CELPIP Speaking Task 8: Describing an Unusual Situation

CELPIP Speaking Task 8 Sample Answer: A Robot Delivery Service

You’re at home when a small robot arrives at your door to deliver a package. Describe the robot and the delivery process to your friend and explain what makes it stand out.

Preparation

30 seconds

Speaking

60 seconds

Picture

An unusual object or situation

The question

You’re at home when a small robot arrives at your door to deliver a package. Describe the robot and the delivery process to your friend and explain what makes it stand out.

Excellent answer (transcript): around CLB 11–12

Hi, you won’t believe this—a compact robot just showed up at my doorstep with a package! It’s about the size of a small cooler, rolls on wheels, and navigated right to my door autonomously. What makes it stand out is that it replaces the human delivery process entirely, which feels so futuristic. The package was placed perfectly, and it even beeped to let me know it was there. Have you ever witnessed a delivery like this?

76 words

Good answer (transcript): around CLB 7–8

Hey, something crazy just happened—a little robot delivered a package to my door! It’s small, moves on wheels, and dropped off the box all by itself. It’s so unusual because there’s no delivery person, just this machine. Have you seen a robot delivery before?

44 words

Basic answer (transcript): around CLB 4–5

Hi! Robot come to my house. It bring package. Small robot, no person. It move alone. Very new for me. Do you see robot like this?

26 words

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