A friend flying on an expiring passport — CELPIP Speaking Task 1
One of the 24 questions in the Task 1 pool — 30 seconds to prepare, 90 seconds to speak, no second take. What the section is: the CELPIP test format.
18 Your friend Hana wants to book a cheap flight home in December with a four-hour connection in a third country. Her passport expires in five months and she has not renewed it. Give her advice about this trip, and explain your reasons.
Speaking to: Hana, your friend
What the question is asking for
The advice has to name the passport as the problem, and say what she does about it before she does anything about the flight.
What to settle in the 30 seconds
Decide what she books first, and be ready to say why the renewal cannot wait until after the trip.
Where this one goes wrong
Discussing the price of the ticket. The expiry date is in the prompt on purpose; an answer that never reaches it has missed the question.
Before this one: A co-worker’s phone contract price rise · After this one: A father driving nine hours in February · All 24 Task 1 questions
Written for this simulator to the published CELPIP format, not taken from a real test form. Reading a prompt is not practising it.
The app sets this task with the real clock on it and returns a scored report in about five seconds.