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To review: past perfect tense = S+ had+ past participle of the verb. We use the past perfect simple tense when we are already talking about the past but we want talk about an even earlier past time. When I got to the station, the train had already left. While I was watching the film, […]
In the speaking section of the OET for nurses exam, you will be speaking to a patient. You are provided with a card with details of your patient, and you get three minutes to plan what you are going to say.. A partner is supplied for you to interview. You are provided with a card […]
Present perfect continuous is made with Subject + have/has been + verb-ing. Conjugation: I/you/we/they have been he/she/it has been Example sentences using affirmative, negative and question sentences are in the table below. To practise present perfect continuous tense click below. To find out when to use the present perfect continuous tense, please click here.
We don’t use the past perfect very often in English. But it is helpful if you can use and understand it. It is used to prevent misunderstandings about the past. We form the past perfect tense with had + the past participle of the verb. We use had with all subjects. I/you/he/she/it/we/they/ had eaten. […]
The reading section of the OET exam takes approximately 60 minutes. There are three parts to the sub-test and there are 42 questions to answer in total. Part A takes approximately fifteen minutes and parts B and C take 45 minutes combines. Part A Outline There are four texts in part A about the same […]
The OET listening subtest consists of three sections. It has a total of 42 questions and takes approximately 40 minutes. The topics are generic medical topics. (You are not assessed on your medical knowledge, just your English language knowledge.) Part A The first section consists of two extracts each about five minutes long. You must […]
Discharge is a verb and a noun. Discharge (verb) to allow somebody to leave hospital. Once somebody has recovered from and illness, they are discharged home. Mr X will be discharged home tomorrow. We will discharge Ms J back into the care of her nursing home in two days. He was discharged from hospital two […]
Admit and admission are commonly used words in nursing. To admit somebody means to let them in. In nursing terms, it means to take somebody into hospital for treatment. It’s a verb. We will admit Mr Jones to the ward for monitoring. The patient was admitted to the cardiac ward last Monday. Admission is a […]
Some words look remarkably the same when you glance at them. When you look more closely, you notice they are actually spelt differently, and they mean different things. These mistakes are common in the OET exam. Learn how to avoid them. Confusing complaint and compliant Compliant is an adjective. It means that somebody is cooperative and […]
We use the Past continuous tense to say that something was happening at a particular past time. What were you doing at two o’clock this morning? I was sleeping at two o’clock this morning. When I left for work this morning, it was raining. With past simple tense. We often use the past continuous tense […]
