OET Practice Questions — All Questions
4 questions
Which sentence communicates the instruction in correct, patient-friendly English?
- a.You must to finish the whole course of tablets.
- b.You must finish the whole course of tablets.✓
- c.You must finishing the whole course of tablets.
- d.You must to finishing the whole course of tablets.
The modal 'must' is followed directly by the base verb with no 'to': 'must finish'. Adding 'to' or an -ing form is incorrect after a modal.
Which sentence corrects the error in 'The patient explained me his concerns clearly'?
- a.The patient explained me clearly his concerns.
- b.The patient explained his concerns me clearly.
- c.The patient explained his concerns to me clearly.✓
- d.The patient explained to his concerns me clearly.
'Explain' takes 'to' before the listener: 'explained his concerns to me'. You cannot say 'explain me'; the preposition 'to' is required.
Which sentence uses the workplace phrase correctly?
- a.I will inform the family about the visiting hours.✓
- b.I will inform to the family about the visiting hours.
- c.I will inform the family about of the visiting hours.
- d.I will informing the family about the visiting hours.
'Inform' is followed directly by the person, with no 'to': 'inform the family'. The information then follows 'about'.
Which sentence is free of usage errors?
- a.There is less appointments available this week.
- b.There is fewer appointments available this week.
- c.There are less appointments available this week.
- d.There are fewer appointments available this week.✓
'Appointments' is countable and plural, so it takes 'fewer' and the plural verb 'are': 'There are fewer appointments available.' 'Less' is for uncountable nouns.