CELPIP Listening Part 2 practice with answers

What to follow in a daily life conversation

Part 2 has five questions. The set here features two friends discussing care of a shared garden plot during a weekend away. Give yourself five minutes for this page’s exercise. That is a suggested study time; use the displayed instructions and timing when taking the actual test.

CELPIP Listening audio plays once, so aim to understand the arrangement as it develops. Identify what one person asks for, what the other needs to know and how the replies affect their responsibilities. You cannot go back to an earlier test part.

Below, the five questions appear in writing with answer choices after the transcript. Answer them after one reading or one reading aloud. The page lets you inspect the wording during review, which is useful for learning but different from remembering a conversation you have heard once.

Listen for the condition attached to an action

Everyday instructions can sound straightforward until a speaker adds a condition. Listen for whether an action is definite, optional or dependent on something the other person must check. Keep the condition attached to the action when reading the choices.

A question asking why someone may do something needs the reason that makes the permission possible. A nearby detail about equipment or timing can be true without explaining that permission. Avoid choosing an answer simply because you remember hearing its main noun.

Watch for changes between an earlier situation and the current arrangement. A speaker may explain what they thought before receiving an update. That earlier belief helps explain the conversation, but it may no longer describe what they should do. Follow the reply that resolves the uncertainty before settling on an answer.

A method before, during and after listening

1. Before the audio, read the context and identify the relationship. For this exercise, keep the questions covered so they do not direct your first reading towards isolated details.
2. During the exchange, listen for the request first. Add practical instructions only as they arise, preserving who will do each job and when.
3. When the second speaker asks a question, wait for the reply. Distinguish a suggested solution from the arrangement the speakers actually accept.
4. After the conversation, summarize the agreement silently in one sentence. Then answer the questions, matching each choice to a reason, detail or condition you remember.

If two choices seem plausible, identify their exact difference. They may name different locations, different reasons or different checks. Decide which distinction the conversation supports instead of comparing how familiar the choices sound.

Note responsibilities without losing the reply

Test-day notes belong on the supplied paper, using the supplied pen. Both are returned afterwards. For this kind of conversation, use a compact list of jobs with space for a condition or a time beside each one.

Keep equipment notes separate from care instructions. Otherwise, a place mentioned as storage can become mixed up with the place where an action happens. Pair each location with the object or action it belongs to, using a few words rather than a complete sentence.

Use a question mark for something the speaker is asking about, then replace it when the reply resolves the question. This avoids leaving an unconfirmed suggestion looking like an instruction. If writing the answer makes you miss the next turn, shorten the note to the distinction you need to remember.

Work through the garden arrangement once

The garden set includes a request, follow-up questions and qualifications. Listen for how each topic contributes to the weekend arrangement. Gardening knowledge is unnecessary: choose from what these friends say, even if you would care for your own garden differently.

The recorded audio for the set is in the app. This page uses the transcript. Ask someone to read it aloud once while you take paper notes, then cover it and answer the five questions without checking a line.

If you work alone, read once at speaking speed and hide the text. Treat the result as transcript-based comprehension practice. For a related challenge, continue to Part 3, where an explanation corrects a newcomer’s assumptions about an activity.

Free Listening Part 2 practice set

How to review this set

For each mistake, find the instruction and the words that qualify it. “That supper has been postponed” explains a change in permission, while “Check the soil under the surface first” establishes a check before acting. Compare your chosen option with the full exchange, then label the error as a missed update, wrong reason or lost condition. Read the explanation only after identifying the supporting line yourself.