A friend overcharged by a garage — 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.
16 Your friend Omar paid a garage before the work started. The final bill was three hundred dollars above the written estimate and the garage will not discuss it. He wants to write about it online instead of taking it any further. Tell him what you think he should do, and why.
Speaking to: Omar, your friend
What the question is asking for
What he does about the three hundred dollars, given that he has already decided the internet is the answer.
What to settle in the 30 seconds
Decide what comes first — the garage, a written complaint, or the review — and hold one reason for that order.
Where this one goes wrong
Anger. Agreeing that the garage cheated him is not advice; what he does on Monday is.
Before this one: An aunt whose health card expired · After this one: A co-worker’s phone contract price rise · All 24 Task 1 questions
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