Study guide · Chapter 1

The values and principles of the UK

What the UK expects of its citizens: the fundamental principles, your responsibilities, and what you are agreeing to when you take the oath.

What's in this chapter

• Becoming a permanent resident
• The values and principles of the UK
• Chapter 1: The values and principles of the UK
• Taking the Life in the UK test
• How to use this handbook

The facts people get wrong

These are the hardest questions in our chapter 1 bank. If you can answer these, the rest of the chapter will look easy.

1. 1. People in the UK on work visas, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the points based system, normally have to do what in order to become permanent residents?

   1. Pass the Life in the UK test
   2. Complete an ESOL course in English with Citizenship
   3. Attend a citizenship ceremony before applying
   4. Live in the UK for at least fifteen years
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   Answer: A. Pass the Life in the UK test

   The handbook states that people here on work visas, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the points based system, normally must pass the Life in the UK test to become permanent residents.

   Handbook section 1.2

2. 2. Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference is described in the handbook as being equivalent to which qualification level?

   1. ESOL Entry Level 3
   2. ESOL Entry Level 1
   3. ESOL Level 2
   4. GCSE English
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   Answer: A. ESOL Entry Level 3

   The handbook states that B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference is equivalent to ESOL Entry Level 3 — the same standard of English at which the test questions and the handbook itself are written.

   Handbook section 1.2

3. 3. Roughly how many registered Life in the UK test centres are there around the UK?

   1. About 60
   2. About 20
   3. About 200
   4. About 500
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   Answer: A. About 60

   There are about 60 registered and approved test centres across the UK, and the test may only be sat at one of them.

   Handbook section 1.4

4. 4. People living on the Isle of Man or in the Channel Islands follow different arrangements for taking the Life in the UK test.

   1. True
   2. False
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   Answer: A. True

   True. The handbook notes that separate arrangements apply to residents of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, who are not covered by the ordinary network of about 60 UK test centres.

   Handbook section 1.4

5. 5. Which group of people does the handbook say normally has to pass the Life in the UK test in order to become permanent residents?

   1. People here on work visas, including those on Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the points based system
   2. Only people who have married a British citizen
   3. Only students who came to the UK on a study visa
   4. Only people born in a Commonwealth country
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   Answer: A. People here on work visas, including those on Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the points based system

   The handbook singles out those on work visas, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the points based system, as normally needing to pass the Life in the UK test for settlement.

   Handbook section 1.2

How to revise it

Read the handbook chapter once, straight through, without trying to memorise anything. Then come and do our chapter 1 practice questions. Every question you get wrong points you at a handbook section — go and read that section properly, then come back. Repeat until you're getting them right without hesitating.