Part 1
Listening to Problem Solving
A caller explains a problem to someone who has to fix it. Track who wants what and what went wrong in the opening exchange — most of the questions hang on that.
145 practice questionsPractice
CELPIP Listening Questions
CELPIP Listening practice questions on PrepAmigo are filed the way the test itself is filed: Parts 1 to 6, each with its own recording style and its own way of hiding the answer. This page is the index to all of them. Every row in the table is a real set you can open and answer in the browser, and the breakdown further down shows how many sets sit behind each part and each difficulty level.
The six listening parts
Parts 1–6 · scored 1–12
Total784Completed0In Progress0Not Started784
| Question Name | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A Balcony Garden After a Light Check | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A Bridge for the Moose | Listening for Viewpoints | Medium | Not Started |
| A Broken Oven, a Neighbourhood's Answer | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| A Camera with More Buttons but Fewer Menus | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A Chair While the Assessment Waits | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A Class Between Strokes and Deep Water | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A Club Room Is Not a Concert Booking | Listening for Information | Hard | Not Started |
| A Delayed Package Delivery | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Hard | Not Started |
| A Dozen Tests, One Decision | Listening for Viewpoints | Easy | Not Started |
| A Drainage Project at the Community Garden | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A Fenmore Teacher's 'Ready' or 'Not Yet' Grading | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| A First Aquarium and an Uncertain Backup Plan | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A Food Tour Built Around the Wrong Foods | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A Free Day at the City Museum | Listening for Viewpoints | Medium | Not Started |
| A Friend's New Venture | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| A Garage Sale in Ferris Corner Funds a New Scholarship | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| A Graduation Reception Before the Drive Home | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A Hike With a Shifting Forecast | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| A Laptop Between Campus and Rehearsal | Listening for Information | Hard | Not Started |
| A Last-Minute Cancellation | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| A Laundromat Owner Solves His Tuesday Rush | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| A Membership After Ten Actual Visits | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A Mill Street Meeting Brings Two Sisters Back Together | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| A Neighbourhood Clothing Swap | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| A Notebook, a Pier, and a Personal Best | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| A Party That Leaves Room to Circulate | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A Quote Before the Guest Count Settles | Listening for Information | Hard | Not Started |
| A Retired Teacher's Rare Coin | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| A Ride to the Airport | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| A Ride to the Concert | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| A Room List Is Not a Walk-Through | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A School Pickup Swap | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| A Tenth by Weight | Listening for Viewpoints | Medium | Not Started |
| A Wellness Booking, Not an Injury Clinic | Listening for Information | Hard | Not Started |
| A Widely Used Idea With Little Proof | Listening for Viewpoints | Medium | Not Started |
| A Window Display Draws Crowds to Hollowmere | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| A Winter Festival in Short Outdoor Chapters | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| A Year Without Late Fees | Listening for Viewpoints | Medium | Not Started |
| Accessible Transit Registration | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Acknowledging Colleague's Promotion | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| Adapting Team Practice | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| Addressing Kitchen Mess | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Hard | Not Started |
| Adjusting a Birthday Cake Order for an Allergy | Listening for Information | Easy | Not Started |
| Adjusting Concert Seats | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Hard | Not Started |
| Airport Fees | Listening to Problem Solving | Medium | Not Started |
| Alder Bay Art Piece Nearly Hauled Away | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| Alder Creek Pool Reopens After Years Closed | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| Amateur Astronomer Discovers New Comet | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| An Hour a Week | Listening for Viewpoints | Medium | Not Started |
