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CELPIP listening practice by CLB level
Press play, listen to the conversation or announcement, pick an answer. The correction comes with the transcript, and you can play the document again.
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Listening is the skill that counts everywhere in Canadian immigration: in all three Express Entry programs and, with speaking, for citizenship. IRCC reads CELPIP-General levels as CLB levels one for one, and for citizenship it accepts a CELPIP-General level of 4 or more in listening and speaking. This page gives you 35 English listening questions written by Radif Partners, from CLB 4 to CLB 10: phone messages, workplace meetings, health and housing conversations, radio items. They are general CLB-level questions written with the Canadian Language Benchmarks in mind, not CELPIP items, and this site does not describe the CELPIP's parts or timing, which we have not confirmed on an official source. Your browser reads each document aloud with its own speech synthesis, choosing a Canadian English voice where the device has one. You may replay as often as you like, and the transcript appears after you answer. On other accepted tests, CLB 7 in listening is 6.0–7.0 on the IELTS General Training and starts at 60 on the PTE Core. Answers stay in this browser for the review page.
CELPIP level and first-language points
First-language points
92
| CLB level | CLB 8 |
| Per skill | 23 |
| Maximum possible | 136 |
Charts, converters and questions by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · How charts and questions are built
What the listening questions cover, level by level
Every question is tagged with the CLB level it was written for. The summaries in this table are ours; the benchmarks themselves come from the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks.
| CLB level | What our listening questions ask |
|---|---|
| 4 | understand a short, simple exchange about everyday needs |
| 5 | catch key details in a routine message or conversation |
| 6 | follow main ideas and details in a conversation or announcement |
| 7 | understand decisions, reasons and opinions in a discussion |
| 8 | identify attitudes and implied concerns in a longer discussion |
| 9 | infer purpose and speaker intent in complex speech |
| 10 | interpret irony, nuance and the structure of an argument |
Listening in Express Entry and for citizenship
The thresholds below come from IRCC's Express Entry language page and its citizenship language page.
| Purpose | Listening level | CELPIP-General | IELTS General Training | PTE Core |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizenship | CLB 4 | 4+ | 4.5+ | 28+ |
| Federal Skilled Trades | CLB 5 | 5+ | 5.0+ | 39+ |
| Federal Skilled Worker | CLB 7 | 7+ | 6.0+ | 60+ |
For Express Entry, results must be less than 2 years old at profile creation and again when you apply for permanent residence. For citizenship, IRCC accepts expired results. The citizenship page covers the other ways to prove your level.
How the audio works
No sound file is played. When you press "Play the recording", your browser reads the document aloud, slightly slower than its default rate, picking a Canadian English voice if one is installed, then American or British English. Conversations are read by one voice, so you follow the speakers through what they say. After your answer the transcript appears under the question; read it, then play again to hear the words you missed. If your browser cannot speak, you see the transcript straight away, which turns the exercise into reading.
Using the sets well (our suggestion)
Start with unfiltered sets of ten to see your profile across CLB 4 to 10. When you press "See my result", our indication shows the highest level up to which you kept two thirds right; it is a rough guide written by us, not a test score. Then filter on the level just above it. Listen once before answering, as you would in a test, and only replay after reading the correction. Missed questions are stored in this browser, and the review page brings them back with their transcript.
What this page does not cover
We do not give the CELPIP's number of parts, its timing, fee or result delay: we have not confirmed them on an official source, so they are left out on purpose. Check them with the test publisher before booking. For the conversion of your actual results, see the CELPIP and CLB page; to compare with the IELTS General Training, see the IELTS page. The reading practice uses the same CLB levels.