This week's sessions
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- Reading Part C: a long textRead this week's lesson, then do Part C on the reading practice test. It's the hardest part, so aim to finish it, and use the three review groups to sort your mistakes.
- Retake the quick checkDo all four parts of the quick check again, under the same conditions as in week 1. Compare your share of points in each part with your first attempt.
- Rewrite your weakest letterChoose your weakest letter from weeks 3 and 4. Rewrite the opening and request paragraphs, check the tone and layout, and mark it again with the criteria in this week's lesson.
- Two new role-playsDo the nursing and medicine cards on the speaking practice page (role-plays 5 and 6) with full timing. Record them and tick each stage of the structure.
- Compare official scores and choose your next stepType your latest official OET scores on your plan home if you have them. Then read the grade B guide and decide: move on to B, or repeat the week that matches your weakest sub-test.
This week's lesson: full practice and an honest review
You've built the four foundations that a C+ score depends on: accurate notes in Listening Part A, fast scanning in Reading Part A, a well-chosen and well-organised letter, and a clear role-play structure. This week you'll put them together under test conditions, review what happened, and decide what to work on next.
Practise like the real test
- Time every part. Reading Part A is 15 minutes. The letter is 5 minutes of reading and 40 minutes of writing. Each role-play is about 3 minutes of preparation and 5 minutes of speaking.
- No pausing, no replaying. In the test, you hear each recording once. If you replay, you're practising a skill you won't use.
- Use the same routine every time: the text map in Reading, the reader-and-purpose line in Writing, and the five stages in Speaking.
Review in three groups
After each practice, look at every lost mark and put it in one of three groups:
- Didn't know: a word, a fact or a format you hadn't met. Add it to your list and learn it.
- Knew it, but rushed or slipped: a spelling error, a missed left or right, a contraction in your letter. These are the easiest marks to win back. Make a short checklist of your own repeated slips.
- Ran out of time: in Reading, look at where you spent too long. In Writing, check how long your planning took.
Most people at grade C find that the second group is the biggest. That's good news, because careful habits fix it faster than new knowledge.
Check your letter with the criteria
Read your letter as the reader would. Ask:
- Is the purpose clear in the first paragraph?
- Did I include only what the reader needs to act?
- Is it well organised, with one topic per paragraph?
- Is the tone professional, with no contractions or slang?
- Is it about 180–200 words?
Check your role-plays with the structure
Listen to your recordings and tick each stage: warm opening, finding out, explaining in chunks, teach-back, agreed plan. If one stage is missing in both role-plays, that's your focus for next week.
What our practice can and can't tell you
Our practice shows your share of points on our questions and the areas that lose you marks. It's not an OET score. To see how close you are to 300 in each sub-test, use your official OET results, and type them on your plan home.
What next?
- All four sub-tests at 300 or more? Move on to our guide on how to get OET grade B. Most regulators ask for B or higher.
- One or two sub-tests still below 300? Repeat the week of this plan that matches them: week 1 for Listening, week 2 for Reading, weeks 3 and 4 for Writing, week 5 for Speaking.
- Below 200 in a sub-test? Spend a few weeks on general English first, then come back to OET practice.
Rest the day before your test. A tired brain makes exactly the small slips you've worked so hard to fix.
Weekly check: Full OET practice test
Do Reading Part A, the writing task and both role-plays with full timing. Compare your Reading Part A result with your week 1 baseline. Our marking shows what to work on; it isn't an OET score.
When you finish, come back to your plan home: your dashboard updates with the new score.
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