How to Use GoCitizen.co.uk

Follow the six easy steps below to get full access to all of GoCitizen.co.uk's practice citizenship tests.

Note: the more tests you take, the better your chances of passing the official Life in the UK Test.

1. Sign up

Go to the GoCitizen.co.uk website at http://gocitizen.co.uk.

You'll find a simple form that looks like this:

When completing the form, you must fill in your:

Note: If you are signing up from outside of the library, you will also need to enter your library card number.

You may also enter your age range and your citizenship test booking details if you'd like to.

Click on the box to confirm that you've read and accept the terms and conditions, then click on the "Okay, done! Create my account" button to finish signing up.

2. Begin your first practice citizenship test

After you sign up, you'll go to the GoCitizen.co.uk dashboard.

The dashboard shows you a list of available practice tests. You can either take the full quiz or take quizzes one chapter at a time.

Click on the name of the test you wish to take.

When you're ready, click "Begin test".

Note: all tests are timed!

3. Take your practice citizenship test

After you click "Begin test", you'll see a screen (similar to the one shown below) that asks the first test question.

All questions in GoCitizen.co.uk are multiple choice (just like the real test). Each question screen shows you:

Each multiple choice option has a blue box next to it. Simply click on the box next to your answer choice – the box will turn green.

If you're unsure about the question and would like to go back to it later in the test, click "Flag".

Once you've selected your answer, click "Next Question". Continue answering questions until you reach the last one in the test.

4. Finish your test

Once you've answered the last question of your practice citizenship test, click "View Summary" to see a summary of your responses. This includes the total number of:

Click "Review Flagged Questions" to see the questions you wanted to go back to.

When you're satisfied with your responses, click "End Current Test" to finish the test and view your results.

5. Review your test results

The test results screen tells you whether you passed or failed.

Click "Reveal answers" to see the correct answers to each of the questions.

The test review screens take you through each question one at a time.

Each screen gives you a summary of the overall test results. You get green ticks for correct answers and red crosses for wrong answers. The tick or cross for the question that you're reviewing is highlighted (as shown below). Click on these ticks or crosses to jump to the other questions.

For each question, the answer you chose is highlighted next to the box (as shown below).

The correct answer to each question is shown by a green tick in the box. If you chose the wrong answer, there'll be a red cross in the box.

In the example below, the user chose "Every four years" but that was the wrong answer; the right answer was "Every five years".

Click "Back to home" at any time to return to the GoCitizen.co.uk dashboard and take more practice tests.

6. Take more tests and review your progress

With GoCitizen.co.uk, you can take as many practice tests as you want. The dashboard lets you see the results from all of your tests under "Test history".

You can also review your progress in our handy charts. The pie chart shows how many questions from the question bank you've answered. The bar chart shows a history of your test results, with test scores shown as a percentage.

Don't forget - the more tests you take, the better your chances of passing the official Life in the UK Test. So why wait? Go to the GoCitizen.co.uk dashboard and start taking practice citizenship tests now.