Practice Task 27 — A car covered in sticky notes

Task 8 · Describing an Unusual Situation — describe an unusual or hard-to-explain object or scene

Speaking Task 8Describing an Unusual SituationSPK-T8-27Intermediate

30s prepare · 60s speak

You have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to speak. Describe the unusual thing to someone who cannot see it, and explain what you think is going on.

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

Describe this strange sight in the parking lot and guess the explanation.

A car covered in sticky notes.

CELPIP Speaking Task 8 scene: a workplace parking lot on a grey afternoon

Points to cover

• the car covered in yellow notes
• the two colleagues laughing
• the puzzled owner holding his keys

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

1. Describe the unusual situation
2. Explain what is happening
3. Describe a possible cause
4. Explain the consequences
5. Suggest what should happen
6. Conclude

Sentence template

You won't believe what I've just seen. There's ___ right in front of me. It looks like ___, and ___. I'm not completely sure, but my guess is that ___. If that's true, it could mean ___. I think someone should ___. Anyway, I'll let you know if anything changes.