Last checked
CELPIP Listening Part 6 practice with answers
Part 6, Listening to Viewpoints, asks you to follow a talk and its reasoning. A free original parcel-room set with a transcript, six questions and explained answers appears below.
Follow a viewpoint across a longer talk
Part 6 has six questions and uses a viewpoints talk of about three minutes. In this set, one condominium resident addresses a meeting about a proposed parcel room. A single speaker presents their own position alongside ideas raised by other residents.
The page’s suggested six-minute timer is for this exercise. The written questions below ask you to choose endings for statements about the talk. Keep the transcript covered after one reading or one reading aloud, then use it again to examine your mistakes.
On the test, Listening audio plays once, and you cannot go back to an earlier part. Aim to retain the structure of the argument as well as individual details. A speaker can support exploring a change while questioning parts of the proposal, so a simple positive or negative label may lose important meaning.
Distinguish a position from an example
An example can explain a weakness in a proposal without showing that the speaker rejects the whole idea. Ask what the example is doing: illustrating a possible error, explaining someone’s needs or showing why a condition matters. Its function may be more useful than the object it describes.
Listen for attribution when the speaker reports another resident’s suggestion. The speaker may acknowledge a benefit and then explain why they prefer a different approach. Keep the reported suggestion separate from the recommendation that follows it.
Watch the strength of each choice. An answer that turns a limited concern into complete opposition may overstate the talk. Likewise, a proposed step should remain a proposal unless the speaker says it has happened. Match the scope and certainty of the choice to the actual argument.
Listen for the reason behind each new topic
- Before listening, read the context and prepare space for a main position with supporting points beneath it. Avoid deciding your own view of the proposal in advance.
- During the opening, identify the problem and the speaker’s initial stance. Leave room to qualify that stance as the talk develops.
- For each later topic, note the concern and the response the speaker favours. Mark when a viewpoint belongs to someone else and when the speaker resumes their own argument.
- After the talk, summarize the recommendation with its conditions. Then answer the six questions, checking whether each asks for a purpose, an example’s meaning or a proposed action.
If a word is unfamiliar, follow the surrounding explanation and keep listening. Missing one noun need not prevent you from recognizing that the speaker is giving an example or qualifying an earlier point.
Map the reasoning on paper
Use only the provided paper and pen for test-day notes, and return them at the end. Start with a short label for the main issue, then use one line per concern. Beside each concern, note the response the speaker proposes.
Mark attributed ideas with a role such as neighbour or board when the talk identifies one. This gives you a way to distinguish someone else’s suggestion from the speaker’s preference even though the same voice delivers both.
Keep examples subordinate to the point they explain. An indented phrase can remind you why an example was included without consuming the whole page. When timing appears, attach the interval to its action. Several actions can occur at different stages, and an isolated number will not preserve that sequence. Leave enough attention for the ending to confirm or qualify your summary.
Use the residents’ meeting talk
The parcel-room set develops an argument through practical situations and competing needs. Listen for how the resident moves between the proposed system, the people affected and the information needed for a decision. Personal experience of condominium deliveries should not supply missing evidence.
The recorded audio for this set is in the app. This page uses the transcript. Ask someone to read the talk aloud once at a natural pace while you keep the text hidden and take brief notes.
Complete all six questions before examining the explanations. For further work on attributing opinions and preserving qualifications, use Reading Part 4. With a written passage available, you can examine the same kinds of reasoning more slowly before returning to listening.
Free Listening Part 6 practice set
Practice set: The afternoon parcel pile
Original Part 6 set. Listen to a condominium resident in Burnaby discuss a proposed parcel room at a residents’ meeting. The recorded audio is in the app; here you get the transcript. Read it once at speaking speed (or have someone read it to you), then cover it and answer. Suggested time: 6 minutes.
Transcript
Narrator: If you've come through our lobby at five in the afternoon, you've probably stepped around a pile of parcels. The concierge spends more time finding boxes than helping visitors. Our board is considering turning the unused games room into a secure parcel room. I think the conversion is worth exploring, but a locked door alone won't solve the whole problem. The proposal gives residents access through their existing entry cards. Couriers would leave deliveries on numbered shelves, and residents would receive a message. That sounds tidy. However, it assumes the delivery information is entered correctly. If a courier puts a box on the wrong shelf, the software may announce that it has arrived without helping its owner find it. We need a procedure for mistakes, not just a demonstration of the system working perfectly. One neighbour suggested keeping the concierge involved in every delivery. That would provide oversight, but it would preserve the workload we're trying to reduce. I would rather have the concierge deal with exceptions: a missing parcel, a damaged box, or a delivery that won't fit. Routine deliveries should not require someone to leave the front desk. Another resident is concerned about losing the games room. It is rarely used, but rarely isn't the same as never. A small group plays cards there on Wednesday evenings. Before calling the space wasted, we should ask whether the lounge could accommodate them comfortably. Moving them into a noisy corner would not be an equivalent replacement. There is also the question of how long parcels can remain. A strict two-day collection rule sounds efficient until someone is away caring for a relative. I suggest reminders after two days and personal contact after a week. If a resident expects to be away, they could arrange collection by someone they trust. The goal is to keep space available, not punish people whose plans change. Before approving construction, I'd like a temporary trial using secure shelving in the existing storage alcove. It won't reproduce every feature of the finished room, but it can reveal how many parcels arrive, how long they stay, and which deliveries need staff help. The board could then size the room using our building's actual pattern. We shouldn't reject a useful change because it cannot prevent every mistake. Equally, we shouldn't buy a system simply because its demonstration looks effortless. A workable plan needs to account for both ordinary deliveries and the awkward ones.
How to review this set
Locate the passage supporting each answer, then explain what its example or qualification contributes. “Rarely isn't the same as never” preserves the needs of existing room users, while “our building's actual pattern” explains the purpose of gathering local evidence. Compare these with your selected choices and check for overstated opposition, a misattributed suggestion or a confused sequence. Finish by restating the speaker’s position without reducing it to simple approval or rejection.
Frequently asked questions
How long is the Part 6 talk?
The viewpoints talk is about three minutes and has six questions. This page uses a suggested six-minute timer for its transcript-based exercise.
Does one speaker mean there is only one viewpoint?
No. In this set, the resident describes other people’s suggestions as well as their own view. Track who holds each position.
How should I handle an unfamiliar word?
Follow the surrounding explanation and the role of the sentence in the argument. During review, check the transcript to see whether the word prevented understanding or only distracted you.
Can I use my own opinion to choose an answer?
Choose the answer supported by the talk. Your own view of the proposed parcel room does not establish what the resident means or recommends.
Sources
Checked October 19, 2026. Rules and fees change: check the official page before you act. celpip.ca pages were read from public archive snapshots because the site blocks automated access.