CELPIP Listening Practice: Parts 4 to 6 with Audio

After Part 3, the CELPIP Listening test stops reading the questions aloud. In Parts 4, 5 and 6 you hear one longer clip, and then all the questions for that part appear together on one screen. You can answer them in any order, and one timer covers the whole screen.

This page is CELPIP listening practice for that switch. It has three full clips from Celpify's free Test 1: a news item, a discussion between three colleagues and a talk that presents several viewpoints. Under each clip is its full question block. Pick an option and you'll see why it's right or wrong, along with a reason for every other option. The transcripts come after the answers, hidden until you open them.

The voices are AI-generated practice recordings made for Celpify, not official CELPIP audio.

Two claims that turn up in AI search summaries of this section are wrong. Part 5 doesn't test what people wear or what's on the table, and Part 6 isn't a debate between two speakers. The official CELPIP study pack says so on both counts, and we quote it below.

The official Listening Pro Study Pack lays the two formats side by side. In Parts 1 to 3 you "Hear the questions, read the 4 answer choices," the "Questions appear one by one," and you have "30 seconds to hear and answer each question." In Parts 4 to 6 you "Read the questions and the 4 answer choices," "All questions appear on the same screen," there's a "Set amount of time to answer all questions on screen," and you "Can answer questions in any order."

The pack calls the Parts 4 to 6 items sentence completion questions. In CELPIP's official practice tests, Parts 4 and 6 look like that: you choose the best way to complete each statement from a drop-down menu. Part 5 is different. Its items are full questions, and you choose the best answer to each one from a drop-down. The Test 1 sets below follow the same pattern.

What does this change for you? You read the questions instead of hearing them, so reading speed starts to count. You also manage the time yourself, with one clock for the whole screen instead of 30 seconds per question. And the clips get longer: the Part 6 talk runs about 3 minutes. Celpify learners get noticeably fewer of these on-screen questions right. On first tries between August 1 and October 12, 2026, 63% of answers in Parts 4 to 6 were correct, against 74% in Parts 1 to 3. And 9.5% of Parts 4 to 6 answers were left blank, compared with 5.7% in Parts 1 to 3. These are Celpify practice and mock results, not official CELPIP data.

Want the first half of the test too? The CELPIP listening sample test plays a full Part 1 with its spoken questions.

The pack describes Part 4 as one speaker and one clip of about 1.5 minutes, with about 5 questions and about 5 minutes for the whole part. The tone is "formal, factual, descriptive: like a radio or TV news report." The pack's examples are a local event where something unexpected happened, a new technology that helps people and an interesting encounter with animals.

News reports are full of who, what, when, where and why, and the pack tells you to listen for exactly those. It also has a tip about names: "a person is introduced by their full name and then referred to by their last name." Write the full name down the first time you hear it.

The Test 1 report runs 1 minute 4 seconds, shorter than the study pack's "about 1.5 minutes," and it's packed with numbers: a vote, a distance, a budget, two funding shares, a start date, a passenger count and a rival bus plan at "about half the price." Note each one with what it belongs to. Question 2 turns two of them into wrong options.

Before the clip, the screen says: "You will hear a news report about a transit project."

Show the Part 4 transcript

Riverdale City Council voted eight to three last night to approve a fourteen-kilometre light-rail extension from downtown to Westpark. Five stations will be added along the route. The project is expected to cost three hundred and twenty million dollars. Federal and provincial governments will cover sixty-five percent. The city will finance the remaining thirty-five percent through municipal bonds and development charges on new Westpark housing. Construction is scheduled to begin in September and take about three and a half years. Riverside and Central Market stations will be built first because together they are expected to serve forty thousand daily passengers. Oakwood, Hillcrest, and Westpark Terminal will follow in the second phase. Councillor Derek Fong, one of the three opponents, argued for bus rapid transit instead. He said a comparable bus network could open within eighteen months for about half the price. Supporters replied that light rail carries more passengers and can encourage development around stations. Public consultations on station design and the construction schedule will begin next month, before the plans are finalized. Residents may comment online or attend two open houses in November.

