CELPIP Writing Task 2: Responding to Survey Questions
You get 26 minutes to write 150–200 words answering an opinion survey. The survey offers two options; you pick one and explain why. There is no right answer, only a well-argued one.
A structure that works
- Your choice stated clearly in the first sentence or two.
- Two reasons, each in its own paragraph with a concrete example of how it would play out.
- A brief nod to the other option, saying why it is less convincing. Strong responses usually do this.
- A one-sentence conclusion that restates your choice.
Pick the option you can support best, not the one you personally prefer. Two specific, well-developed reasons beat four thin ones.
Practice prompts
- Survey: longer recreation centre hours or more street trees
- Survey: free transit pass or extra personal days at work
- Survey: makerspace or quiet study room at the library
- Survey: bike storage or parcel lockers in a condo building
- Survey: outdoor classroom or new laptops for an elementary school
- Survey: outdoor movie nights or a farmers' market in the park
- Survey: bigger staff kitchen or quiet focus rooms at the office
- Survey: winter carnival or summer music festival for a small town
- Survey: more frequent buses or a new bus route
- Survey: community garden or skate park on a vacant lot
- Survey: faster sidewalk clearing or faster plowing of side streets
- Survey: two work-from-home days or a four-day work week
- Survey: later school start time or free after-school clubs
- Survey: free swimming lessons for children or fitness classes for seniors
- Survey: security cameras and key fobs or renovated hallways
- Survey: off-leash dog park or pickleball courts in a city park
- Survey: weekly member discounts or free grocery delivery
- Survey: live online or on-campus evening college courses
- Survey: free downtown Wi-Fi or more public washrooms
- Survey: weekend team retreat or community volunteer day