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CELPIP Reading Vocabulary by Part

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CELPIP Reading includes correspondence, applying a diagram, reading for information, and reading for viewpoints. Each part relies on a different vocabulary decision: interpret message status, connect text to a visual source, follow informational structure, or compare positions without exaggerating them.

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Correspondence: track status and action

Distinguish requested, approved, scheduled, pending, and cancelled.

Your request has been received and will be reviewed on Friday.

The request is pending, not approved. Matching the word received with an answer that says “accepted” changes the status.

Intent matters too. A writer may inform, remind, complain, request, or recommend. A complaint can contain a request, but the two functions are not identical.

Apply a diagram

Use reference language precisely: adjacent to, opposite, between, beyond, at the northern entrance, and within walking distance. If a notice says an entrance is temporarily closed, the diagram still shows its location; it does not make it currently usable.

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Read for information

Track definition, cause, contrast, example, and consequence. For instance introduces an example. As a result introduces a consequence. By contrast marks a difference. An answer can repeat the correct topic but assign the wrong relationship.

Read viewpoints

Distinguish supports, questions, opposes, concedes, and qualifies.

The writer supports the program's goal but questions whether the current budget is sufficient.

That is conditional support, not complete opposition. Degree words such as partly, largely, and only can decide which answer fits.

Quick check

  1. A request awaits a decision: pending / approved.
  2. A writer accepts one benefit but retains an objection: concedes / endorses completely.
  3. As a result introduces a consequence / example.
  4. A closed entrance remains visible on a map but is currently unavailable / absent.

Answers: 1. pending. 2. concedes. 3. consequence. 4. unavailable.

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