To answer the same report with a timer, open Test 1 Part 4 in Celpify's free practice. Our CELPIP Listening Part 4 strategy guide covers note-taking for news reports.

The pack gives Part 5 about 9 minutes, with one clip of about 1.5 to 2 minutes and about 8 questions. The talk is "relatively informal," it mixes facts, opinions and emotions, and the "speakers will sometimes disagree." Set up notes for three speakers before the clip starts, labelled by their positions on screen as they're introduced. While you listen, track how each person feels and what they agree or disagree about. Afterwards, give yourself roughly 30 seconds per question, as the pack suggests.

The Test 1 discussion runs 2 minutes 44 seconds, longer than the study pack's 1.5 to 2 minutes. With no video, each speaker gives their name and department in their first line. Before it plays, the screen shows this introduction:

You will hear three colleagues discussing whether their company should relocate its main office. The speakers are Anita, the operations director; Ben, the head of sales; and Claire, the finance manager.

Question 4 was the hardest Test 1 Part 5 question for Celpify learners. Only 37% of 105 learners got it right on their first try in the same period. Everything it needs is in one sentence from Ben. The hard part is the question itself: it asks what his story demonstrates, so the answer is the general lesson, not a detail you can match word for word. The pack warns about this too: never expect the right answer "to be stated in the exact same words that were said in the audio clip."

Show the Part 5 transcript

Anita: I'm Anita from operations. We need a recommendation for the executive team by Friday. Our lease ends in eight months, and the landlord wants a twenty-two percent increase. Comparable offices are rising by about eight percent, so renewing here is difficult to justify.

Ben: Ben here, from sales. I agree that increase is excessive, but moving away from downtown has a cost too. Most of the sales team's client meetings happen face to face, and the central address makes those visits easy.

Claire: This is Claire from finance. I priced three basic options. Renewal would cost one hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars a year. A similar office in Harbourview is about one hundred and ten thousand. Fully remote work, including rented meeting rooms, would be close to thirty thousand.

Ben: The remote figure is attractive, but it misses how sales actually develops business. Two of our largest accounts last quarter began with informal conversations after client meetings, not with scheduled online calls.

Anita: That matters for sales. It does not mean every department needs a desk. Engineering and design have worked remotely for three years, and their measured output is up fifteen percent.

Claire: Then a hybrid office may be the fair comparison. Harbourview has a smaller suite that can hold sales, reception, and several meeting rooms. Engineering and design could remain remote. That version costs about eighty-five thousand a year.

Ben: Harbourview used to be awkward for clients. Has the transit situation improved?

Claire: The express line opened last year. The trip from downtown is about twenty-five minutes, with trains every ten minutes during business hours.

Ben: That is better than I expected. I would still want convenient parking and meeting rooms that feel more professional than the ones we have now.

Anita: The lower rent leaves room for that. Even after furnishing a dedicated client lounge, we would save roughly seventy thousand dollars in the first year.

Claire: The building includes thirty reserved parking spaces. The proposed five-year lease also limits annual increases to three percent, so we would not face another sudden jump.

Ben: If the fit-out protects the client area, I can support Harbourview. Sales would keep a shared office, while teams that are already productive remotely would not be forced back.

Anita: That sounds like our recommendation: the Harbourview hybrid option, with the client space listed as a condition rather than an optional extra.

Claire: I will show renewal, remote work, and the hybrid plan in the comparison so the executive team can see the trade-offs. I can circulate the full numbers on Thursday.

Ben: Good. I will add a short note on client access and the kind of meeting space sales needs.

The same discussion is in Test 1 Part 5 in Celpify's free practice, and our CELPIP Listening Part 5 guide has more on three-speaker notes.

Part 6 has one speaker. If you've seen advice to label "Speaker A" and "Speaker B" here, it doesn't fit this part: the pack lists "one speaker," one clip of about 3 minutes and about 6 questions, with about 8 minutes in total. The talk is "formal, not improvised (prepared in advance)," and the speaker "will use low-frequency and specialized language." The pack's examples include a speech about climate change and a description of a community issue with different proposed solutions.

