CELPIP Writing Mock Test 15
A medium-rated writing test with a formal complaint that has to stay chronological under time pressure, and a survey where the fairer option is the less convenient one.
Writing Mock Test 15 is rated Medium and its Task 1 is a sequencing exercise disguised as a complaint. The facts are simple; putting them in order, in a formal register, inside 200 words, is not.
Task 1: the formal email
Your car has been at Lakeshore Motors in Thunder Bay for nineteen days. You were quoted four days and $850, the bill now stands at $1,640, and the courtesy car was taken back after the first week. Three separate promised completion dates have passed and nobody has called you. The bullets ask for the work order number, the drop-off date and both dollar figures; an ordered account of what you were promised, when you called and what you were told each time, plus the condition the car is in now; and exactly what you want, which is a written completion date and the extra charges removed, with a reasonable chance for the dealership to fix it before you take the matter further.
The second bullet is where the marks are. Four events in order, each with a date and a claim attached, is a Readability problem as much as a content one: a wall of undifferentiated sentences loses this bullet even when every fact is present.
Task 2: the survey
The Recycling Programme Survey. A city of 60,000 has $1.1 million a year and can run only one system. Option A is weekly curbside pickup for every household including apartment buildings, but it accepts only 4 materials and its trucks add about 300 tonnes of emissions a year. Option B is a free depot open seven days that accepts 18 materials including electronics and paint, but residents must drive to it and it is up to 20 minutes away for people on the edge of town.
CELPIP Writing format: tasks, length and time
| Task | Length | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Writing an EmailEmail to a named recipient, three bullet points | 150 to 200 words | 27 min |
| 2. Responding to Survey QuestionsChoose option A or B and argue for it | 150 to 200 words | 26 min |
| Total | 2 tasks | 53 min |
How your writing is scored
Four criteria against the official descriptors: Content and Coherence (30%), Vocabulary (20%), Readability (25%) and Task Fulfilment (25%), each 1 to 12 and combined into a weighted band, returned with error highlights and a high-band rewrite.
Tips for this test
- Use sequencing language in bullet two. On the fourth, when I called again, by that point. It is worth more than any adjective here.
- Keep the two dollar figures adjacent somewhere. The gap between $850 and $1,640 is the whole complaint.
- Ask for both remedies explicitly. A written date and the removal of the extra charges are two requests, not one.
- In Task 2, the honest concession is access. Curbside reaches everyone and recycles little; the depot recycles far more and excludes anyone without a car.
- Formal register throughout Task 1. No contractions, no exclamation marks, and no sarcasm however earned.
Free, both tasks on the exam clock, with expert feedback and a CLB band.
FAQs
What is on writing test 15?
Task 1 is a formal email to the service manager at a Thunder Bay car dealership after nineteen days, three missed completion dates and a bill that rose from a quoted $850 to $1,640. Task 2 is a recycling survey choosing between weekly curbside pickup that accepts four materials and a free seven-day depot that accepts eighteen.
What makes Task 1 on this test difficult?
The second bullet asks for an ordered account of four separate promises and phone calls. Getting every fact in is not enough; a marker has to be able to follow the sequence, which makes it a Readability problem as much as a content one.
How long is each task?
About 150 to 200 words each. Task 1 has 27 minutes and Task 2 has 26, and the test moves you on automatically when the Task 1 timer ends.
Is the evaluation free?
Yes. You get an overall CLB band, a band for each of the four criteria, a feedback summary, error highlights with corrections and a high-band rewrite of your own answer.