial Catalogue
Heritage & History - 47
Robot Built from Old Printers
Science & Education - 48
Beach Sand from Harbour Dredging
Nature & Environment - 49
Online Forms and Counter Service
Public Services - 50
Volunteer Tutor Network
Science & Education
The task
What is CELPIP Listening Part 4: Listening to a News Item?
A short news report read by a single newsreader, like a radio bulletin: a local event, a change to a public service, a new study, a community project. There is no conversation and no pause, so names, numbers and reasons arrive at a steady pace in one voice.
How a practice set runs
- Read the introduction and the one-line topic of the report.
- Listen to the report once (replay is available in practice).
- Complete five statements about the report by choosing the correct ending from a drop-down list.
- Submit to see your score, the completed statements and the transcript.
What you answer
Five sentence-completion questions. Each is a statement about the report with a drop-down list of endings, and you choose the ending the report actually supports. Statements cover the main event, where and when it happened, the reason behind it, who is affected and what happens next.
Example
Sample statement: The city will close the pedestrian bridge because ... (choose: it failed a safety inspection / a new bridge opened nearby / residents asked for it / repairs finished early).
Skills and pitfalls
What CELPIP Listening Part 4 tests
Part 4 checks whether you can follow a single speaker delivering packed information at a steady pace: what happened, where, why, and what comes next.
The questions ask you to complete statements about the report, so you need the specific fact, not a general sense of the story.
How practicing these sets helps
News items follow a predictable shape: the event, the background, the reason, a quote or reaction, and what happens next. Fifty sets make that shape automatic, so you know where each question's detail is likely to sit before the newsreader gets there.
What you will see
- A news item about a local event, a public service change, a study, an award or a community project.
- One continuous voice with no back and forth, so there are no natural pauses to catch up.
- Five statements with drop-down options that complete them using details from the report.
Skills you need
- Catching names, places, numbers and dates on the first pass
- Separating the main event from background and reaction
- Understanding cause and effect as the newsreader states it
- Predicting the kind of detail a news story will give next
Common mistakes
- Focusing on the opening line and missing the detail in the middle
- Mixing up two numbers or two organizations mentioned close together
- Completing a statement with something plausible rather than something reported
- Panicking at an unfamiliar word instead of following the sentence
Strategy
How to improve in CELPIP Listening Part 4
Improve Listening Part 4 by practising the 5 habits below on timed sets and reviewing every explanation afterwards.
Expect the classic news order
What happened, where and when, why, who is affected, what comes next. Listen for each slot in turn, and you will have most answers before the questions appear.
Write the numbers as you hear them
A news item can carry three or four figures in under a minute. A quick note of each number with one word beside it saves the guessing later.
Separate the reporter from the people quoted
Statements often ask what an official or resident said, not what the reporter said. Note who said what.
Complete the sentence with what was reported
Drop-down options are designed to sound reasonable. Pick the one the report actually stated, even if another sounds more likely in real life.
Replay to learn, then stop replaying
Use replay on your first few sets to hear how fast the details come. Then switch to one listen so your practice matches the test.
FAQ
What do candidates ask about CELPIP Listening Part 4?
Short answers to what candidates ask about Listening to a News Item and about practicing it here.
What is CELPIP Listening Part 4?
Part 4, Listening to a News Item, plays a short news report read by a single newsreader. You answer 5 questions about the event, its cause and its details.
Is the Part 4 recording a conversation?
No. It is one voice throughout, like a short radio bulletin, so you cannot rely on a second speaker asking the questions for you.
What kinds of questions does Part 4 ask?
In these sets you complete five statements about the report with drop-down options: the main event, the reason behind it, and specific reported details.
How many Part 4 practice sets are available?
Fifty original news reports, each with 5 questions. The first set is free; the rest are part of the Pro plan.
How can I get faster at catching details?
Practice noting numbers and names as you hear them, and learn the standard order of a news story. Both come quickly with repeated sets, and the transcript shows you what you missed.
Are these official CELPIP news items?
No. They are original reports written for practice. This site is independent and not affiliated with CELPIP or Paragon Testing Enterprises.
Keep going
Related CELPIP practice
Move to the next Listening part, or switch skills. Every page below lists its own 50 practice sets.
Other Listening parts
- Listening Part 1: Problem SolvingA two-person conversation about a problem, played in three segments, with 8 questions.
- Listening Part 2: Daily Life ConversationOne everyday conversation between two people, played straight through, with 5 questions.
- Listening Part 3: Listening for InformationA longer two-person conversation packed with details, with 6 questions on the specifics.
- Listening Part 5: DiscussionThree people discussing a decision, with 8 questions about who said what and what was agreed.
- Listening Part 6: ViewpointsOne speaker presenting a viewpoint on an issue, with 6 questions on the argument.
Ready to practice CELPIP Listening Part 4?
Set 1 is free. Every answer comes with an explanation.