A neighbour adopting a dog, on 12-hour shifts — 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.
12 Your neighbour Ben lives alone, works twelve-hour shifts, and has decided to adopt a large young dog from the shelter this month. Tell him what you think he should do, and why.
Speaking to: Ben, your neighbour
What the question is asking for
The decision is made and the month is set, so the question is whether he goes ahead, delays, or changes something about the plan.
What to settle in the 30 seconds
Put the shift length and the size of the dog together, and decide what the animal’s day would look like. That is your reason.
Where this one goes wrong
Saying how good dogs are for people who live alone. Both halves of the difficulty are in the prompt; an answer that ducks them is a compliment, not advice.
Before this one: A niece leaving college for a store job · After this one: A sister with no family doctor · 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.