OET is the English language
test for nurses
How OET is different to other English language tests?
OET
Sample questions
Other English tests
Sample questions
Writing
Write a referral letter to a physiotherapist for further investigation and definitive diagnosis.
Write a letter to the accommodation officer at the college.
Speaking
Find out how a patient feels about insulin injections.
Let’s talk about your home town or village.
Listening
An extract where a health professional is talking to a patient.
A telephone conversation between a customer and an agent at a company which ships large boxes overseas.
Reading
An extract from an instruction manual: Digital automatic blood pressure monitor.
An extract from an Academic Reading passage on the subject of dung beetles.
92% of candidates choose OET because it’s more relevant to their profession.*
*OET candidate survey, August 2018.
*OET candidate survey, August 2018.
