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Celpe-Bras past papers, by task, genre and theme

Every written task of the last 10 editions, from 2020 to 2026/1: what you had to write, as whom, to whom and why, with links to the official booklet, video and audio. Filter by genre to practise one kind of text, or by theme.

The exams are kept in the University of Rio Grande do Sul's public Acervo Celpe-Bras; every link here opens the official file there or on INEP's and the Diário Oficial's sites. The task descriptions are our own short summaries.

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40 tasks

Celpe-Bras 2026/1

  1. Task 1Video

    Write
    Article (artigo)
    For
    readers of a major newspaper's food section
    To
    explain a food festival: its aim, activities and choice of guests
    Themes
    Food · Culture and the arts
    Practise this task →

  2. Task 2Audio

    Write
    Open letter (carta aberta)
    For
    your city's officials
    To
    ask for a law regulating QR-code menus, with arguments
    Themes
    Consumers · Technology · City life
    Practise this task →

  3. Task 3Text

    Write
    Email (e-mail)
    For
    the children's school
    To
    suggest bringing traditional circle songs into school, citing benefits
    Themes
    Education · Culture and the arts · Family and relationships
    Practise this task →

  4. Task 4Text

    Write
    Proposal (proposta)
    For
    the company's other directors
    To
    argue for more diverse leadership and suggest concrete actions
    Themes
    Work · Rights and equality · Media
    Practise this task →

Celpe-Bras 2026/1: official files

Oral part: 20 prompts, on: work, rights and equality, culture and the arts, technology, media, health, food, environment

Not published yet: results

Celpe-Bras 2025/2

  1. Task 1Video

    Write
    Letter (carta)
    For
    president of your neighbourhood residents' association
    To
    propose bringing a shared-cupboard project to the neighbourhood
    Themes
    Community · City life
    Practise this task →

  2. Task 2Audio

    Write
    Letter (carta)
    For
    members of an artisanal-products cooperative
    To
    explain the Selo Arte label and why its regulation helps producers
    Themes
    Food · Work
    Practise this task →

  3. Task 3Text

    Write
    Tribute (texto de homenagem)
    For
    visitors to the Petrolina city hall website
    To
    honour a local farmer and her settlement's agroecological work
    Themes
    Environment
    Practise this task →

  4. Task 4Text

    Write
    Crônica (crônica)
    For
    readers of the newspaper Zero Hora
    To
    retell a shop scene from the salesperson's side and take a position
    Themes
    Consumers · Work
    Practise this task →

Celpe-Bras 2025/2: official files

Oral part: 20 prompts, on: environment, health, food, rights and equality, education, family and relationships, science, culture and the arts, community, technology, consumers, media

Celpe-Bras 2025/1

  1. Task 1Video

    Write
    Website text (texto para site)
    For
    visitors to an ecotourism tips website
    To
    describe the park's nature and history to draw tourists to the old road
    Themes
    Travel and tourism · Environment · Culture and the arts
    Practise this task →

  2. Task 2Audio

    Write
    Column (texto para coluna)
    For
    readers of a Brazilian-cinema website
    To
    present a director's motives and what he learned about Indigenous peoples
    Themes
    Culture and the arts · Rights and equality
    Practise this task →

  3. Task 3Text

    Write
    Email (e-mail)
    For
    the city's mayor
    To
    ask for funding for a youth music NGO, citing its history and results
    Themes
    Culture and the arts · Community · Education
    Practise this task →

  4. Task 4Text

    Write
    Reader's letter (carta do leitor)
    For
    the magazine that published the article
    To
    give an opinion on the author's thesis about entitled youth
    Themes
    Family and relationships · Education
    Practise this task →

Celpe-Bras 2025/1: official files

Oral part: 20 prompts, on: culture and the arts, health, family and relationships, media, food, city life, technology, rights and equality, sport, environment, community, education, travel and tourism, animals

Celpe-Bras 2024/2

  1. Task 1Video

    Write
    Social media post (texto para rede social)
    For
    the company's staff/followers on its social network
    To
    explain hustle culture, its harms and how to prevent them
    Themes
    Health · Work
    Practise this task →

  2. Task 2Audio

    Write
    Guide entry (texto para guia)
    For
    literature students
    To
    present the novel Lavoura Arcaica and its author
    Themes
    Culture and the arts
    Practise this task →

