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British Citizenship Tests - Would You Pass?

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Magenta8 Wed 16-Jul-25 14:38:55

Has anyone come across the compulsory tests for people wishing to obtain British Citizenship? There are sample test papers available online.

I have done several and I didn't find them very easy but perhaps that is just me.

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MayBee70 Thu 17-Jul-25 23:34:23

There’s a very funny prologue in Bill Brysons book ‘ The Road to Little Dribbling ‘that talks about him taking the test.

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nanna8 Fri 18-Jul-25 01:26:58

I passed with 79% but there were some absolutely stupid questions there. Enough that I certainly wouldn’t want to live there again. That and the current political mess, rather live in Beijing.

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Calendargirl Fri 18-Jul-25 07:22:57

Good job you’re in Oz then Nanna8

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JackyB Fri 18-Jul-25 07:55:11

I didn't fail any of the ones I tried, but some questions were ambiguously , unclearly or simply incorrectly worded.

And some of them had nothing to do with Britain or the UK

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dragonfly46 Fri 18-Jul-25 08:01:42

My Australian son in law took the test and passed. I found it really difficult.

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nanna8 Fri 18-Jul-25 08:37:22

Calendargirl

Good job you’re in Oz then Nanna8

It is, isn’t it ?

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Milest0ne Fri 18-Jul-25 12:27:33

Visgir1

My DIL aced it. She's an American, one of the questions when she took it was "can you speak English".

What was nice few months after there was a lovely ceremony and I believe the local Mayor presented the certificate 's to the successful recipients.

In the US ,I was asked where I came from as the lady "loved my accent" I replied I was from England. She then asked "Where"s that". Would she have been able to confirm that she spoke English?

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