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CELPIP Speaking Task 1 Practice Questions: Giving Advice
Practice CELPIP Speaking Task 1 with 50 original giving-advice prompts.
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Set 1
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30s prep
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90s speak
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50 CELPIP Speaking Task 1 practice questions
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Your friend Aisha is moving to Toronto before winter
Health & Safety - 2
Your colleague Daniel is starting a first hybrid job in Toronto
Work & Career - 3
Your neighbour Nadia wants to start a shared garden in Toronto
Community & Volunteering - 4
Your classmate Samir must choose a college program in Toronto
Study & Education - 5
Your cousin Sofia is searching for a first apartment in Toronto
Home & Housing - 6
Your teammate Mateo is joining a recreational league in Toronto
Sports & Recreation - 7
Your friend Hana will use public transit late at night in Toronto
Travel & Transportation - 8
Your coworker Liam must give a bilingual presentation in Toronto
Work & Career - 9
Your relative Fatima needs affordable childcare in Toronto
Family & Pets - 10
Your friend Lucas, who is new to Canada, needs non-emergency…
Health & Safety - 11
Your sibling Chloe is creating a first monthly budget in Toronto
Money & Budgeting - 12
Your neighbour Noah is organizing a multicultural block party in…
Community & Volunteering - 13
Your colleague Grace is having repeated disagreements with a…
Work & Career - 14
Your friend Arjun plans to adopt a rescue dog in Toronto
Family & Pets - 15
Your classmate Mei is taking a part-time job while studying in…
Study & Education - 16
Your cousin Ethan is planning a long road trip from Toronto
Travel & Transportation - 17
Your roommate Amara wants to lower the apartment electricity bill…
Money & Budgeting - 18
Your coworker Ben is applying for a promotion in Toronto
Work & Career - 19
Your friend Priya will volunteer at a food bank in Toronto
Community & Volunteering - 20
Your neighbour Yusuf is worried about a noisy renovation in Toronto
Home & Housing - 21
Your friend Maya is moving to Vancouver before winter
Health & Safety - 22
Your colleague Omar is starting a first hybrid job in Vancouver
Work & Career - 23
Your neighbour Leila wants to start a shared garden in Vancouver
Community & Volunteering - 24
Your classmate Julien must choose a college program in Vancouver
Study & Education - 25
Your cousin Aisha is searching for a first apartment in Vancouver
Home & Housing - 26
Your teammate Daniel is joining a recreational league in Vancouver
Sports & Recreation - 27
Your friend Nadia will use public transit late at night in Vancouver
Travel & Transportation - 28
Your coworker Samir must give a bilingual presentation in Vancouver
Work & Career - 29
Your relative Sofia needs affordable childcare in Vancouver
Family & Pets - 30
Your friend Mateo, who is new to Canada, needs non-emergency…
Health & Safety - 31
Your sibling Hana is creating a first monthly budget in Vancouver
Money & Budgeting - 32
Your neighbour Liam is organizing a multicultural block party in…
Community & Volunteering - 33
Your colleague Fatima is having repeated disagreements with a…
Work & Career - 34
Your friend Lucas plans to adopt a rescue dog in Vancouver
Family & Pets - 35
Your classmate Chloe is taking a part-time job while studying in…
Study & Education - 36
Your cousin Noah is planning a long road trip from Vancouver
Travel & Transportation - 37
Your roommate Grace wants to lower the apartment electricity bill…
Money & Budgeting - 38
Your coworker Arjun is applying for a promotion in Vancouver
Work & Career - 39
Your friend Mei will volunteer at a food bank in Vancouver
Community & Volunteering - 40
Your neighbour Ethan is worried about a noisy renovation in…
Home & Housing - 41
Your friend Amara is moving to Calgary before winter
Health & Safety - 42
Your colleague Ben is starting a first hybrid job in Calgary
Work & Career - 43
Your neighbour Priya wants to start a shared garden in Calgary
Community & Volunteering - 44
Your classmate Yusuf must choose a college program in Calgary
Study & Education - 45
Your cousin Maya is searching for a first apartment in Calgary
Home & Housing - 46
Your teammate Omar is joining a recreational league in Calgary
Sports & Recreation - 47
Your friend Leila will use public transit late at night in Calgary
Travel & Transportation - 48
Your coworker Julien must give a bilingual presentation in Calgary
Work & Career - 49
Your relative Aisha needs affordable childcare in Calgary
Family & Pets - 50
Your friend Daniel, who is new to Canada, needs non-emergency…
Health & Safety
The task
What is CELPIP Speaking Task 1: Giving Advice?
A short scenario about someone you know who needs help: a friend moving to a colder city, a cousin choosing between two job offers, a colleague struggling with a workload. You speak to that person and give practical advice.