  3. Task 3Text

    Write
    Email (e-mail)
    For
    general coordinators of a fashion fair
    To
    propose inviting an Amazon artisans' jewellery project to exhibit
    Themes
    Culture and the arts · Environment
    Practise this task →

  4. Task 4Text

    Write
    Reader's letter (carta do leitor)
    For
    the newspaper Pioneiro and its readers
    To
    agree or disagree with a columnist's argument about love
    Themes
    Family and relationships
    Practise this task →

Celpe-Bras 2024/2: official files

Oral part: 20 prompts, on: environment, community, family and relationships, health, technology, culture and the arts, rights and equality, work

Not published yet: oral prompts

Celpe-Bras 2024/1

  1. Task 1Video

    Write
    Letter of invitation (carta-convite)
    For
    boards of Rio de Janeiro schools
    To
    invite schools to visit a science museum for its anniversary
    Themes
    Science · Education · Culture and the arts
    Practise this task →

  2. Task 2Audio

    Write
    Email (e-mail)
    For
    city governments (prefeituras)
    To
    offer copies of a racial-equality law booklet for schools
    Themes
    Rights and equality · Education
    Practise this task →

  3. Task 3Text

    Write
    Email (e-mail)
    For
    the city's culture department
    To
    nominate an Indigenous rapper for a festival of lesser-known artists
    Themes
    Culture and the arts · Rights and equality
    Practise this task →

  4. Task 4Text

    Write
    Reader's letter (carta do leitor)
    For
    readers of the newspaper that ran the column
    To
    respond to the columnist's view on algorithms shaping desire, citing own experience
    Themes
    Technology · Consumers
    Practise this task →

Celpe-Bras 2024/1: official files

Oral part: 20 prompts, on: health, rights and equality, travel and tourism, media, culture and the arts, environment, work, technology, family and relationships, food

Celpe-Bras 2023/2

  1. Task 1Video

    Write
    Public information text (texto de divulgação)
    For
    visitors to the health regulator's website (consumers)
    To
    explain new wholegrain labelling rules and how they help shoppers compare
    Themes
    Food · Health · Consumers
    Practise this task →

  2. Task 2Audio

    Write
    Email (e-mail)
    For
    the company's board (writer works in people management)
    To
    recommend a workplace nap room, citing benefits and good practice
    Themes
    Work · Health
    Practise this task →

  3. Task 3Text

    Write
    Competition entry (texto de inscrição)
    For
    judges of a state education department award
    To
    enter a school inclusion radio programme and argue it deserves the prize
    Themes
    Education · Rights and equality · Media
    Practise this task →

  4. Task 4Text

    Write
    Open letter (carta aberta)
    For
    the university's rectorate (writer represents the faculty association)
    To
    press for racial quotas in upcoming faculty hiring
    Themes
    Education · Rights and equality
    Practise this task →

Celpe-Bras 2023/2: official files

Oral part: 20 prompts, on: family and relationships, health, work, environment, sport, education, travel and tourism, rights and equality, animals, food, consumers

Not published yet: task 2 audio, question booklet, task 1 video

Celpe-Bras 2023/1

  1. Task 1Video

    Write
    Email (e-mail)
    For
    the city's municipal culture department
    To
    present a street fridge-library project and request funding to expand it
    Themes
    Culture and the arts · City life · Education
    Practise this task →

  2. Task 2Audio

    Write
    Column (texto para coluna)
    For
    readers of a women's-empowerment website
    To
    tell an athlete's story to inspire girls into male-dominated sports
    Themes
    Sport · Rights and equality
    Practise this task →

  3. Task 3Text

    Write
    Call for volunteers (texto de recrutamento)
    For
    social-media users who might volunteer for research
    To
    recruit volunteers for a citizen-science marine survey
    Themes
    Science · Environment
    Practise this task →

  4. Task 4Text

    Write
    Reader's letter (carta do leitor)
    For
    readers of the magazine that ran the article (writer is a teacher)
    To
    take a stand on AI essay-writing tools in education
    Themes
    Technology · Education
    Practise this task →

Celpe-Bras 2023/1: official files

Oral part: 20 prompts, on: sport, rights and equality, technology, family and relationships, health, city life, consumers, work, community, environment

