CELPIP Listening Mock Test 12
Six original clips set in Greater Sudbury, above ground and below. Thirty-eight scored questions, one unscored practice task first, and the audio plays exactly once.
Listening Mock Test 12 is rated Medium and it is the full section: six parts, 38 scored questions, one unscored practice task before Part 1, and clips that play once with no pause and no replay.
What is on this listening test?
Part 1, Listening to Problem Solving is a woman who has not filed a tax return for two years and the volunteer helping her at a free tax clinic. It arrives in three audio sections with questions after each.
Part 2, Daily Life Conversation is two friends in the wax hut at a cross-country ski trailhead outside the city, on a borrowed budget for skate skis.
Part 3, Listening for Information is a man who has inherited a lakeside camp north of the city and the septic inspector he has hired, which is the classic Part 3 shape: one person has the expertise and the other has the questions.
Part 4, Listening to a News Item is a single voice on a milestone reached by the city tree planting programme.
Part 5, Listening to a Discussion is Rosaire, Etienne and Sylvie on the board of a francophone cultural centre, arguing about a theatre season that does not pay for itself.
Part 6, Listening for Viewpoints is a prepared talk at a public meeting about what it actually costs to close a mine, and it is the longest and hardest clip on the test.
CELPIP Listening format: parts, questions and time
| Part | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Listening to Problem SolvingThree audio sections, spoken questions | 8 | 8 min |
| 2. Daily Life ConversationOne clip, spoken questions, 30 sec each | 5 | 5 min |
| 3. Listening for InformationOne clip, spoken questions, 30 sec each | 6 | 6 min |
| 4. Listening to a News ItemPrinted sentence completions, any order | 5 | 5 min |
| 5. Listening to a DiscussionThree speakers, printed completions | 8 | 9 min |
| 6. Listening for ViewpointsOne prepared talk, printed completions | 6 | 8 min |
| Total | 38 | 41 min |
Two engines, not one
Parts 1 to 3 speak the question to you after the clip, one at a time, thirty seconds each, in a fixed order. Parts 4 to 6 print every question in the part on one screen as a sentence with a gap, with one budget for the whole screen and no fixed order. Guess early in the first group, because the thirty seconds is spent either way. Take the certain ones first in the second group.
How this test is scored
Marked, not judged. You are scored on submit against the answer key, with the reason for each answer and review mode to replay the clips with their transcripts. The CELPIP listening score chart converts the raw score out of 38.
Tips for this test
- In Part 1, the three sections run as a sequence. Answer each set of questions as it comes, because the earlier ones close before the later detail arrives.
- In Part 3, label every number with what it measures. A figure with no label is worthless to a sentence completion.
- Set up three lines of notes before Part 5. Rosaire, Etienne and Sylvie do not agree, and the questions ask who wanted what.
- In Part 6, follow the argument rather than the terminology.
- Never leave a gap empty. Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer.
Free, six parts, marked against the answer key the moment you finish.
FAQs
What is on listening test 12?
Six clips set in Greater Sudbury: two years of unfiled taxes at a free volunteer tax clinic, two friends in a ski trailhead wax hut, a septic inspection at an inherited lakeside camp, a news report on the city tree planting programme, a francophone cultural centre board arguing about the theatre season, and a talk on what it costs to close a mine.
How hard is listening test 12?
It is rated Medium. Everything you need is in the audio, but Part 3 carries a lot of numbers that only count once you have labelled them, and Part 5 has three speakers whose positions have to be kept separate.
Is listening test 12 free?
Yes, including the scoring, the reason for every answer and review mode with the transcript of each clip. Nothing on this test is behind a payment.
How many questions does it have?
Thirty-eight scored questions across six parts, split 8, 5, 6, 5, 8 and 6, plus one unscored practice task at a self-serve car wash that runs before Part 1.