| An Inspection Before the Free Tree Job | Listening for Information | Hard | Not Started |
| An Overdue Library Fine | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Hard | Not Started |
| Anonymous Donor Saves Hollowmere Grand Theatre | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| Apartment Noise Rules | Listening to a Discussion | Medium | Not Started |
| Apartment Painting | Listening to Problem Solving | Easy | Not Started |
| Applying for a Block Party Street Permit | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Applying for a Municipal Recreation Fee Credit | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Applying for a Rain Barrel Rebate | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Applying for a Senior Transit Fare | Listening for Information | Easy | Not Started |
| Arranging Cold-Chain Delivery for Insulin | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Arranging Overnight Parking for a Ski Trip | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Arranging Reunion Transport | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Hard | Not Started |
| Arranging Strike Carpool | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Hard | Not Started |
| Art Supply Store Window Display | Listening to a Discussion | Medium | Not Started |
| Ashgrove Meadows Tree Planting Draws Far More People Than Planned | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| Asking About the Office Coffee Collective | Listening for Information | Easy | Not Started |
| Asking for Help | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| Assistant Steps In After Conductor's Sudden Resignation | Listening to a News Item | Hard | Not Started |
| Athlete Replacement Call Up | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| Attending Two Celebrations | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| Bakery Mistake | Listening to Problem Solving | Medium | Not Started |
| Band's Practice Space Threatened by Noise Complaint | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| Bank to Verify Large Transfers by Video Call | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| Bank Transfer | Listening to Problem Solving | Medium | Not Started |
| Basement Suites Test a Neighbourhood Zoning Rule | Listening for Viewpoints | Medium | Not Started |
| Bicycle Dock | Listening to Problem Solving | Hard | Not Started |
| Bike Repair | Listening to Problem Solving | Easy | Not Started |
| Billing Inquiry | Listening to Problem Solving | Medium | Not Started |
| Block Party Permit Planning | Listening to a Discussion | Medium | Not Started |
| Board Pushes High School Bells Back Forty Minutes | Listening to a News Item | Hard | Not Started |
| Board Weighs Classroom Phone Rules | Listening for Viewpoints | Medium | Not Started |
| Book Club Reading Choice | Listening to a Discussion | Medium | Not Started |
| Book Exchange | Listening to Problem Solving | Medium | Not Started |
| Book Sale Break Plan | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Medium | Not Started |
| Booking a Campground Site and Fire Rules | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Booking a Moving Truck Rental | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Booking a Photography Studio for a Product Shoot | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Booking a Tennis Lesson at a Public Park | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Booking an Extension Ladder at the Tool Library | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Booking Assistance | Listening to Problem Solving | Hard | Not Started |
| Booking Discussion | Listening to Problem Solving | Medium | Not Started |
| Booking Wheelchair-Accessible Theatre Seats | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Bookstore Window Display | Listening to a Discussion | Medium | Not Started |
| Boots for Both Sides of the Commute | Listening for Information | Medium | Not Started |
| Borrowing the Car Again | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Easy | Not Started |
| Borrowing Without Asking | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | Easy | Not Started |
| Brackenfield Fence Dispute Finally Settled | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| Brandon Trucker Sets Fuel-Efficiency Record After Dropping Overnight Idling | Listening to a News Item | Medium | Not Started |
| Breakroom Appliance Upgrade | Listening to a Discussion | Medium | Not Started |
| Budget Dispute Delays Bridge Replacement | Listening to a News Item | Hard | Not Started |
| Building Committee | Listening to Problem Solving | Medium | Not Started |
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CELPIP Listening at a glance
The numbers below are read from the live question bank when this page is rebuilt, so they move as material is published rather than staying frozen in a marketing sentence. Read the split before you plan a week of practice: a part carrying several hundred sets will absorb daily drilling without ever repeating a recording, while a part with a smaller count is short enough to finish end to end — worth doing at least once so that no format arrives unfamiliar on the day.