Not published yet: task 2 audio, question booklet, task 1 video

Celpe-Bras 2022

  1. Task 1Video

    Write
    Website post (postagem)
    For
    visitors to a rural producers' association website
    To
    promote cassava: its history, dishes and place in Brazilian culture
    Themes
    Food · Culture and the arts · Environment
    Practise this task →

  2. Task 2Audio

    Write
    Leaflet (folheto)
    For
    clients of a Brasília travel agency
    To
    advertise a natural attraction and persuade clients to spend a day there
    Themes
    Travel and tourism · Environment
    Practise this task →

  3. Task 3Text

    Write
    Email (e-mail)
    For
    a toy store's sales directors (writer is marketing director)
    To
    propose adding Indigenous dolls to the catalogue and show brand benefits
    Themes
    Culture and the arts · Consumers · Rights and equality
    Practise this task →

  4. Task 4Text

    Write
    Message (mensagem)
    For
    an article's author, for publication on his website
    To
    argue a position on destroying remaining smallpox virus stocks
    Themes
    Science · Health
    Practise this task →

Celpe-Bras 2022: official files

Oral part: 20 prompts, on: consumers, technology, animals, science, city life, work, sport, rights and equality, family and relationships, environment, education

Not published yet: task 2 audio, question booklet, task 1 video

Celpe-Bras 2021

  1. Task 1Video

    Write
    Email (e-mail)
    For
    clients on a tour package (writer is their travel agent)
    To
    explain Brazilian baggage size and weight rules and give packing tips
    Themes
    Travel and tourism · Consumers
    Practise this task →

  2. Task 2Audio

    Write
    Letter (carta)
    For
    neighbours (writer chairs the residents' association)
    To
    invite them to volunteer, citing volunteering data and options
    Themes
    Community · City life · Work
    Practise this task →

  3. Task 3Text

    Write
    Formal request (requerimento)
    For
    the school's management (writer is a teacher)
    To
    request a class trip to an art exhibition, arguing its educational value
    Themes
    Culture and the arts · Education
    Practise this task →

  4. Task 4Text

    Write
    Open letter (carta aberta)
    For
    the general public on social media (writer is an animal-rights activist)
    To
    open debate and argue ethically and scientifically against animal testing
    Themes
    Science · Animals · Community
    Practise this task →

Celpe-Bras 2021: official files

Oral part: 20 prompts, on: family and relationships, food, technology, city life, animals, consumers, health, rights and equality, education, media, environment, work

Not published yet: task 2 audio, question booklet, results, task 1 video

Celpe-Bras 2020

  1. Task 1Video

    Write
    Report (relatório)
    For
    the school community (writer is a student, assigned by a teacher)
    To
    report on a food exhibition and why food culture matters
    Themes
    Food · Culture and the arts · Education
    Practise this task →

  2. Task 2Audio

    Write
    Email (e-mail)
    For
    company employees (writer is the HR manager)
    To
    teach staff to spot fake news and stop spreading it
    Themes
    Technology · Work · Media
    Practise this task →

  3. Task 3Text

    Write
    Letter (carta)
    For
    residents of the writer's neighbourhood
    To
    announce a local swap fair, its benefits and how to take part
    Themes
    Consumers · City life · Environment
    Practise this task →

  4. Task 4Text

    Write
    Informative text (texto informativo)
    For
    pupils' parents (writer is a teacher)
    To
    share study findings and urge supervision of children's smartphone use
    Themes
    Health · Technology · Family and relationships
    Practise this task →

Celpe-Bras 2020: official files

Oral part: 20 prompts, on: family and relationships, environment, city life, health, consumers, education, culture and the arts, technology, rights and equality, work

Not published yet: task 2 audio, question booklet, results, task 1 video

Questions

Can I download the Celpe-Bras past papers?

Yes, from the official sources. Each link here opens the file where it's kept: the University of Rio Grande do Sul's public Acervo Celpe-Bras, INEP, or the Diário Oficial. We don't host copies.

Which genres come up most?

In the editions listed here: Email (10), Letter (4), and Reader's letter (4).

Are there answers or model texts?

INEP doesn't publish model answers: every task is open writing, marked against a grid. INEP's Documento-base describes what the markers look for at each level.

Why isn't the latest edition here yet?

Its files are added to the archive after the exam has been sat everywhere, abroad included, and we add them once they're published.