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The speaking subtest has two role plays specific to each profession. You get a role card with the following information: The setting background information for context role prompts. The test lasts approximately twenty minutes. You get three minutes to prepare for each role-play and five minutes to role-play An interlocutor is supplied to play the […]
The writing test has only one task specific to nursing. Using patient notes, you write a formal letter about a medical matter relevant to the reader. Two OET-trained assessors mark the test. The assessors use six marking criteria. Purpose Content Conciseness and clarity Genre and style Organisation and layout Language. The test lasts 45 minutes—five […]
There are three parts to the OET listening test. There are a total of 42 questions to answer. Part A has 24 questions, Part B has six questions, and Part C has 12. The test lasts approximately 40 minutes. Part A Part A is double-marked by two OET-trained assessors using a detailed marking guide. Content […]
There are three parts to the reading subtest. There are a total of 42 questions. Part 1 has 20 questions Part 2 has 6 questions Part 3 has 16 questions The test takes 60 minutes. Part A takes 15 minutes, and parts B and C take 45 minutes in total. Part A Explained Part A […]
These vital ingredients are the basis of success in any exam, especially for a high score. Without them, there will always be disappointment on results day. Humans tend to want things done quickly and with minimal fuss. This may explain why many people fool themselves into thinking they are ready to take an exam before […]
Relationship Building is important in the speaking exam. There are some common ways you can use to build relationships, whether they’re spoken or gestures. However! It’s important not to pre-learn different phrases and use them in the exam in the order you learnt them. The phrases won’t always be appropriate to the scenario, and marks […]
The future tense with “will” is used to make predictions, talk or ask about future events, make promises, or express willingness to do something. Prediction: We use ‘will’ to predict what might happen based on what we know about something. “I think it will rain tomorrow.” I think our team will win the game […]
We make the future tense with will + infinitive of the verb. Affirmative form I will meet you at five o’clock. You will stay home tomorrow. He will work all day on Monday. She will do the shopping on Monday. It will rain tomorrow. We will see each other tomorrow. They will go to France […]
Events up Until Now We use the past perfect continuous tense to talk about actions that started in the past, continued in the past and ended at a given point in the past. At that time, we had been living in London for two months. She hadn’t been studying much before the […]
The form for past perfect continuous is had been +verb-ing. Here are some example sentences in the affirmative, negative, question and question word forms. Hadn’t is the short form of had not. In the affirmative, the short form is I’d been, you’d been, he’d been, etc. If you would like to learn when to use […]
