Sunday 19 December 2010

Practice Questions: Questions and Answers for British Citizenship and Settlement Tests

I bought the Like in the UK Test - Study Guide, as a recommendation from a friend. What I thought would work initially was the Edition published by the Home Office. Coming to think of it, the 2 editions are very similar - the contents and information are basically the same! I think it is easier to read than the Home Office version.

Pros:
This versions are much smaller, a lot cheaper than that of the Home Office, lots of practice questions at the end, and one free online practice test. There is also access to other tests but a fee is required.

The con:
Some errors that can mislead people to learn the wrong thing - for example, the age for buying cigarettes is set in this book at 18 (which is what the law now says) but the Home Office Edition still says 16 (which is what we need to know for the test). I contacted the editor of this book about this errors, and they just came with stupid excuses. As far as I know we have to learn what the Home Office wants us to learn, even if outdated, to pass the test.

Other disadvantage is that the book says that we can access free online tests. Untrue...we can acess one free online test....for more we have to pay a fee.

Overall I would give it a 4 star...and I passed the life in uk test with this books. Other than that, I cannot say it was because of this book and the rest I used, but it certainly contributed alot. So do check them out and choose which one you think will fit your needs..