OET (Occupational English Test) for nurses · full test
OET Listening practice test 4 (nursing)
A complete OET Listening practice test in the real format: three parts and 42 questions in about 40 minutes, with each recording played once only. Part A has two consultation extracts, a baby with a chest infection on a children's assessment unit and a continence assessment, and you complete the nurse's notes with the exact word or short phrase you hear (24 questions). Part B has six short workplace extracts, such as a patient who wants to leave hospital and a pharmacist's briefing on crushing tablets, each with one multiple-choice question (6 questions). Part C has an interview on hospital care at home and a presentation on patients' sleep in hospital, each with six multiple-choice questions (12 questions). The real Listening sub-test is the same for all twelve OET professions; this set is written for nurses. This is one of our harder OET Listening tests: speakers often correct themselves, and more questions turn on opinion, attitude and what a speaker implies. Scoring: every question is worth one mark. OET converts the 42 marks to a 0 to 500 scale, and oet.com says candidates awarded grade B (350) typically have at least 30 marks, so we use 30 of 42 as a rough grade B guide. This is not an official pass mark: OET reports a scaled score and does not publish a fixed raw pass mark. The exact boundary changes slightly with each real test version, so treat it as a guide, not a guarantee. Format checked against oet.com on 1 November 2026.
Exam mode: timed, answers at the end, like the real test. Practice mode: untimed, the answer and explanation after each question.
What is in this test
Covers: note completion (24) · multiple choice (18)
A sample question
Complete the notes with a word or short phrase. Patient: Margaret Doyle, community continence clinic Pelvic floor exercises: tried after third baby, using a ______ only; unsure of technique
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