CELPIP Writing Course

A CELPIP Writing course for the 2026 format: 20 lessons on the method for every task type, plus 3 worked drills, with practice built in. The first lesson is open to everyone.

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1 How CELPIP Writing Works: 2 Tasks, 53 Minutes CELPIP Writing is two tasks in 53 minutes: an email and a survey response, 150 to 200 words each. What each task asks, and where the clock actually goes. Free9 min
2 The Four Criteria, and What Each One Rewards The four CELPIP Writing criteria and their weights: Content and Coherence 30%, Readability 25%, Task Fulfilment 25%, Vocabulary 20%. What each one rewards. Premium9 min
3 Task Fulfilment: The Criterion Most People Lose Task Fulfilment is 25% of your CELPIP Writing score and the easiest to lose: every bullet answered, the right register, one option chosen, 150 to 200 words. Premium9 min
4 Five Minutes of Planning Buys You Fifteen How to plan a CELPIP Writing task in four minutes: read the bullets, fix the register, choose your specifics, and write a one-line plan you can follow. Premium8 min
5 Formal Versus Informal: Getting Register Right How to tell whether a CELPIP Task 1 email should be formal or informal, the signals that set each register, and the mixed-tone errors that cost marks. Premium9 min
6 Email Structure That Scores The five-part shape of a CELPIP Task 1 email: subject line, purpose sentence, context, one paragraph per bullet, and a close that carries the request. Premium9 min
7 Survey Response: Choosing a Side and Defending It How to structure CELPIP Writing Task 2: commit to one option in the first sentence, develop two different reasons, concede the alternative, and close. Premium9 min
8 Cohesion Without Connector Spam How to connect paragraphs in CELPIP Writing without connector spam: reference, sequence and contrast that come from the ideas rather than a memorised list. Premium8 min
9 Vocabulary That Lifts a Band, and Vocabulary That Sinks One Vocabulary is 20% of the CELPIP Writing score and it rewards precision, not rarity. Worked substitutions that lift a sentence and the ones that sink it. Premium9 min
10 The Grammar Errors That Actually Cost Marks Which grammar errors cost marks in CELPIP Writing and which barely register. Readability is judged on whether errors block meaning, not on error count. Premium9 min
11 150 to 200 Words: Why the Range Is Not Advice Why CELPIP Writing asks for 150 to 200 words, what actually happens above and below the range, and how to fix a count that is wrong in either direction. Premium8 min
12 Openings: The First Two Sentences The first two sentences of a CELPIP Writing answer set purpose, register and commitment. Worked openings for Task 1 and Task 2, and the ones that waste words. Premium8 min
13 Templates: Useful Scaffolding or Obvious Filler Where a CELPIP Writing template helps and where it is visible from the first line. What to memorise as shape, and what to never memorise as sentences. Premium8 min
14 Proofreading in Three Minutes A three-minute CELPIP Writing proofreading routine, run in a fixed order: task checks first, then verbs, then sentence boundaries, then surface errors last. Premium8 min
15 How Writing Maps to CLB 1 to 12 What separates CELPIP Writing bands 5, 7, 9 and 11: the same email bullet answered four ways, with the specific weakness that holds each version down. Premium9 min
16 The Five Writing Errors We See Most The five most frequent CELPIP Writing errors: the thin bullet, the substituted fact, the wrong register, the uncommitted survey answer, and the padded opening. Premium9 min
17 Rewriting Your Own Answer to the Next Band A worked CELPIP Writing rewrite: one Task 1 email written out in full at band 7, band 9 and band 11, with every change named and the criterion it moves. Premium11 min
18 Writing in the Final Week What to do with CELPIP Writing in the last seven days: two timed tasks a day, how to read the feedback, and what to stop practising before the test day. Premium8 min
19 Answering All Three Bullets Without Listing Them How to cover all three CELPIP Task 1 bullets in 200 words without writing a list: one paragraph each, specifics over feelings, and a coverage check at the end. Premium8 min
20 A Four-Week Writing Plan A four-week CELPIP Writing practice plan: how many timed tasks a week, what to change between them, and which of the four criteria to work on in each week. Premium9 min

Drills

Worked question sets for each part of the writing section, with every answer explained. These are open to everyone.