Life in the UK test?

Question

Has anyone got any tips for the test?

Answer 1

I recently passed my test and am happy to share my revision advice with you.

Firstly some ‘Life in the UK Test’ facts
- 1 in 3 people fail the British Citizenship Test
- You must read and revise the test study materials. Don’t rely on just taking practice tests and memorising the answers. The questions you get in the official test are unlikely to exactly match those that you take in practice tests (although they will be very similar).
- The whole test will change on 2 April 2007. The test is being expanded to include additional material – so make sure you book your test before then and study using the correct materials.

Now for some tips.
1. Don’t bother buying the Home Office hand book
I initially bought the Home Office book “Life in the UK: A journey to citizenship” and was disappointed because it was so difficult to read, contained lots of unnecessary information, and didn’t contain any advice about how to study for the test.
You can get a much better (and cheaper) books at your local bookstore. I used the “British Citizenship Test: Study Guide” ISBN 0955215927. Everything is set up in small, easily digestible chunks of information – with charts and diagrams to better illustrate complex facts and figures, helpful ‘at a glance’ facts and revision questions at the end of each chapter. A very helpful addition to this study guide is free access to the corresponding website that offers updated information, practice tests and more. Being able to fully prepare by taking these free online tests – which are in the exact same format as official citizenship test – was very useful for me.

2. Prepare to memorise lots of facts
You’ll need to remember lots of trivial information and statistics. If you get the study guide, then these are already summarised and listed for you. In particular pay attention to dates (When is Guy Fawkes night?), statistics and demographics (what is the population of England?) and other trivia. For example, for my test I was asked ‘how often do children in the UK receive their pocket money’ – which I thought was bizarre.

3. Take a practice test
This is perhaps the best and most important advice I can give you. Having the knowledge is one thing, understanding how you will be asked to use this knowledge is another. Practice Tests allow you to test your understanding of the materials. There are many online test services around. I used the free subscription from my study guide to get access to http://www.lifeintheuk.net however you can also buy cheap subscriptions as well.

It’s worth knowing that there are four different question formats that you may be asked.
- True or False – Specify if a statement is true or false
- Multiple Choice – Choose one correct answer
- Multiple Answer – Choose two correct answers
- Select statement – Choose which statement is correct from two options provided

If you find that you are failing lots of practice tests and your test date is nearby, then it may be worthwhile changing your test date. Most test centres are happy to do this free of charge. Failing your test will cost you £34 to resit.

Overall, the test materials are not difficult to learn. If you follow this advice and spend a good amount of time studying the materials and take some practice tests then I am sure you’ll pass with flying colours.

Answer 2

The best thing you can do to pass it lots of questions, use free resources such as http://uktestpass.co.uk/life-in-the-uk-test/

I passed with a skim read of the chapters and doing the 30 practice tests until I could get 20+ on every one each time. You will definitely pass if you can do that.

Answer 3

You must spend 30% of your life complaining about the weather. It's always too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry or too windy.

There is only one sport which is called football. Nations that refer to it as soccer don't play football, they play soccer, which is a girls' game. English people do not play football, we import foreigners to do it for us. We just watch. Some Scots do play football, occasionally.

DO NOT MENTION CRICKET!

It is compulsory to drink warm, flat beer.

You have to drive on the left side of the road, which is the right side of the road, unless you're a foreigner who drives on the right side of the road, which is the wrong side of the road.

Your staple diet will be sausages, if you're rich. If you're poor, it's chicken tikka masala on-a-stick.

You must own a dog. It is your God-given right, even if you're an atheist. A cat-owner is just a dog-owner in training.

You must learn the finer points of Chav dress-code and bling.

You will Worship Sir Cliff Richard.

You will believe anything that any politician tells you - this is not optional, otherwise you are an undesirable subversive element and will be deported - if there's nowhere to deport you to, the middle of the Atlantic ocean still has lots of space.

And you must watch at least three of the following TV programmes EVERY DAY:
Corrie
Eastenders
Big Brother
Neighbours
The X-Factor
otherwise you'll have nothing to talk about while you stand around the water-cooler for eight hours a day while your employer thinks you're working.

Are you VERY sure you want to live here??????

Answer 4

get the hand book called "life in Britain" its £12 in waterstones read it a few times and go to the home office web site you will find some example tests (questions) and also some local colleges do run life in Britain courses (usually for 5 weeks) at the cost of £50...

Answer 5

Most UK residents would fail the test, so I would advise lots of study and Google the subject.
Good luck.

Answer 6

You just need to go through the book "life in the UK - a journey to citizenship"; there are a number of books with practice questions, probably worth looking at in the bookshop to get an idea of the level of precision necessary.

The questions are stupid, 95% of Brits would fail, including me, but if it keeps the tabloids happy....

Good luck

Answer 7

You can do practice questions online - think its on the home office website. Or you can buy the the british citizenship test for dummies book from whsmith for about £7.00, which has lots of tips and practice questions.

Answer 8

You only need to know 2 things..
Benefits office...and council house.
Forget the laws , rules and regulations....they'll only get you into trouble.

Answer 9

Lifeintheuk.net

Answer 10

There is one nice website http://www.lifeintheukonline.co.uk...
where you can practice the test for £ 5.00
The good things abt this site is you can practice chapter wise, once you are confident try based on all chapters.
please user "katsmith" as referral username while registration
Good luck