Speak or Sink
Stop talking and the water rises. Keep going to stay afloat.
Keep me dry! Every time you go quiet the water rises. Keep talking and I stay afloat.
Audio stays on your device. We only measure loudness to detect silence. Nothing is recorded or uploaded.
How to play Speak or Sink
- Choose a difficulty. It sets how many seconds of silence it takes to sink.
- Choose one of the 8 CELPIP Speaking tasks, or let the game pick at random.
- Allow the microphone. You get the real CELPIP prep time for that task.
- When prep ends, talk. Silence makes the water rise and speaking pushes it back down.
- Make it to the end of the task time to survive and build a streak.
Why silence costs you on CELPIP
CELPIP Speaking raters score how well you keep going, not only what you say. Long pauses, unfinished sentences and running out of ideas before time is up all pull your score down. Many candidates with good grammar lose points to hesitation alone. Speak or Sink trains the habit that fixes this: always have a next sentence ready, even if it is a simple one.
Your microphone is only used to measure loudness on your device. Nothing is recorded or uploaded. Want a real score on what you said? Try the 60-second CLB Challenge or the full Speaking practice tasks with AI feedback.
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