Do I need outside knowledge for Reading Part 2?

No. Every answer is in the diagram or its notes. If a choice sounds plausible but you cannot point to where the diagram says it, it is wrong.

What makes Part 2 harder than it looks?

The small print. Discounts, exceptions and "only on" conditions in a footnote are the most common source of wrong answers.

Reading Part 2: Reading to Apply a Diagram

Reading Part 2: Reading to Apply a Diagram is part of the Reading section of the CELPIP General test. You get 8 questions and 9 minutes. It is scored by the number of correct answers.

Questions: 8
Time: 9 minutes
Prompts here: 32 published

The three-move diagram read

1
Read the note under the diagram before the diagram
The exceptions live there — who is excluded, which rows a discount applies to, what is free.
2
Answer each gap from the diagram alone
Sixty of every ninety tagged questions in our Part 2 items are pure detail. If you cannot point at where the diagram says it, it is not the answer.
3
Re-read any option containing "only", "except" or "under"
Those words are where the distractors are built.

The exceptions live in the small print.

The most common wrong answer applies a rule to a row the note excludes.

Part 2 gives you a diagram — a timetable, a floor plan, a price list — and a half-written reply. Every gap is answered from the diagram alone, so read the note or footnote before you start: it is where the exceptions hide.

Reading · Part 2

Riverside Community Centre — Evening Class Schedule

One of 32 published prompts · free, no account

The Riverside Community Centre has posted its fall evening class schedule. Priya is emailing her friend Dan to help him choose a class that fits his budget and free evenings.

Instructions

Study the table, then answer the questions.
For the email, choose the best word for each blank.

Riverside Community Centre — Fall Evening Classes

Registration opens September 2. Classes begin the week of September 22.

Class	Evening	Time	Weeks	Fee
Beginner Pottery	Monday	6:30–8:30 p.m.	8	$120
Conversational Spanish	Tuesday	7:00–8:30 p.m.	10	$95
Watercolour Painting	Wednesday	6:00–8:00 p.m.	6	$140
Yoga for Beginners	Thursday	7:30–8:30 p.m.	10	$80
Digital Photography	Thursday	6:00–8:00 p.m.	8	$110

Members of the Centre receive 15% off any class fee. The pottery fee includes all clay and glazing materials.

The reply to complete

Hi Dan, I looked over the fall schedule for you. Since you said Thursdays are your only free evening, your two options are Yoga for Beginners and ___1___. The photography class runs from 6:00 to ___2___ p.m., which might be too early if you leave work at 5:30. The yoga class is later, starting at ___3___ p.m. Photography is the pricier of the two at ___4___, but remember you joined the Centre in the spring, so your member discount of ___5___ off applies. Let me know which one you'd like, and I'll register with you. Talk soon, Priya

Questions & answer key8 questions

Reading is scored by the number of correct answers, so there is no rubric to satisfy — only the text in front of you. Every question below has its answer and an explanation of why the other options fail.

1Gap 1 in the reply
1. ABeginner Pottery
2. ✓Digital Photography
3. CConversational Spanish
4. DWatercolour Painting
Answer
B
The table shows only two classes on Thursday: Yoga for Beginners and Digital Photography. The email already names yoga, so the other Thursday option is Digital Photography. Watercolour is Wednesday, Spanish is Tuesday, and pottery is Monday, so none of them fit Dan's only free evening.
2Gap 2 in the reply
1. A6:30
2. B8:30
3. C9:00
4. ✓8:00
Answer
D
The Digital Photography row lists the time as 6:00–8:00 p.m., so it ends at 8:00. 8:30 is the end time for pottery and Spanish; 6:30 is when pottery starts; 9:00 appears nowhere in the table.
3Gap 3 in the reply
1. ✓7:30
2. B6:30
3. C6:00
4. D7:00
Answer
A
Yoga for Beginners runs 7:30–8:30 p.m., so it starts at 7:30. 6:00 is the photography start time, 7:00 is the Spanish start time, and 6:30 is the pottery start time.
4Gap 4 in the reply
1. A$95
2. ✓$110
3. C$140
4. D$80
Answer
B
The Digital Photography fee is $110, which is higher than yoga's $80, matching "the pricier of the two." $140 is the watercolour fee (a different, higher class not being compared here), and $95 is the Spanish fee.
5Gap 5 in the reply
1. ✓15%
2. B6%
3. C10%
4. D8%
Answer
A
The note states members receive 15% off any class fee. The other percentages (8%, 6%, 10%) do not appear anywhere in the table or note and are distractors drawn from unrelated numbers.
6Which class meets for the fewest weeks?
1. AConversational Spanish
2. ✓Watercolour Painting
3. CYoga for Beginners
4. DBeginner Pottery
Answer
B
The Weeks column shows Watercolour Painting at 6 weeks, fewer than pottery (8), yoga (10), and Spanish (10). Yoga and Spanish tie for the most weeks, not the fewest, and pottery's 8 is still more than 6.
7According to the note, who qualifies for the 15% discount?
1. AAnyone who registers online
2. ✓Members of the Centre
3. CStudents and seniors only
4. DThose taking two or more classes
Answer
B
The note says 'Members of the Centre receive 15% off any class fee.' Online registration, age groups, and multi-class bundles are never mentioned as discount conditions.
8What does the fee for Beginner Pottery include that other class fees do not mention?
1. AA member discount
2. BTen weeks of instruction
3. CA later start time
4. ✓All clay and glazing materials
Answer
D
The note says the pottery fee "includes all clay and glazing materials." The member discount applies to any class, not just pottery; a later start time and ten weeks describe other rows (yoga/Spanish) and are not something the pottery fee includes.

Three mistakes that cost points heremost common first

1Applying a discount to a row the note leaves out.
2Using outside knowledge about how ferries or timetables usually work.
3Reading past a qualifier like "only on" and answering the general case.

Now do it yourself and find out where you land

You can check right and wrong on this page. What a page cannot do is tell you which question types you keep losing, under real timing.

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Questions people ask

Do I need outside knowledge for Reading Part 2?: No. Every answer is in the diagram or its notes. If a choice sounds plausible but you cannot point to where the diagram says it, it is wrong.
What makes Part 2 harder than it looks?: The small print. Discounts, exceptions and "only on" conditions in a footnote are the most common source of wrong answers.

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