CELPIP Writing Task 2 — Responding to Survey Questions

1 Your city has enough money to build one new facility in your neighbourhood park, and is asking residents which one they want. The survey below was delivered to every household.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - A covered outdoor skating rink, open from November to March, free to use.
• Option B - A year-round community garden with rented plots and a small tool shed.

2 The company you work for is asking staff how it should spend the same amount of money on one new benefit next year. Every employee has been sent the survey below.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - A monthly transit pass paid for by the company for every employee.
• Option B - Five extra paid days off a year, which staff may take whenever they like.

3 Your public library has room in its budget for one change and is asking members to vote. Notices about the survey are posted at the front desk.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Keep the library open until nine in the evening on weekdays instead of six.
• Option B - Buy fifty laptops that members can borrow and take home for two weeks.

4 The owner of your apartment building is planning one improvement this year and has asked every tenant to answer the survey below.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Replace the laundry room machines and add two more of them.
• Option B - Build a locked, heated bicycle room in the underground parking area.

5 Your local school board is deciding how to use one hour of the school day and is asking parents in the district for their opinion.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Start the school day one hour later, so students get more sleep.
• Option B - Keep the current start time and add a free hour of homework help after school.

6 The transit authority in your city can pay for one change to bus service next year, and is asking riders to choose. The survey is printed on every bus.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Run the existing buses every ten minutes instead of every twenty.
• Option B - Add a new route to the industrial park, which has no bus service at all.

7 The company you work for has one spare room on your floor and can convert it into one of two things. Every member of staff has been asked to answer the survey below.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - A quiet room with no phones or meetings, for work that needs concentration.
• Option B - A larger lunchroom with a second fridge and seats for everyone at once.

8 Your city has received a one-time grant that must be spent on the main street downtown, and is asking residents which of two projects to fund.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Free public wireless internet along the whole length of the main street.
• Option B - Shade trees, benches and water fountains at every second corner.

9 The school council at your child's elementary school has enough money to start one new program in September and is asking every family to vote.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - A hot lunch program, three days a week, free for any student who wants it.
• Option B - A music program with instruments the school lends out for the year.

10 The tenants' association in your building has to decide what to do with the money it collects each month, and has put the survey below under every door.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Hire a caretaker who lives in the building and handles repairs the same day.
• Option B - Lower the monthly fee for every tenant and keep calling outside companies.

11 Your community centre can build one addition next year and is asking the people who use the building which one they would rather have.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - A larger gymnasium, so two groups can book the floor at the same time.
• Option B - A childcare room, so parents can leave small children while they take a class.

12 Your employer has a fixed training budget for next year and can use it in one of two ways. The survey below was sent to everyone on your team.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Send the whole team to one industry conference together for a single day.
• Option B - Pay for one online course a year that each person chooses for themselves.

13 The community health centre in your area has been given money for one change and is asking the people who use it to choose. The survey below was handed out at the front desk.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Open the centre until eight in the evening and on Saturday mornings.
• Option B - Hire another nurse practitioner who takes on patients with no family doctor.

14 A settlement agency that helps newcomers in your city can add one service next year, and is asking the people it serves which one they want.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - A telephone interpreter members can use during medical, legal and school appointments.
• Option B - A mentor program that matches each newcomer with a longtime resident for one year.

15 The free English classes for adults in your city have money to change one thing next term. Everyone enrolled has been asked to answer the survey below.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Add an evening section of every class for people who work during the day.
• Option B - Keep the present timetable and cut class sizes from twenty-five students to fifteen.

16 The transit authority must spend an accessibility grant on one project and is asking riders to decide. The survey is posted at every station.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Install elevators at the three busiest stations, which now have stairs only.
• Option B - Expand the door-to-door minibus service for riders who cannot use regular buses.

17 The hospital in your city has received a one-time grant to make appointments easier to arrange, and is asking patients which of two projects to fund.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - An online system where patients book, change and cancel their own appointments.
• Option B - Four more staff on the appointment telephone line, which is busy most of the day.

18 Your municipality is changing household collection next year and has asked every address to answer the survey below.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Collect food waste every week and household garbage once every two weeks.
• Option B - Keep weekly garbage collection and open two free drop-off depots on weekends.

19 The food bank in your neighbourhood has received a donation large enough for one project, and is asking the volunteers and families who use it to choose.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - A refrigerated van that collects fresh food from grocery stores every day.
• Option B - A second, smaller location on the other side of the city, open two days a week.

20 Your city can pay for one new service for seniors who live on their own, and has asked residents for their opinion.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - A weekday shuttle that takes seniors to medical appointments and grocery stores.
• Option B - A free repair service that fits grab bars, mends steps and fixes taps in their homes.

21 The college where you take evening classes has a grant it can spend in one of two ways, and is asking part-time students to vote.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Record every lecture so students can watch it again at any time.
• Option B - Pay tutors to run small drop-in help sessions three evenings a week.

22 Your department has been given money for one thing next year, and your manager has asked the whole team to answer the survey below.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Hire one more full-time colleague who stays with the team all year.
• Option B - Keep the team its present size and pay for temporary help in the busy months.

23 The province has money to improve licensed childcare in your region and is asking parents which change they would rather have.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - Create more spaces in the neighbourhoods with the longest waiting lists.
• Option B - Keep the number of spaces and open early mornings, evenings and Saturdays.

24 Long power failures during storms have become common in your area, and the municipality is asking residents how to spend a one-time grant.

Choose the option you prefer and write about 150-200 words explaining the reasons for your choice.

• Option A - A generator at the community centre so it can shelter people during an outage.
• Option B - Burying the power lines on the two streets that lose power most often.