You can choose the correct verb in a short exercise, yet still lose accuracy when several facts have to fit into one paragraph. The extra challenge is deciding what to include, how the events connect and which details must remain uncertain.
The Jobins Training Grammar practice workbook builds a bridge between these tasks. It contains 120 focused questions, six paragraph edits and six short speaking tasks. Its exercises ask learners to preserve the supplied information while improving the language.
Give each sentence exercise a purpose
Choose one construction that you want to use more reliably: a finished past event, an indirect question or a statement about an unconfirmed plan. Attempt a small set of relevant questions before checking the separate answer guide.
Explain your choice. If the source gives a finished date, identify it. If the information is only possible, keep that uncertainty. This turns the exercise into a decision you can apply later, instead of a pattern you recognise only in a multiple-choice question.
Keep a fact list beside your paragraph
Before writing, separate the supplied facts into people, events, times and current status. Mark anything that is still unknown. You can expand abbreviated notes into complete sentences, but you cannot fill a gap with something that merely seems likely.
Original paragraph-editing exercise
Fictional facts: Today is 18 June. Ms Ellis attended an information session on 11 June. She has completed two sessions so far. She requested an evening appointment. The request has not been confirmed. No reason for the request is supplied.
Draft: “Ms Ellis has attended on 11 June and complete two session. Because she works nights, her evening appointment has been confirmed.”
Repair the paragraph. First check its claims, then its grammar.
Reveal one accurate version
“Ms Ellis attended an information session on 11 June and has completed two sessions so far. She has requested an evening appointment, but the request has not yet been confirmed.”
The finished date takes past simple here; “so far” connects the total with the present. “Has completed” needs the past participle, and “two sessions” needs the plural noun. The original draft invented a work schedule and changed an outstanding request into a confirmation. Other accurate versions are possible.
Edit in two passes
On the first pass, compare every claim with the notes. Did you change the person responsible? Did you increase a quantity? Did you add a reason, a promise or an outcome? Check small expressions such as “only if”, “with assistance” and “not yet”; removing them can change the facts.
On the second pass, inspect the language. Find the subject and the full verb phrase. Check agreement, tense, articles, plurals and sentence boundaries. Read the paragraph again after editing to make sure the grammatical repair has not introduced a new meaning.
A connector also deserves a factual check. “Because” claims a reason. Two events occurring on different days do not automatically have a causal relationship. If the notes only supply sequence, describe that sequence without inventing an explanation.
Turn the paragraph into a short exchange
The workbook’s speaking tasks move from accurate facts to questions, summaries and responses. Use the same approach with the fictional appointment exercise. Ask what the person wants to clarify, listen to the reply and summarise the current status without promising a booking.
Your practice partner says, “I asked for an evening appointment, but I have not heard back.” Acknowledge the outstanding request and ask one relevant follow-up question. Leave space for the answer. Do not assume why the evening matters.
Record a short attempt if your partner agrees. Listen for your chosen grammar target and whether your response follows what the partner actually said. A clear sentence followed by time to answer is often more useful than several questions joined together.
Repeat with changed information
For the next attempt, change the facts: perhaps the appointment is now confirmed, or the person has completed three sessions. Your wording should change with the information. If it stays identical, check whether you are reciting the previous answer.
These paragraph edits and short exchanges are focused language practice, not full OET exam tasks. Use them to identify habits you can carry into wider preparation, and keep a record of one form error and one meaning error to watch next time.
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Source: OET Grammar Practice Workbook.pdf, Jobins Training. Examples labelled original or illustrative were written for this article. Independent exam preparation; no affiliation with or endorsement by the examining body. Practice does not predict an official score.