CELPIP Listening Part 4 practice with answers

Part 4 format and the news report

Part 4 contains five questions in sentence-completion form. Read the beginning of each sentence with its possible ending so you judge a complete claim. For this page, use the suggested five-minute timer to work through the report and questions.

The original set has one speaker reporting on a grocer’s proposed trial. The report includes the business owner’s concerns and another group’s position. A single voice can therefore carry several sources of information; keep track of whose view is being described.

On the test, audio plays once and you cannot return to an earlier part. Here the news text is visible, followed by the five written questions. Hide the transcript after hearing or reading it once so your initial answers rely on what you retained, then reopen it during review.

Check time, cause and attribution

A news item can mix an announced plan, an existing arrangement and a decision that depends on future results. Listen to the verbs and conditions. A plan to measure something does not establish what the measurement will show, and a possible expansion has not necessarily been approved.

Keep the central event separate from comments about it. The owner’s operational concern and an outside group’s request can address different aspects of the same project. An answer that borrows a detail from one source may misrepresent the other.

When completing a sentence, check the whole causal connection. An option can mention a real cost or action yet fail to explain the result in the question. Avoid adding a reason from your own beliefs about shopping or environmental policy. The report supplies the evidence needed here.

A sequence for listening and choosing endings

1. Before listening, read the context and prepare to identify the event. Leave space for who is involved and what remains undecided.
2. During the report, establish the main announcement first. Add conditions and concerns underneath it, marking when the report moves from the owner’s view to another source.
3. At the end, recall what information would be needed for a later decision. Keep future evaluation separate from results already known.
4. After the audio, read each sentence beginning and compare the endings. Say the complete sentence silently and check that its actor, timing and reason all match the report.

Use the suggested study timer to avoid spending the entire attempt on one uncertain ending. Make the best supported choice you can, finish the remaining questions and reserve transcript checking for the review stage.

Write a compact report outline on paper

On test day, use the supplied paper and pen for notes and return them afterwards. A news outline can be short: announcement at the top, practical details below and views or conditions in a separate area. You need to recover the report’s relationships quickly.

Attach a label to every figure you record. A duration, charge and deposit can all appear near one another, but they serve different purposes. A bare number is easy to attach to the wrong question when you are choosing an ending.

Use names or roles to attribute comments. Mark a future decision with its condition, leaving space if the report adds another requirement. Do not spend the recording writing a full headline or polished summary. A few readable phrases should help you recall the information while leaving you free to hear the next sentence.

Use the reusable-crate report

This set asks you to follow how a proposed delivery system would work and how people would judge it. Treat the business report as a self-contained source. The fictional trial does not establish a general rule about reusable packaging or the policies of real grocers.

The recorded audio for the set is in the app. The page uses the transcript. Have someone read the report aloud once without stopping, then answer with the text covered.

After checking your answers, summarize the distinction between an operational condition and evidence for a claim. For another exercise in keeping views separate, continue to the Part 5 discussion, where three people speak for themselves and respond to one another.

Free Listening Part 4 practice set

How to review this set

Read each completed sentence beside its supporting passage. The distinction between “slow returns” and crates being “permanently lost” explains why a shortage can occur, while “the number of trips each crate makes” identifies the evidence the environmental group wants. For a wrong answer, mark whether you confused a condition, a cause or a source’s view. Then use the explanation to check your reasoning rather than memorizing the answer’s position.