About this site
Welcome Questions is a practice site for the Life in the UK test. It has short notes, practice questions and a word list, all in plain English. There are no adverts.
Not official
We are not part of the Home Office, GOV.UK or the publisher of the official handbook. We can't give immigration advice. To book the test, or to find out whether you need it, use GOV.UK.
How we write it
The test asks about the official handbook, Life in the United Kingdom: A Guide for New Residents. That book is protected by copyright, so we don't copy it. We write every note and question ourselves, from public sources, and each answer links to its source. Our questions are practice questions, not the real ones.
The questions are checked by people. If you find a mistake, please email hello@welcomequestions.co.uk and we will put it right.
For teachers and libraries
You are welcome to use the site in class. Each learner signs in with Apple or Google on their own phone.
- On a projector, press Bigger text (at the top of the page, or in the menu) so the back of the room can read it.
- Each answer has a letter (A, B, C, D), so a class can answer together.
- Each learner's progress stays on their own device, or in their own account if they sign in. Nobody else sees it.
Helping a friend or relative
Send them the link to this site. They sign in with Apple or Google, and can try some questions free. The notes use short sentences, and a dotted word shows its meaning when you tap it. Their progress follows them from phone to computer.
Where our facts come from
Every fact comes from a public page, shown under each answer and at the end of each topic's notes. The sites we use most:
- assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
- bfi.org.uk
- bl.uk
- bletchleypark.org.uk
- blog.historicenvironment.scot
- blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk
- blood.co.uk
- bod.org.uk
- britishlegion.org.uk
- cadw.gov.wales
- churchofengland.org
- collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk
- eastlondonmosque.org.uk
- economics.ed.ac.uk
- edinburghfestivalcity.com
- england.nhs.uk
- english-heritage.org.uk
- eryri.gov.wales
- gla.ac.uk
- gov.scot
- gov.uk
- gov.wales
- hackney-museum.hackney.gov.uk
- hinducounciluk.org
- historicengland.org.uk
- historicenvironment.scot
- history.blog.gov.uk
- hmd.org.uk
- judiciary.uk
- legislation.gov.uk
- liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
- lords.org
- museum.wales
- mygov.scot
- nam.ac.uk
- nationalgallery.org.uk
- nationalparks.uk
- nidirect.gov.uk
- nisra.gov.uk
- nms.ac.uk
- nobelprize.org
- nsouk.co.uk
- ons.gov.uk
- organdonation.nhs.uk
- paralympic.org
- parliament.scot
- premierleague.com
- quaker.org.uk
- railwaymuseum.org.uk
- randa.org
- rbge.org.uk
- rct.uk
- register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk
- rmg.co.uk
- royal.uk
- royalsociety.org
- scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk
- sciencemuseum.org.uk
- scotcourts.gov.uk
- senedd.wales
- sephardi.org.uk
- shakespeare.org.uk
- shakespearesglobe.com
- supremecourt.uk
- surreycc.gov.uk
- tate.org.uk
- teamgb.com
- thecommonwealth.org
- thejockeyclub.co.uk
- vam.ac.uk
- vet.ed.ac.uk
- visitbritain.com
- wales.com
- westminster-abbey.org
- wimbledon.com
Some facts contain public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.