So who are you tracking? The people the speaker talks about. The pack's strategy is to "Identify who is mentioned, what their opinions are, and why." Give each group one line with its evidence, and keep a separate line for the speaker's own conclusion. Don't skip the numbers, either: two of the six questions below depend on them.

The Test 1 talk runs 2 minutes 37 seconds. Before it plays, the screen says: "You will hear a report presenting different viewpoints on a social issue."

Show the Part 6 transcript

Remote work has changed not only how many people work, but also where they live. Some employees have left expensive cities for smaller communities with lower housing costs. Their arrival can bring new spending and skills, yet it can also place pressure on homes and services. The debate therefore concerns both economic renewal and who can afford to remain in a growing town.

Supporters point first to local business activity. In communities that had been losing population, newcomers often spend city-level salaries at nearby shops, restaurants, and trades. Millbrook, Ontario, reports that about three hundred remote workers arrived over three years. During the same period, fourteen businesses opened, including two cafes, a fitness studio, and a shared workspace. Town officials say the added customers helped fill empty storefronts and expanded the municipal tax base. Supporters add that a broader tax base can help small municipalities maintain libraries, roads, and recreation services.

Long-time residents describe a different effect. In several fast-growing rural regions, home prices rose by roughly thirty-five percent in three years. A regional housing survey also found rental vacancy rates below one percent in nearly two thirds of the towns receiving the largest influxes. Higher-income newcomers did not create the existing shortage, critics say, but their ability to pay more intensified competition. Young families and service workers then struggled to find homes near their jobs. Some employers report that staff now commute from neighbouring towns because they cannot rent near the communities they serve.

Housing researchers argue that migration alone does not explain why outcomes differ from town to town. Communities that allowed more secondary suites, approved apartment construction, and expanded water and transit capacity added residents without the same price spikes. Towns that delayed those decisions saw demand rise while the number of homes barely changed. From this perspective, restricting newcomers treats the symptom, whereas increasing supply and planning infrastructure addresses the underlying constraint. The comparison also found that permitting changes worked best when towns approved several types of housing rather than relying only on detached homes.

The evidence does not support a simple verdict. Remote workers can strengthen businesses and public revenue, but rapid growth can displace residents when housing and services do not keep pace. The towns most likely to benefit are those that plan before shortages become severe and direct some new revenue toward housing and infrastructure. Movement to smaller communities may slow or change, but local governments can still influence whether growth broadens opportunity or deepens inequality. That makes preparation, rather than simple acceptance or rejection of newcomers, the central policy choice.

Answer it with a timer in Test 1 Part 6 in Celpify's free practice, or read our CELPIP Listening Part 6 guide for a full note-taking method.

Start with your notes, not the transcript. For each question you missed, look for the line in your notes that should have answered it. Then open the transcript and find the sentence it came from. If the sentence isn't in your notes, you have a listening problem: you missed it or didn't write it down. If it is in your notes and you still chose wrong, the problem is in the options.

Most wrong options in these three sets are built in one of three ways. Some put a real number in the wrong place. In Part 4, Question 2, 65% is the senior governments' share and "half" is the bus plan's cost: both were in the report, and neither is the city's share. Some give a real point to the wrong person. In Part 5, Question 2, option A turns Anita's argument into Ben's worry, and in Part 6, Question 5, option A answers a question about the researchers with the supporters' topic. And some flip the right idea around, like Part 4, Question 4, option D, which gives rail's advantage to buses.

One habit catches most of them: before you pick an option, check who said it and what it was about. Most wrong options here use words you really heard, so "did I hear that?" isn't enough.

Each correct Listening answer is worth one point, and the pack says "Points are not deducted for incorrect answers." So never leave a drop-down empty. With one timer for the whole screen, answer the questions you're sure of first, as the pack suggests, and make a guess on the rest before time runs out. Your total out of 38 converts to a CELPIP level: our CELPIP listening score chart shows the ranges.