Difficulty is attached to the individual set rather than to the part, so you can stay inside one part and still climb. The three counts on the right cover every listening set in the bank at each level. A workable ladder is to clear a run of easier sets in the part you quietly avoid, then repeat that same part at the hardest level available: the recordings tighten and the wrong options move closer to the right one, but the underlying question logic does not change.
| Part | What it covers | Practice sets |
|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | Listening to Problem Solving | 104 |
| Part 2 | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | 217 |
| Part 3 | Listening for Information | 151 |
| Part 4 | Listening to a News Item | 104 |
| Part 5 | Listening to a Discussion | 104 |
| Part 6 | Listening for Viewpoints | 104 |
| All listening sets | 784 | |
Difficulty mix
Every published listening set, counted by the level it is filed under.
- Easy
- 97
- sets
- Medium
- 551
- sets
- Hard
- 136
- sets
What the listening sets say before you open them
Most sets in the bank carry a short description of their own. The ones below are copied unchanged out of sets that appear in the table above — no editing, no summarising — so you can see the kind of situation each recording drops you into and choose deliberately instead of clicking the first row.
- Part 4Medium
A Broken Oven, a Neighbourhood's Answer
Marc Aubry, who runs a small bakery in Moncton, posted a frustrated message on the neighbourhood forum last month after his twenty-year-old commercial oven finally gave out during the Saturday morning
- Part 6Medium
A Year Without Late Fees
A library system suspends overdue fines for a trial year, raising questions about returns, lost revenue and who the fines actually deter
- Part 3Medium
Accessible Transit Registration
A caller asks a transit agent how to register for accessible public transit and how bookings, companions, and cancellations work.
How to practise CELPIP Listening effectively
Stay inside one part per session
Open a single part from the cards at the top of this page and work only there until the shape of the format stops surprising you. Sessions that hop between parts feel productive and tell you very little about which format is actually costing you marks.
Use the Difficulty column as a ladder
The Difficulty column is there to be used. Clear the easier end of one part first, then run the same part again at the hard end. You are holding the format constant and changing only the pressure, which is what makes the result readable.
Answer first, replay second
Do a complete pass without touching the audio controls and mark every question you were not sure about. Only then replay. The questions where your first and second answers disagree are the whole lesson; the ones you got right twice are not.
Watch the spread, not the streak
Once you are signed in, the Status column remembers which sets you have finished. Check it occasionally to see whether your completed sets are spread across all six parts or piled onto the two you enjoy.
Let the counts choose the next session
The breakdown table is not decoration. Where one part holds several times the material of another, that is where a week of unrepeated practice fits; where a part is small, treat it as something to complete rather than something to grind.
Pair the drills with the technique
This page is the drill floor. For what each part is testing and how to attack it, read our CELPIP Listening tips for Parts 1–6.
CELPIP Listening FAQs
How are the listening sets on this page ordered?
By title, using a natural sort that keeps numbered sets in numeric order instead of alphabetical order. The order is identical on every visit, which is what makes it usable for working through a part systematically. The table shows the first hundred sets; the link underneath opens the rest of the library.
What does the Difficulty column actually refer to?
It is a property of the individual practice set, not of the CELPIP part it belongs to. Two sets in the same part can sit at different levels, so the column is the quickest way to raise or lower the pressure without changing the format you are drilling.
Why does every set show Not Started?
Because you are looking at the signed-out version of the page. Nothing is broken — with no account attached, every set genuinely is not started. Sign in and that column, plus the three progress counters, is rewritten with your own history on the next load.
Do I need to download anything to play the audio?
No. Each set plays inside the browser on its practice page, so a phone on the bus behaves the same as a laptop at a desk. Use headphones where you can: a fair amount of what separates a right answer from a near miss lives in how a speaker says something rather than in what is said.
Is it better to work through one part at a time or shuffle all six?
Early on, one part at a time. You are learning the shape of a format, and that only becomes visible through repetition. Shuffling is worth saving for the final stretch, when the skill you need is switching formats quickly rather than mastering any single one.
What is the difference between this page and the individual part pages?
This page pools every listening set into one table so you can compare parts and see the overall spread. Each part page narrows the same table to a single format and keeps its own description and question list, which makes it the better bookmark once you know what you are working on.