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These are original Celmock practice questions, not recalled exam questions or predictions. Either option can support a useful response; your job is to explain a clear choice with relevant details.
What does Task 2 ask you to do?
Task 2 asks you to respond to a survey. In Celmock’s timed practice, use 26 minutes and aim for 150–200 words. Read both choices, take a position and explain why that choice fits the situation.
The situations below give you practice in different everyday contexts. They do not indicate which topics are more likely to appear on your exam.
Eight original survey practice questions
1. Library opening hours
Your town library can either open earlier on weekdays or stay open later on weekends. Which option would serve residents better? Choose one and explain your reasons. Planning focus: Compare who needs the service, when they can use it and one realistic consequence for a resident. Avoid claiming that every resident has the same schedule.
2. Workplace training
Your employer can fund either a monthly in-person skills workshop or an online course subscription for staff. Which option should the company choose? Support your preference with details. Planning focus: Choose a criterion such as feedback or flexibility. Explain how it changes what employees can do, instead of repeating that training is useful.
3. Neighbourhood transport
Your neighbourhood has a transport budget. Residents can choose more frequent buses on the existing route or a new route to a nearby shopping district. Which should receive the funding? Planning focus: Think about regular users and the journeys that are currently difficult. Develop two distinct benefits, rather than listing several versions of convenience.
4. After-school activities
A local school is reviewing its after-school programme. It can offer either supervised homework sessions or a wider range of sports clubs. Which would you recommend and why? Planning focus: Link each reason to a student need and a plausible example. You do not need specialist education knowledge to explain a clear preference.
5. Shared apartment space
Your apartment building has an unused ground-floor room. Residents are deciding between a quiet study room and a shared exercise room. Which use would benefit the building more? Planning focus: Explain who would use the room and how often. Acknowledge a practical limit if it helps the argument, but keep your chosen option clear.
6. Community event
Your community association can organize either a one-day outdoor food festival or a series of smaller indoor cultural evenings. Which format should it choose? Explain your preference. Planning focus: Compare participation, weather risk or opportunities to meet neighbours. Develop the effect of your choice rather than inventing exact costs.
7. Shopping centre services
A shopping centre is asking visitors how to use a vacant unit. The options are a supervised children’s activity area or a parcel collection and return service. Which would improve the visitor experience more? Planning focus: Choose a clear visitor group. Show how the service solves a repeated problem and include a specific situation that supports your reason.
8. Local environmental project
Your municipality can support either a household compost collection service or a community repair workshop for small household items. Which project would you support first, and why? Planning focus: Explain the behaviour your choice makes easier. Two developed reasons are stronger than a list of environmental slogans.
A worked paragraph: explain the consequence
Illustrative excerpt for the library question: “I would choose later weekend opening hours because residents who work evening shifts often cannot visit on weekdays. My neighbour, for example, finishes work after the library closes and currently has to rush through her visit on Saturday morning. A later closing time would give her a realistic chance to use the computers and borrow books without missing work.”
The paragraph names a group, shows a specific difficulty and connects the proposed change to that difficulty. It is an excerpt, not a full model answer or an officially scored response. In your own full answer, add a second reason that brings a different benefit.
How to use these questions
- First pass: choose one question and outline a position, two reasons and one example for each. Do not write a full answer for every prompt at once.
- Second pass: write a complete response under the timer. Check that each body paragraph explains a different reason.
- Review: underline claims that have no explanation. Replace one vague sentence with a consequence or concrete situation.
- Transfer: select another topic and apply the same reasoning skill. A memorized library story should not be forced into a workplace survey.
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The questions on this page are reading-and-writing prompts for independent practice; they are not automatically loaded into the rated question bank. Use the Task 2 practice selector for a published platform question, write your own answer there and check your allowance before submitting.
Questions, answered
Are these common CELPIP exam questions?
They are original practice scenarios across everyday themes. They are not official questions, recalled questions or evidence of exam frequency.
Do I have to discuss both options equally?
Make your preference clear and support it. A brief comparison can help, but do not let it replace the reasons for your own choice.
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