How a practice set runs
- Read the scenario on screen.
- Use the 30-second preparation countdown to choose two or three suggestions.
- Record your answer during the 90-second speaking window; recording stops automatically.
- Submit; your recording is transcribed and evaluated, and the transcript with feedback appears below.
What you answer
A spoken answer of up to 90 seconds addressed to the person in the scenario. It should acknowledge their situation, give two or three specific suggestions with reasons, and end with the one you would try first. The evaluation returns an estimated level, a transcript and comments on content, vocabulary, fluency and task response.
Example
Sample prompt: Your friend Aisha is moving to a much colder city next month and is worried about the winter. Give her some advice on how to prepare.
Skills and pitfalls
What CELPIP Speaking Task 1 tests
Task 1 checks whether you can respond to a personal situation with clear, organized advice in natural spoken English.
Ninety seconds is the longest speaking window on the test, so the task also measures whether you can develop ideas rather than list them.
How practicing these sets helps
Fifty different situations build a stock of advice patterns you can reuse: how to open, how to give a reason, how to close with encouragement. The transcript shows where you hesitated or repeated yourself, and the evaluation names the exact lines to improve.
What you will see
- A short scenario: a friend wants to change careers, a cousin is nervous about a move, a colleague cannot manage their workload.
- A 30-second preparation countdown, then a 90-second recording window.
- After recording, a transcript and an evaluation of what you said.
Skills you need
- Acknowledging the person's situation before advising
- Giving two or three suggestions with a reason for each
- Prioritizing the advice that matters most
- Sounding warm and natural rather than formal
Common mistakes
- Running out of things to say after 40 seconds
- Giving five suggestions with no reasons
- Speaking to a friend in the tone of a lecture
- Spending the preparation time worrying instead of choosing two ideas
Strategy
How to improve in CELPIP Speaking Task 1
Improve Speaking Task 1 by practising the 5 habits below on timed sets and reviewing every explanation afterwards.
Choose two ideas in the preparation time
Thirty seconds is enough to pick two pieces of advice and one reason for each. Do not plan the wording; plan the ideas.
Start by showing you understood
One sentence that reflects the situation back, such as I know moving cities feels overwhelming, buys a natural opening and shows task awareness.
Give a reason for every suggestion
Advice plus a reason fills 90 seconds without padding. You could join a local club, because it is the fastest way to meet people who share your interests.
End with the most important point
Close by saying which suggestion you would try first and why. It gives the answer a shape and a natural ending.
Record, read the transcript, record again
The transcript reveals fillers and repeated phrases you cannot hear while speaking. Fix one habit per attempt.
FAQ
What do candidates ask about CELPIP Speaking Task 1?
Short answers to what candidates ask about Giving Advice and about practicing it here.
What is CELPIP Speaking Task 1?
Task 1, Giving Advice, is the first scored speaking task. You read a short scenario in which someone you know needs help, prepare briefly, then speak your advice.
How long do I get for Task 1?
In these practice sets you have 30 seconds to prepare and 90 seconds to speak, the timings the task format uses.
How should I structure a Giving Advice answer?
Acknowledge the situation, give two or three suggestions with a brief reason for each, then close with the one you would prioritize. That structure fills the time naturally.
What tone works best for Task 1?
Warm and conversational. You are speaking to someone you know, so contractions and natural phrasing sound more authentic than formal language.
How is my recording evaluated?
After you record, an AI evaluation reviews the answer for content, vocabulary, fluency and how well it handles the task, and gives an estimated level with a transcript. It is a practice estimate, not an official CELPIP score.
Are the Task 1 practice questions free?
The first question is free, including recording, the evaluation and the transcript. The remaining questions are part of the Pro plan.
Are these official CELPIP speaking questions?
No. Every prompt is original practice material written to match the task format. This site is independent and not affiliated with CELPIP or Paragon Testing Enterprises.
Keep going
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Other Speaking tasks
- Speaking Task 2: Personal ExperienceTell a short story from your life with a beginning, a middle and a point.
- Speaking Task 3: Describing a SceneDescribe a picture so clearly that a listener who cannot see it can picture it.
- Speaking Task 4: Making PredictionsLook at a scene and predict what the people in it will do next, with reasons.
- Speaking Task 5: Comparing and PersuadingChoose between options, then persuade someone who prefers a different one.
- Speaking Task 6: Difficult SituationAn awkward situation with two people involved; choose one and speak to them directly.
- Speaking Task 7: Expressing OpinionsGive and defend your opinion on a public issue in a 90-second answer.
- Speaking Task 8: Unusual SituationDescribe a strange object or scene to someone who cannot see it, using everyday words.
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