I choose the Option B. I like to work some day at home and some day in the office. The first thing is the bus. My bus is very long time, almost one hour and half. When I work in home I don't take the bus and I am not tired. I can start my work early and I finish early too. This is good for me and my wife. Also the office is good because I see my friend there. Sometime I have a question and is difficult in the chat. We talk and is more fast for me. Five day in office is too much. My home is quiet and I can work good there.
Writing Task 2: Responding to Survey Questions
Writing Task 2: Responding to Survey Questions is part of the Writing section of the CELPIP General test. You get 150–200 words and 26 minutes to write. It is scored on Content / Coherence, Vocabulary, Readability, Task Fulfillment.
- Length
- 150–200 words
- Time
- 26 minutes
- Prompts here
- 30 published
The three-move survey response
- 1
Name your option in the first sentence
The rater should never have to hunt for which one you chose. "I would choose Option B, the hybrid model" does it in seven words.
- 2
Two reasons, each with one detail only you would give
Our CLB 5 answer says "the bus is very long time". The CLB 11 says office attendance should be "a tool rather than a default". Both are reasons; one is specific to a person who thought about it.
- 3
Spend one line on why not the other option
It shows you read the whole prompt, and it is the cheapest way to sound considered rather than reflexive.
One reason with an example outranks two reasons without.
Content and Coherence rewards developed ideas, not the number of them.
Master the opinion, comparison and justification vocabulary you need to choose an option and defend it in writing for CELPIP Writing Task 2.
Task 2 gives you two options and asks you to choose one and explain why. State your choice clearly, support it with reasons and examples, and use contrast connectors to dismiss the alternative.
What raters reward here
- Pick ONE option and state it in the first sentence.
- Give two clear reasons, each with a specific detail or example.
- Briefly mention why you did not choose the other option.
- Stay 150–200 words; keep a consistent, polite tone.
- Briefly acknowledging the other option can strengthen your argument — but the task only requires reasons for YOUR choice.
A structure that works
State your choice clearly: I would choose Option A because ...
Reason 1 with detail: Firstly, ...
Reason 2 with detail: Secondly, ...
Acknowledge the other option: While Option B has some merit, ...
Conclusion: For these reasons, Option A is the better choice for me.
Three mistakes that cost points heremost common first
- 1Choosing both options, or hedging so much that no choice is visible.
- 2Listing three or four thin reasons instead of developing two.
- 3Forgetting that this is a survey reply, and writing it as an essay with no reader in mind.
How Writing is scored
- Content / Coherence
- Whether your ideas are relevant, developed and easy to follow from one sentence to the next.
- Vocabulary
- The range and accuracy of your word choice, including how naturally words go together.
- Readability
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation and paragraphing — how easily a reader gets through it.
- Task Fulfillment
- Whether you did everything the prompt asked, in the register the situation calls for.
Model answersthe same prompt, four levels
These are the answers our scorer was calibrated against. Reading a CLB 5 beside a CLB 11 for the same prompt is the fastest way to see what a level actually means. CLB 9 is marked as the target because it is the level that earns maximum language points for Express Entry.
I would choose Option B, the hybrid model. The main reason is my commute. I live far from the office and I take the bus every morning. The bus is often late and very crowded, so I stand for a long time and I arrive already tired. Then I need a coffee and some minutes before I can really start my day. On the days when I work from home, I don't have this problem. I wake up, I make my breakfast and I open my laptop, and I am ready. I finish more work in the morning because my head is fresh. In the evening also I have more time for my family, and this makes me happier at work. Another good thing is that my home is quiet, so I can concentrate better when I write reports. I still want to go to office for some days, because meetings are easier when everybody is in the same room. Option B is my choice.
I would choose Option B, the hybrid model, because it gives us the good parts of both arrangements without the worst parts of either one. My first reason is concentration. Most of my work is writing reports and checking data, and this kind of task needs long quiet blocks. In the office I am interrupted maybe ten times in one morning, but at home I finish same report in half the time. Two days at home would protect that. My second reason is that the team still needs contact. People learn much faster when they can turn around and ask a question, and a planning meeting is simply better in person than on a screen. Three days in office would keep this alive. Option A has some merit, and I understand why some managers prefer it. Still, it puts everybody in one solution, and in hybrid model each department can choose the days that fit them. For these reasons I support Option B.
I would choose Option B, the hybrid model, because it treats office attendance as a tool rather than a default. The strongest argument is that different tasks have different requirements. Analytical work, such as drafting proposals or reconciling budgets, degrades under interruption, and a home day protects it. Collaborative work does the opposite: onboarding, negotiation and anything involving disagreement are settled far more quickly in a room than across a video call. A fixed five-day policy optimises for one of these and quietly penalises the other. The second consideration is retention. Since we moved to remote arrangements, our candidate pool has widened well beyond commuting distance, and several strong hires accepted specifically because of that flexibility. Withdrawing it now would be read as a reversal, and the staff most able to leave would leave first. Option A does offer real advantages, notably a visible culture and faster informal supervision, but both can be preserved by anchoring two fixed office days for the whole team. Option B is the more defensible choice.
Now do it yourself and find out where you land
A model answer shows you the target. It cannot tell you whether your own writing hits it — that is a CLB level for each criterion, with the sentences that earned it.
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- Do I have to pick one option in Writing Task 2?
- Yes. Commit to one choice and justify it. A clear position supported with reasons scores higher than weighing both options without deciding.
- What vocabulary raises a Writing Task 2 score?
- Precise opinion phrases, varied reasoning connectors and accurate comparison language. The higher-CLB entries below are exactly this kind of vocabulary.
The other 29 Survey Response prompts2 free
- ·Community Centre Space Survey
- ·Shipyard Festival Location Survey
- ·City Park Improvement
- ·Neighbourhood Transportation Funding Survey
- ·University Course Delivery Survey
- ·School Trip Destination
- ·Affordable Housing Funding Priority
- ·Reading Habits Survey
- ·Company Reward
- ·Healthcare Access Funding Priority
- ·Learning a New Skill
- ·Property Crime Prevention Survey
- ·Electric Scooter Safety Policy
- ·Traffic Congestion Policy
- ·Road Construction Scheduling
- ·Community Program Schedule
- ·Waste Management Policy
- ·Library or Parking Lot?free
- ·University Final Exams
- ·Working From Home Policy
- ·Restaurant Relocation
- ·Saving Money or Spending on Experiences
- ·Online Shopping or In-Store Shopping
- ·Living in a City or a Small Town
- ·Working Alone or in a Team
- ·Buying or Renting a Home
- ·Travelling Solo or with a Group
- ·Should Workplaces Allow Pets?
- ·Cash or Card for Everyday Payments