Is CELPIP Writing Task 1 given its own score?

No. The official score report gives a CELPIP level for the whole Writing section, not an individual Task 1 result. You can use the four dimensions to diagnose your own practice emails, but that cannot be converted into an official Task 1 score.

Do the greeting and closing decide a CELPIP email score?

No. A salutation and closing help make the email complete, but a handful of fixed phrases does not determine your level. Official material stresses content development, vocabulary, readability, and overall task completion.

What does the CELPIP email need to include?

Official preparation material suggests a salutation, a purpose sentence, the body, a conclusion, a closing, and a signature. Home and company addresses are not required, and neither are To, From, or Subject fields.

How CELPIP Writing Task 1 Is Scored (Writing an Email)

CELPIP Writing Task 1 is Writing an Email: 27 minutes, with a suggested length of 150 to 200 words.

The official score report does not publish a Task 1 result. It gives a CELPIP level for the whole Writing section. The current official FAQ describes Writing as a combined artificial intelligence and human scoring system, with all Writing results reviewed and confirmed by the scoring team.

Content / Coherence

This dimension asks whether the email has a clear purpose, whether the main points are organised in a sensible order, and whether each point carries specific support.

The prompt usually lists about three tasks to address. Official preparation material advises reading the whole prompt, completing the requirements in order, and giving each main point at least one concrete detail. Copying the prompt with a few words changed does not constitute development.

A developed point has three layers: what you are claiming, why it matters, and one specific detail that could only come from your situation. Two layers is a 7; three is where 9 starts.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary covers whether your words suit the recipient and the situation, your range, and your accuracy. Complaints, requests, invitations, and suggestions all call for different language.

I would appreciate it if you could investigate this matter usually suits a formal complaint better than You must fix it now. High-level vocabulary is not the rarest vocabulary — it is language that states the problem, the impact, and the action you want accurately.

Readability

Readability includes email format and paragraphing, connection and transition, grammar and sentence structure, spelling, and punctuation.

Official preparation material suggests the email contain a salutation, a purpose sentence, a body, a conclusion, a closing, and a signature — but not home or company addresses, and not To, From, or Subject fields. Paragraphs should reflect distinct main points so the reader can locate information easily.

Task Fulfillment

This dimension covers relevance, completeness, tone, and word count. Missing one of the required points, writing to the wrong person, using a clearly unsuitable tone, or producing a conspicuously short response all affect it.

150 to 200 words is the official suggested range: slight deviation leaves some room, but clearly too short or clearly too long may affect your result.

The greeting does not carry the score

A salutation and closing help make the email complete, but a handful of fixed phrases does not decide a level. Official material emphasises content development, vocabulary, readability, and overall task completion.

Spending time inventing a fake email address, a subject line, or a traditional letterhead does not substitute for useful information in the body.

A four-question self-check

Does every prompt point have a visible response?
Does every main idea carry a specific detail?
Can the recipient read this easily?
Do the tone and the request suit the relationship?

This produces useful practice feedback — but it cannot be converted into an official Task 1 score, because CELPIP does not publish per-task levels or task weightings on the score report.

FAQs

Is Task 1 scored separately? No. You get one Writing level for the section.

Do greetings and closings decide my score? No — content, vocabulary, readability, and task completion do.

What should the email contain? Salutation, purpose, body, conclusion, closing, signature. No addresses, no subject line.

Next, read how Writing Task 2 is scored and how to write the Task 1 email.