Life in the UK test
Today I sat my ‘Life in the UK test’…. you might ask what that is, but it is a test to get you on your way to indefinite leave to remain and finally a UK passport – it basically means that you have a good understanding of English, some brief history and the way that life operates in the UK. Before you take the test you need to have read the ‘Life in the UK’ book, as there are stats and things in there that you just would not know otherwise, no matter how long most people have lived in the UK.
Its been a long time since I have done a test and I forgot how nerve racking it is. However, the good thing with this test is that if you don’t pass you can sit it until you do, only downside is that you will have to pay each time you sit it, so its not something you want to have to keep doing. The few days leading up to it, I was surprised at how worried I was about sitting it.
Test Day – there are 24 multi choice questions to answer in 45 minutes. After skipping a few questions till I had finished the rest and then going back to answer them and skimming over all my answers on the way passed before clicking ‘finished’. That took a total of 6 minutes! So up I got, the first to walk out (which had a lot to do with the fact that English is my first language) and waited outside for my results . Due to the fact that some of the staff were in a meeting I had to wait 30 mins for my results, only to be thinking opps perhaps I went too fast. But luckily I was OK, I had PASSED! YAY! For anyone that is going to sit it, although the test is pretty easy, you really do need to read the book – I know things about the UK I wouldn’t know if it wasn’t for the book and it definitely made me pass!