I got 9 out of umm 14 or 15 or whatever it was on the BBC’s UK citizenship test! Some of the questions aren’t anything to do with living in England though, like knowing the proportions of English vs. Welsh/Scotlish population. Still, good to see questions on what to do if you spill someone’s pint though.

P.S. I got 5 right. I’m doomed.

Don’t worry, I managed 10/14……… saying that, I couldn’t name five doughnuts from Tim Horton’s…. but I could eat them!!!! 😉

I am going to take the test next week, so I am reading the book like I am in hell now. I don’t mind the test but what is annoying me is the fee of £34, I think it is a bit too much for 24 questions. I still need to buy a book for £9.99. I think the test is not really relevant to become British citizenship at all. Government is trying to earn money from people who wish to become British citizen. Why can’t they just public the papers and put in the public Library for people to read instead of having to buy a book. Why the test is not free of charge or cheaper than £34? My English is ok, I can read and I can write and I was able to get a degree from UK. I feel that reading this book to prepare for a British ness test, it is not only going to prove your understanding of English but it also will prove your memory too. My memory is bad and my head is spinning.

hehehehe I just passed my Britishness test. It was not bad after all after I spent a few days read and read the book.

Hi

Any body has taken the actual test, yet?

I have booked mine for Wednesday and wish I knew some of the real questions!

Thanks

Don’t insult britishness, what what; what is this crap, please refrain from destroying my country purely because were going through a phase of infatuation with our most COMMON denominators. It is all just a posh pastime of watching the yolkalls. Pouring a pint has nothing on knowing ones history. It seems like youve come over and encountered the crowds of people who think reading the sun everyday is the definition of being ‘well read’. “Think again sister”. */insert hatred here*. Britishness is about the kind of equality that lets people like you live in our country, even has you sit and insult the government. Why can’t you just asimilate into society instead of being pervesly rude.

p.s. I understand how this can be your opinion concidering whats going on here in this day and age, but really you should be trying to be part of an improved english society instead of wasting time has a drunken lout with the rest of the english low lifes.

Being British

One of the British national daily newspapers asked readers “what it means to be British?”. Some of the emails are hilarious but this is one from a chap in Switzerland …

“Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV. And, the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign “.

I am reading about the question and thinking does these questions really make me British? NOT!

I agree from some of the comments that I have seen that thsi is another way of making money. Introduction of ID cards. I just can’t believe that an ID card will have to cost £80. Bank will give you a free Credit Card and IN usa they also put your picture on it. A driver licence or an ID card in USA cost less then $10 so I wonder where is the money going.

Britishness test. I believe 99% of actual British peopel will fail this test. I have seen American test and that does not require you to know how many people live or what age women were given rights. Alllthatmatter is they have the rights now. Don’t dig the past when they were allowed to vote and so on.

I hope our MP’s find a life and do a better job then trying to work on small things like this test. I can pass the test but cost is too much. 9.99 forteh boo, 34 for the test and is it 360 for teh citizenship. I think government has finally found a way to rip off public.

Quite intresting and worthwhile to go through this test. It sees someone has the intrest of the nation at heart and that sense of belonging will be there. Taking it only requires concentration and determination and you do not know what you are missing if you haven’t read the book itself. Apart from passing the test, it is full of useful information. Pls go for it if you are qualified.

i am 37, English, love GB spent 18 years with the british infantry and married a Serbian girl. she now needs to take this test in the next two months, so i took a sample of this Britishness test (out of ten).. i scored 6 and failed.. does that mean that people wanting to come over from other countries and live in our communities have to be “more British” than me?, (and no doubt 70% of british born people if they were honest) i think the test is a waste of time, and out money… dont they get enough money from us with the amount they charge for their visa’s?

So… the Citizenship Test is costing you lots of money and you don’t like what’s in it and the government are ripping you off and blah blah blah.

Easy solution – don’t take the test; don’t live here.

Although I was born in England, I didn’t know a lot of the answers to the sample test I saw (I have probably learned a lot of this before, at school though) However, I think the idea is to give the potential citizen an idea of how British society has evolved and what it stands for at present. Surely that’s a good idea?

Also, can you tell me whether the questions in the test go as 1, 2, 3 or i have to write an answer myself?

My mother has to take this Britishness test. She’s Indian, and she came to this country in the 60’s, when the government were handing out citizenship to anyone from India who wanted to come. She is 48 years old, she has worked since the age of 18, paid taxes and everything. But because of some stupid law which affects anyone born after 1982, she cannot get a British passport. She didn’t realise this until a few years ago. I’m OK, I was born in 1977, but my brother was born after this and now he is affected as well. Just becasuse we cannot locate our grandmothers marriage certificate from back then.
My mother and brother should automatically qualify for a British passport, they both have good jobs, and they contributed to our society all their lives.
Tell me is this fair?