CELPIP Speaking Task 2 · Talking About a Personal Experience · question 4 of 20
Your First Week in a New Home
A CELPIP Speaking Task 2 practice question (Talking About a Personal Experience), with a model answer below. No sign-up needed. Read the task, take 30 seconds to prepare, then speak for 60 seconds, out loud, as you would on the test.
The task
Talk about your first week after moving into a new home. Describe what happened and how you felt.
- Read the task, prepare during the preparation time, then speak aloud for the speaking time.
- Preparation
- 30 seconds
- Speaking time
- 60 seconds
- Question
- 4 of 20
A simple way to build your answer
- Set the scene briefly: when, where and who.
- Tell the events in order, in the past tense.
- Finish with how you felt or what you learned.
Model answer · CLB 9
134 words · no sign-upThe first week in my current apartment in Winnipeg was honestly chaotic. We moved in on a Saturday, and the moving truck arrived three hours late, so we were carrying furniture up the stairs until almost midnight. On Monday I discovered that the internet wasn't connected yet, and since I work from home, I had to spend two days working from a coffee shop down the street. Then, on Wednesday, the kitchen sink started leaking. Luckily, the building manager came the same afternoon and fixed it. By Friday things finally started to feel normal. We unpacked the last boxes, ordered a pizza and sat on the floor because the couch was still wrapped in plastic. Even though the week was stressful, I remember laughing a lot, and it made the place feel like ours.
Why this answer works
- Uses days of the week to structure the story, which keeps it coherent and easy to follow.
- Combines problems and solutions, so the answer has some tension and a resolution.
- The final sentence balances the negative and the positive, showing control of contrast (even though...).
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