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Grammar for OET Letters
Eight short lessons on the grammar mistakes that cost marks in OET Writing, taught with the kind of sentences you write in clinical letters.
- One lesson a day by email, about 15 minutes each.
- 80 practice sentences with the answer and the reason.
- Examples from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and physiotherapy.
$29
One payment. Lesson 1 arrives at once.
In short
- 8 lessons, one grammar point each, with wrong and right sentences from clinical letters.
- 10 practice sentences and a quick check in every lesson, all with answers.
- $29. No letters to send: for marked letters, take the Writing Pass Course.
The 8 lessons
| Lesson | A sentence that loses marks | The same sentence, corrected |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Articles: a, an, the, and no article | Patient was admitted to the hospital with a pneumonia. | The patient was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. |
| 2. Tenses for the story of an illness | He has been admitted on 3 May and is having diabetes since 2019. | He was admitted on 3 May and has had diabetes since 2019. |
| 3. The passive for what clinicians did | We gave her amoxicillin and we advised her to rest. | She was prescribed amoxicillin and advised to rest. |
| 4. Prepositions that carry clinical meaning | She was admitted in the ward for chest pain and is allergic from penicillin. | She was admitted to the ward with chest pain and is allergic to penicillin. |
| 5. Agreement, plurals and uncountable nouns | His symptoms has improved and he was given advices on diet. | His symptoms have improved and he was given advice on diet. |
| 6. Joining sentences | Her blood pressure was high she was given labetalol. | Her blood pressure was high, so she was given labetalol. |
| 7. Formal word choice | Pt c/o pain and now it's got worse. | The patient complained of pain, which has since worsened. |
| 8. Saying more with fewer words | He is a patient who has a history of having hypertension. | He has a history of hypertension. |
Want your own letters marked as well? The OET Writing Pass Course marks 14 letters, and our OET correction packages are corrected by hand. For the most common errors explained free, read OET Writing grammar problems.
Questions about the course
Frequently asked questions
How does the course work?+
You get one short lesson a day by email for 8 days, each with a link to your own lesson page. A lesson explains one grammar point with wrong and right sentences from clinical letters, gives you 10 sentences to practise with the answers, and ends with a quick check. You can also open the next lesson early.
Who is it for?+
Healthcare professionals preparing for OET Writing whose letters lose marks for grammar: doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists and physiotherapists. The examples come from all five professions.
Does it include letter correction?+
No. This course is practice with answers and has no letters to send. If you want your own letters marked, see the OET Writing Pass Course or our correction packages.
Which OET criterion does grammar affect?+
Mostly Language, which is scored from 0 to 7. Grammar that makes a sentence hard to follow also costs marks in Conciseness & Clarity, and informal wording costs marks in Genre & Style.
How do I get in after I pay?+
Lesson 1 is emailed to you as soon as the payment goes through. There is no account or password. The link in every email opens your own page with all your courses and downloads.
OET Writing Correction is an independent preparation service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by OET or Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment.