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Practice Task 11 — A community centre meeting room

Task 3 · Describing a Scene — describe a scene in words for someone who cannot see it

Speaking Task 3Describing a SceneSPK-T3-11Advanced
30s prepare · 60s speak

Look at the picture. You have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to describe the scene to someone who cannot see it. Describe the people, the actions and the setting.

Listen to the task prompt. Two fixed voices: a female examiner and a male situation narrator.

Describe the picture and say what kind of meeting this seems to be.

A community centre meeting room.

CELPIP Speaking Task 3 scene: a community centre meeting room in the evening

Points to cover

  • • the woman presenting the neighbourhood map
  • • the residents on folding chairs, one raising a hand
  • • the coffee table with cookies at the side

You get 30 seconds to prepare, then 60 seconds to speak. Everything here works offline — no AI needed.

  1. 1. Give an overall description
  2. 2. Describe the foreground
  3. 3. Describe the middle ground
  4. 4. Describe the background
  5. 5. Mention the important actions
  6. 6. Give an overall impression

Sentence template

This picture shows ___. In the foreground, ___. On the left, ___, while on the right ___. In the background I can see ___. The most noticeable thing is ___. Overall, it looks like a ___ scene.