It is very important that OET candididates are able to use the passive voice in their OET writing. To make things tidier and to shift the focus from the medical professionals onto the patient the passive voice is employed. Two of the most common passive forms in OET writing are the passive simple and the present perfect passive. Below we present some snippets of places where these two tenses might be used in your OET writing.
| Passive | Present perfect Passive |
| Was + past participle | Has + been + past participle |
| Was trialled unsuccessfully on…, and then switched to
Was started on a course of antibiotics
Was transferred from HDU to the ___ ward on ___
____ was reviewed by the surgeon who recommended no further |
He has been diagnosed as having aspergers
Has been placed on two antibiotics, Cipro and ___, for….
Has been treated for depression Both children have been vaccinated
It is not known if they have been vaccinated for Mumps.
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