What the interface controls
- Section and task timers continue while you work.
- Listening recordings play once and cannot be paused.
- Reading permits navigation within the current part.
- Writing and Speaking tasks move forward in order.
Listening And Speaking, In One Focused Sitting.
The same Listening and Speaking components used in CELPIP-General, delivered together as the approximately seventy-minute CELPIP-General LS test. It is the IRCC-approved test for Canadian citizenship applications.
Screenshot slot
The My Tests dashboard on CELPIP-General LS — the available, in-progress and completed counts above the test cards.
public/images/tests/celpip-general-ls/exam-runner.jpg- Total time
- ≈70 min
- Listening
- 46–55 min
- Speaking
- 15 min
- Used for
- Citizenship
One continuous sitting.
6 parts, 38 scored questions.
8 separately recorded tasks.
IRCC-approved for Canadian citizenship applications.
Test flowTwo Shared Components, Back To Back
General LS uses the same Listening and Speaking components as CELPIP-General, without Reading or Writing.
01
Listening
46–55 min · 6 parts
Listen once and answer 38 scored questions across practical conversations, information, news, discussion, and viewpoints.
02
Speaking
15 min · 8 tasks
Prepare and record one response for each on-screen situation, including visual and comparison tasks.
Computer deliveredOne Sitting. Everyday English.
CELPIP is completed on a computer at a test centre. The prompts focus on communication in workplace, community, and daily-life settings, and Speaking responses are recorded through a headset.
What you produce
- Selected answers for Listening and Reading.
- An email and a survey response in General.
- Eight separately recorded Speaking responses.
- No separate Speaking appointment or interviewer.
What Pendorai returns
- Deterministic objective marking after submission.
- Writing and Speaking criterion breakdowns.
- Answer review, transcripts, and sample responses.
- A practice estimate, never presented as an official score.
ListeningSix parts, one-play Canadian English
Every recording plays once and cannot be paused. The section begins with practical problem solving and develops through everyday conversation, information, news, group discussion, and contrasting viewpoints. You hear the audio, but read every answer choice on screen.
- 46–55 minutes
- 6 parts
- 38 scored questions
- Shared by both tests
8 + 5 questions
Parts 1–2 — Practical conversations
Solve a problem, then follow an everyday exchange.
- Part 1: Listening to Problem Solving.
- Part 2: Listening to a Daily Life Conversation.
- Each question is played once and answered before the next appears — there is no going back.
- In Problem Solving, all four answer choices can be pictures instead of words.
6 + 5 questions
Parts 3–4 — Information and news
Extract detail, purpose, organization, and implied meaning.
- Part 3: Listening for Information.
- Part 4: Listening to a News Item, delivered by a single voice.
- From Part 4 on, the questions follow the recording and you can move between them inside the part.
- The language is functional and natural rather than academic for its own sake.
8 + 6 questions
Parts 5–6 — Discussion and viewpoints
Track several speakers and distinguish positions.
- Part 5: Listening to a Discussion between several speakers.
- Part 6: Listening to Viewpoints on a single issue.
- Discussion answer choices can also be all pictures.
- Each part presents its question set after the shared recording.
The official test may include unscored items for test development that look exactly like scored ones. Pendorai forms contain scored questions only, so every answer counts toward your estimate.
SpeakingEight recorded responses in fifteen minutes
The computer presents each situation, gives you a short preparation period, and records one response through your headset. There is no examiner and no separate face-to-face interview.
- 15 minutes
- 8 tasks
- Recorded, no examiner
- Shared by both tests
30s to prepare · 90s, then 60s to speak
Tasks 1–2 — Advice and experience
Give practical advice, then tell a clear personal story.
- Task 1: Giving Advice — 90 seconds to help someone decide.
- Task 2: Talking about a Personal Experience — 60 seconds.
- Organization, detail, vocabulary, and delivery all matter.
One shared picture · 30s + 60s each
Tasks 3–4 — Scene and prediction
Describe what is visible, then infer what may happen next.
- Task 3: Describing a Scene — say what is happening in a busy picture.
- Task 4: Making Predictions — the same picture, now asking what happens next.
- Pendorai uses clear, contemporary colour illustrations.
60s to prepare · 60s to speak
Tasks 5–6 — Persuasion and conflict
Compare options, persuade someone, and resolve a difficult situation.
- Task 5: Comparing and Persuading — choose between two options in 60 silent seconds, then persuade a family member your choice beats a new alternative.
- Task 6: Dealing with a Difficult Situation — pick which of two people to talk to, then handle the conversation.
- Your response must fit the listener and the social context.
30s to prepare · 90s, then 60s to speak
Tasks 7–8 — Opinion and unusual situation
Support a position, then explain something unexpected precisely.
- Task 7: Expressing Opinions — take a side and support it for 90 seconds.
- Task 8: Describing an Unusual Situation — describe an unusual object clearly to someone who cannot see it.
- The report includes your transcript, criterion feedback, and a strong sample.
Question typesEvery Listening And Speaking Task
No reduced practice subset: all six current Listening parts and all eight Speaking tasks are represented.
Listening — 6 parts
- Problem Solving
- Daily Life Conversation
- Information
- News Item
- Discussion
- Viewpoints
Speaking — 8 tasks
- Advice
- Personal Experience
- Describe a Scene
- Predictions
- Compare and Persuade
- Difficult Situation
- Opinions
- Unusual Situation
ScoringTwo Separate Skill Estimates
Listening is checked against the answer key. Speaking is evaluated from your recording and audio-derived transcript against the CELPIP performance dimensions.
- Listening
- Level estimate
- Speaking
- Level estimate
Raw mark out of 38, converted with CELPIP's published approximate ranges.
Content, vocabulary, listenability, and task fulfilment.
Official CELPIP levels run from M through 3–12, aligned with the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels. Pendorai produces a practice estimate and does not issue an official CELPIP score.
In PendoraiWhat CELPIP-General LS Practice Looks Like Here
Sit a full paper, or drill one task type until it stops costing you marks. Either way it is marked, explained, and folded back into what you study next.
The full interaction, not a worksheet.
One-play protected audio, forward-only section flow, timed Writing tasks, and real browser microphone recording reproduce the decisions you make on test day.
Functional English stays functional.
Sources and prompts come from plausible Canadian workplace, service, community, and everyday settings rather than recycled academic-test topics.
Feedback goes beyond one number.
Objective answers are reviewed item by item. Writing and Speaking return criterion evidence, focused improvements, transcripts, and high-scoring examples.
Preparing for more than one test?
The same study plan feeds every exam you sit. Pick the next one.