CELPIP Reading:

The Reading part of the CELPIP exam attempts to measure how well a person understands what they read in the contexts of their social, personal, and workplace lives. A test taker’s reading skills will be analyzed through everyday materials in print: charts, email messages, personal and business correspondence, and informational texts. Also, test takers must interpret differing opinions offered in a short text. Each part of the test will expose different reading skills needed by clients.

The Reading part of the CELPIP exam is approximately 60 minutes (55- 60 minutes), and there are 4 parts to the test. Paragon Testing, the creators of the CELPIP Exam, also add a practice question and questions they will use for development purposes – these questions will not be scored as part of your test results; however, you will not be able to tell which question will be discarded.

The chart below shows the 4 different types of questions and their descriptions. Please note the number of questions for each type of task and the ‘suggested’ time to complete each question.

Remember The Reading Test increases in difficulty from Part 1 to Part 4, so the easiest part is Part 1, Part 2 is more difficult than Part 1, Part 3 is more difficult than Part 2, and Part 4 is the most difficult.