Free NAATI CCL Punjabi practice test
The real CCL test is two dialogues of roughly 300 words each, delivered in ~35-word segments. Each dialogue is worth 45 marks (90 total); you pass with 63/90 overall and at least 29 on each dialogue. Here’s a real exam-format dialogue with model answers — then practise it live.
Health · At the medical clinic
- EN→PA · Doctor (English)
Good morning. What seems to be the problem today?
Model: ਸਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ। ਅੱਜ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਕੀ ਤਕਲੀਫ਼ ਹੈ?
- PA→EN · Patient (Punjabi)
ਮੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਤਿੰਨ ਦਿਨਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਛਾਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਰਦ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਹ ਲੈਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਕਲੀਫ਼ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ।
Model: I’ve had chest pain for the last three days, and I also have difficulty breathing.
- EN→PA · Doctor (English)
Does the pain spread to your arm or jaw, and how long does it last?
Model: ਕੀ ਦਰਦ ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਬਾਂਹ ਜਾਂ ਜਬਾੜੇ ਤੱਕ ਫੈਲਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਇਹ ਕਿੰਨਾ ਚਿਰ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ?
- PA→EN · Patient (Punjabi)
ਦਰਦ ਕੁਝ ਮਿੰਟ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਕਈ ਵਾਰ ਖੱਬੀ ਬਾਂਹ ਤੱਕ ਚਲਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
Model: The pain lasts a few minutes and sometimes travels down to my left arm.
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- Try free →At the Pharmacy: Dispensing an AntibioticA Punjabi-speaking customer collects an antibiotic prescription at a community pharmacy. The pharmacist explains the dosage, the importance of finishing the course, a possible interaction with the customer's blood-thinning medicine, side effects, storage and cost under the PBS. The customer asks about a missed dose, taking it with dairy, and a concession card.
- Try free →Emergency Department: A Wrist Fracture and ConsentA Punjabi-speaking factory worker comes to a hospital emergency department after slipping and falling on his hand. The emergency doctor assesses a likely wrist fracture, gives pain relief, checks allergies and fasting status, orders an X-ray, and discusses setting the bone under sedation, a plaster cast and consent. The patient raises pain, fear of needles, costs of time off work and waiting for his wife.
- Try free →Specialist Referral: Bowel Screening and Colonoscopy ConsentA Punjabi-speaking man is referred to a gastroenterologist after a positive national bowel-screening (home FOBT) test. The specialist explains that a positive result does not mean cancer, describes a colonoscopy, its risks and bowel preparation, manages the patient's diabetes medication around fasting, covers polyp removal and informed consent, and addresses the patient's cancer fear and family history.
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