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CELPIP Intensive Skills Course

Learn every test part through clear lessons, guided practice, skill builders, and evidence-based review.
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Listening · Part 1 · CISC-LIS-01

Listening to Problem Solving

A conversation in 3 sections · 8 questions
YOUR GOAL

Follow a problem from beginning to end and identify the solution.

01UNDERSTAND

What you need to know

1

Listen for the problem, the limits, and each possible solution.

2

A speaker may reject an idea before choosing another one.

3

The answer choices may use different words from the conversation.

02USE A SIMPLE PLAN

Step-by-step strategy

  1. 1

    Identify the problem.

  2. 2

    Notice why each idea works or does not work.

  3. 3

    Listen for the final decision.

  4. 4

    Match the meaning, not only the same words.

03GUIDED PRACTICE

Find the solution

Your task

Listen to the conversation. What will Evan most likely arrange next?

Listen to the recording before checking the transcript.
Original course narration ready
Open the synchronized audio script when you are ready to review the recording.
04SKILL BUILDER

Question-to-audio matching

GUIDED POST-LISTENING STUDY

Paraphrase Lab · Part 1

Use the synchronized audio script above, match equivalent phrases, and strengthen difficult vocabulary.

EQUIVALENT-PHRASE PRACTICE

Match the equivalent phrases

Match each question or answer phrase to the wording used in the audio. Complete every match before checking your answers.

LISTENING VOCABULARY BUILDER

Match each word or expression to its simple meaning

Every item comes directly from this recording. Use the complete definition—not a picture—to learn each word precisely.

Use the course listening study method
  1. Cover the Audio Script side.
  2. Read the question or answer wording.
  3. Recall the equivalent phrase from the recording.
  4. Replay the audio and listen for meaning—not identical wording.
05REVIEW

Check your work

Practice is educational and informed by public CLB descriptors and CELPIP performance standards. It is not an official CELPIP question, rating, or score.