- Is there a free CELPIP practice test PDF?
- How to print or save any paper
- Listening papers
- Reading papers
- Writing papers
- Speaking papers
- Full mock tests
- How to score yourself
Every CELPIP practice paper on this site is a normal web page you can print on paper or save as a PDF straight from your own browser, at no cost, with no account to create and no app to install. There is no file to download: you open the paper you want, print it, and the answer key comes with it. This page explains how that works and lists every paper on the site, so you can print one section or a whole set of mocks.
Is there a free CELPIP practice test PDF?
Not as a file hosted for download — there is no PDF to fetch from this site, and this page does not pretend otherwise. Every practice paper here is a plain HTML page, which is the more useful format: the same page can be read on screen, printed to paper, or saved as a PDF in one step, and the answers stay attached to the questions instead of sitting in a separate file that goes missing.
The papers are free, need no login, and can be retaken as often as you like. Each one is a complete sitting for its section: the passages and questions for reading, the transcript-backed question set for listening, the two prompts for writing, and the eight prompts with sample answers for speaking. The answer key sits on the same page as the questions, with a short explanation for every listening and reading item, so a single printed copy is a whole study unit rather than half of one.
If you would rather work on screen, you do not have to print anything. Each paper links to an interactive version of the same material at its section hub, where the listening items play audio. Printing is simply the option for people who want a paper-and-pencil rehearsal, or who revise somewhere a laptop does not travel well.
How to print or save any CELPIP paper on this site
There is nothing to install and nothing to sign up for. Open the paper you want from the lists further down this page, then use the print function every browser already has.
- Open the paper you want from the lists below. It loads like any other page on the site.
- Let the page finish loading, so the passages, tables and listening transcripts are all in place before you commit to paper.
- Press Ctrl and P together on Windows or Linux, or Cmd and P on a Mac, to open the browser print dialogue. The browser menu also has a Print option.
- In the dialogue, choose your printer for a paper copy, or choose Save as PDF (shown as Microsoft Print to PDF on Windows) to keep a digital copy instead.
- Set the paper size to A4 or Letter and check the scaling so nothing is clipped at the right-hand edge. Turning off headers and footers gives a cleaner sheet.
- Print or save. The questions and the answer key both come out on the copy, so you can work the paper and check it without a second device.
If you want to sit the paper without seeing the answers, print it and keep the key covered, or print a page range that leaves the key for later. For a fully worked attempt, print the whole sheet and mark yourself at the end.
Listening papers
Listening has six parts and 38 scored questions with 47 to 55 minutes on the clock, plus one unscored practice task that looks identical to the scored items. There are 12 papers, and each one carries the full transcripts alongside the questions and the answer key — so when you review a printed attempt you can read what was actually said for every item you missed, not just count the misses.
If you would rather hear the audio, the CELPIP listening practice hub runs the same papers on screen.
Reading papers
Reading is four parts with 38 scored questions and 55 to 60 minutes, again with one unscored practice task. The 12 papers below carry every passage in full, and the answer key explains each question rather than only naming the letter. The useful part of a review is seeing which sentence in the passage settled the answer, because that is the habit the real test rewards.
The CELPIP reading practice hub is where the same papers are offered on screen.
Writing papers
Writing is two tasks in 53 to 60 minutes: Task 1 is writing an email and Task 2 is responding to survey questions. A multiple-choice answer key cannot mark a piece of writing, so these papers give you something to compare against instead — the prompts plus a sample response for each task. Write your own answer by hand under the clock first, then read the sample and note the differences in structure, tone and length.
The CELPIP writing practice hub also runs these tasks on screen.
Speaking papers
Speaking is eight tasks in 15 to 20 minutes, which is roughly two minutes per task on average across that published window. Because responses are recorded rather than marked on the spot, these papers pair each set of prompts with sample answers you can read afterwards. Speak your answer aloud to a timer, then compare it with the sample.
The CELPIP speaking practice hub holds the on-screen version.
Full mock tests
A full mock brings all four skills onto one paper: 38 listening questions, 38 reading questions, the two writing tasks and the eight speaking tasks, with every answer explained. Four are available. Use one printed mock as a timed rehearsal — the real sitting is a single session of about three hours with no separate speaking appointment to book — and keep another for a fortnight later, so the second result measures preparation rather than memory of the first paper.
The full-length mock test hub runs these simulations on screen with the section clock.
How to score yourself
Mark each section separately and never average the four together. CELPIP reports a level for each ability, and where those levels turn into points — for Canada's Express Entry, for example — the calculation is done per ability with no averaging at all. A strong reading result cannot carry a weak writing result, so a single combined percentage hides the only thing worth knowing.
Use the answer key to get a count of correct answers per section, then work out which ability is weakest and revise that one hardest before you book. The CELPIP score guide explains how CELPIP levels relate to CLB, and the CELPIP test format page shows what each section contains, so a low count points you at the right cause. If you are still deciding which version of the test to take, the CELPIP General versus General LS comparison covers the four-skill and two-skill options.
Last verified: 15 October 2026.