Build a clear, confident speaking habit through short lessons, drills on what to say, and recorded practice. Add an exam format when you need one.
Speaking lesson: make your answer easy to follow
Use this routine for everyday conversations, study, work, or exam preparation.
Step 1
Plan three ideas
Identify your main point, two supporting details, and one example before you speak.
Step 2
Connect your ideas
Use a simple beginning, linking words, and a clear ending. Keep speaking when you make a small mistake.
Step 3
Listen and improve
Replay your recording and check clarity, useful vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
Practice tip: Record one answer twice. On the second attempt, improve one specific thing rather than trying to fix everything.
Worked example
Prompt: What is one habit that helps you learn English?
One habit that helps me is listening to English for ten minutes every morning. First, I listen for the main idea. Then I replay one short section and repeat useful phrases. For example, I often practise while I am making breakfast. This habit works because it is short enough to repeat every day.
Notice the structure: answer the question, add two details, give an example, and finish with a reason.
What to say: speaking drills
12 habits the CELPIP speaking marker listens for, practised in 144 short text drills about what to say in each task.
These drills prepare what to say in each CELPIP speaking task: the ideas, structure, phrases and tone. They are text only, so they do not hear you and do not mark pronunciation or fluency. Answers are marked against a key, and they do not predict a CELPIP score. Each habit quotes the part of our speaking marker's rubric it practises. To practise saying it out loud, use the timed speaking tasks below.
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CELPIP task methods
These original study notes turn each task into a repeatable speaking plan. Use the structure, but express the ideas in your own words.
Task 1
Give useful advice
Name the person’s need, offer two practical options, explain the benefits, and end with encouragement.
These methods are original paraphrased teaching guidance informed by the user-provided CELPIP Speaking 5 and 7 books. They are not official CELPIP content or score guarantees.
Choose a speaking practice
Each task includes a prompt, preparation and response timing, recording, and practice feedback.
CELPIP-style speaking
Practise all eight timed task types with the existing microphone and recording flow.