Speaking Test 1

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Time allowed: 20 minutes

ROLE PLAYER’S CARD NO. 1

PLACE: Patient's Home

Patient: You are a diabetic patient. Recently, your physician has suggested that
you should take insulin injection. A doctor has come to your house to teach you
how to give yourself these insulin injections. You are not able to understand
why it is required for you to take these injections and even you are worried
over the process.

Task:

 Ask the doctor why it is necessary to have insulin injections.

 Inform the doctor that you have been managing your diabetes with your diet
and tablets well

 Show your anxiousness when the doctor teaches you how to inject yourself.

CANDIDATE'S CARD – 1

PLACE: PATIENT'S HOUSE

Doctor: You are a doctor. Patient's family physician at the hospital had asked
you to go to the patient's house to teach him / her about how to take insulin
injections on own. The patient is worried as he / she doesn't understand why
it is necessary for him / her to take insulin injections, as he / she thinks that
he / she is able to manage his / her diabetes perfectly well with diet and tablets.

 Explain to the patient why insulin injection is important

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 Explain in detail the process of giving oneself an insulin injection

 Reassure the patient that it is an easier process, if you find the patient
anxious.

 Explain about the significance of using clean needles, the process of

administering, general sites for injections and importance of needle
disposal etc.

ROLE PLAYER’S CARD NO. 2

PLACE: Hospital

Patient: You are a patient who is facing gum problems. On advice, you got ready
for gum biopsy. Now, you are at the hospital and talking to the doctor.

Task:

 Begin with warm greetings

 Ask questions related to gum biopsy, showing anxiety

 Know about the risks involved, if there are any

 Know about the precautions that one has to take after biopsy.

CANDIDATE'S CARD – 2

PLACE: Hospital

Doctor: You are a doctor at the hospital. A patient comes to you to know more
about Gum Biopsy. He / She had been to hospital for a number of times because
of gum problems. He / She is anxious to learn from the physician that he / she
will have to face gum biopsy.

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Task:

 Begin with warm greetings.

 Assure him / her that gum biopsy will not be painful (explain here the
importance of numbing injection)

 Tell him / her that there are no risks (related to bleeding from the biopsy
site, infection of the gums, soreness etc) as long as precautions are taken.

 Advice him / her how to be prepared for the test (you may tell her not to eat
for a few hours before the biopsy).

END OF SPEAKING TEST

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