Quick answer: this is a free OET Speaking sample for radiography. Two complete role plays, with the Roleplayer Card and the Candidate Card for each, written fresh for the 2026 exam. It opens right here on this page and the PDF is free to download, with no email needed. The complete 2026 radiography set holds five full role plays inside my course.
Radiography carries a trap no other profession has: the patient will ask you what the image shows, and how you decline decides your Genre and Style marks. You deserve cards written for the exam you are actually going to sit. So these are mine: written in house, on the 2026 pattern, in the exact format of the real test, the Roleplayer Card for your partner and the Candidate Card for you.
What is inside this free sample
| Card | Scenario and setting | What it trains |
|---|---|---|
| No. 1 | Emergency Department, a child’s wrist X ray with an anxious parent | Paediatric history taking, explaining an X ray, radiation safety and dose in children, the parent staying in the room with a lead apron and a pregnancy check, politely declining to give a diagnosis. |
| No. 2 | Medical Imaging, CT abdomen and pelvis with IV contrast | Contrast safety screening, explaining the CT, the shellfish and iodine myth, normal contrast sensations against warning signs, metformin and kidney function, aftercare and informed consent. |
How to practise with these cards
Each role play runs about five minutes, with three minutes of preparation first. You read only the Candidate Card. Your partner, a friend, a colleague, even a family member, reads the Roleplayer Card and plays the patient. You are the radiographer throughout, and everything you need is on your card.
Your job is not medical knowledge. Your job is communication: open the conversation, confirm the name, listen, re echo the concerns, explain in plain language, and close with a clear plan. That sequence has a name in my teaching, the 9 Point Pattern, and it works on every card in this set and every card in the real exam. Learn the full pattern free, with the Confirm Trick and the Third Listener Rule.
The full 2026 set
This free sample is cards 1 and 2. The complete radiography set holds five full role plays, covering every common scenario family of the current exam, all written on the 2026 pattern, inside my complete course together with the speaking phrase banks, the mock tests and the clearance mocks.
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About the author. Dr. Nasir Bukhari, MBBS, is an OET Certified teacher. He completed OET's official Teacher Training in all four skills, Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking, certified by OET's Head of Education. He has taught OET to healthcare professionals in more than 40 countries. He is the founder of CliniVerba, the house behind OET HQ.