812. Can You Pass A British Citizenship Test? 🇬🇧 🛂 (with Cara Leopold)

To qualify for British citizenship, one of the requirements is to pass the "Life in the UK" test. Questions cover things like British history, British life & culture, British politics, British geography and principles of modern British life. What do you think? Can you pass the test?
Join me as I test online English teacher Cara Leopold (leo-listening.com). How much does she know about her own country of origin?
What can you learn about Britain?
What IS Britain anyway?
Find out in this episode!
Episode page teacherluke.co.uk/2023/02/15/...
Cara's website www.leo-listening.com (Cara specialises in helping English learners understand fast speech by listening to films and TV series)
0:00:00 Introduction
0:04:42 Hello Cara (leo-listening.com)
0:09:19 Cara became French (she's still British too)
0:11:56 The French citizenship application process
0:18:33 The British citizenship test
0:22:56 THE "LIFE IN THE UK" TEST BEGINS

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

45:51 did you get my "intense" joke about the Glastonbury festival? 🧐⛺⛺⛺🤔 Also, I said "constitution" and I meant "constituency" as I am sure you all noticed 😉

[@esraalev]

Yeah it can really be in tents 🙈

[@esraalev]

Spreading Christianity by coughing around was the best though 😅

[@user-re9hj8vq2c]

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[@user-dr2is7ch8t]

Luke, you talking about having sex in tents?

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

@@user-dr2is7ch8t No I’m not, but that’s not such a bad idea.

[@Teachersoyeon]

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[@mahindasiriwardena7404]

I'm now watching this video. My favourite podcast. This is extremely useful Luke. Appreciate your work.

[@nadyaarandaenespanol6308]

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[@vishneviysok]

Hi Luke! Thanks for yours podcast. Always interesting topics and guests ❤

[@Ricardo.3]

So good when Luke receives guests for a conversation. Variety ideas, accents and vocabulary, many benefits to us.👏🏻👏🏻

[@domnicazaharia5983]

Thanks for your courses

[@kiboselo]

Thanks for letting people know about the situation in my country, Türkiye, and ,also reminding it again 🥰🌸

[@Timmy0416]

Great. Thank you for everything! Really useful

[@Timmy0416]

Great. Thank you for everything!

[@ivangrabovsky1079]

Thanks 👍

[@nilsbore1611]

Thank you for your work!:-)👍🏻🤓

[@alffrommelmac9349]

...this kind of podcast is very interesting and helpfull. Its not boring what is important. interesting subject in questions and answers.

[@rozetahasa6780]

The great Robert Burns! Thank you for reminding us of the great poets!

[@janonine8608]

Thoroughly enjoyed this episode, Luke has never seemed so English to me. Loved it. Love it when he is being like this.

[@inganagifka]

Lots of new information 👍

[@sjmousavi8754]

superexcellent podcast. thanks

[@prasadhemantha7757]

My favorite teacher

[@sezenpalaz427]

This episode was very useful I learned many new things from it.Thanks both of you .But although i did not live in England i knew many questions.😊

[@LeoListening]

Well done on getting so many questions right. We can consider you an honorary British citizen.

[@user-yr4mw3pz6t]

İ'm so glad to know such an experienced teacher Luke

[@enkhbolorphillips7015]

Absolutely fabulous lesson…I did test my self as well same time with you two …I have 14 of 24

[@solidgold5420]

Thanks for TRANSCRIPT 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Kimsengofficailkh]

Hello 👋! I’m kimseng from Cambodia 🇰🇭. I wanna say thank you so much 😊 for sharing yours.I always listen 🎧 when I go to bed🫶🤟

[@abdurrahmancagdas9280]

Thanks

[@tkrdg7885]

I liked your style, friendly tone and your effots for good job. 👍😂🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@kx9442]

I like your pronunciation and your speaking speed, it is nice

[@public_sensei]

Hi Luke's! Nice podcast. - maybe in the future you will make some podcasts about history of UK?

[@lilyw7318]

It is helpful.

[@shemushemu9204]

Hello Luke. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@sophiez7952]

helol Luke this is Sophie from Beijing China your program attracts me a lot thanks

[@Technology20245]

Hi luke thank you so much from Kurdistan we listening you everyday

[@sadi3022]

Your podcast is proving to be an invaluable resource for those of us who are preparing for the IELTS exam, as it is aptly designed to enhance one's listening skills. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@rayhankobir1879]

I totally agree with you🙂

[@ozanarcan9152]

Thanks for your sensibility about earthquake of Turkey and Syria's

[@akashislam5561]

Go ahead sir

[@Ustyryna]

Hello from Ukraine! I'm sure the video will be great. I watch your videos, Luke, with interest. Thanks a lot!

[@user-kl8ti9gv5h]

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[@tarcisiopessoa5207]

Tarcisio, from Brazil. I’m so greatfull for your worth work and I would like to say is that its have been helping me a lot to improve my English. As soon as possible I will be able to participate of your oficial classes. By the way Englishs do not citizenships, they are kings subject. Thanks for all.

[@emmi49435]

❤Luke, thank you for mentioning the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. I am grateful to you.

[@nasser5174]

I really enjoyed. I listened to improve my listening. Some of your speaking was funny like jokes. 😁🌺👍🌺

[@vatansever2415]

Luke,Thanks for your support to Turkiye!

[@nadezdanikitina7487]

I said "constitution" and I meant "constituency" no, that was not a joke, just a slip of the tongue. "the problem with jokes is you never know when the English are joking. You just never know whether they're being serious or not" - How very true, Luke. I remember there was an absolutely lucky chance to be visitor to the House of Parliament in London. Somehow the other visitors did not guess it was possible to enter the House of Lords as well as the House of Commons, but that is not the point. The point is when quite late in the evening were at last leaving, overwhelmed with impressions/what we saw/heard/learned... when we were literally near the exit we saw a spacious area on the right, virtually empty... and it was pretty late... yet we dared to ask the security guy what that was. He politely answered it was nothing important. May we walk over there? - Yah, go ahead! ... It turned out to be THE MOST legendary, the oldest hall in the House of Parliament... I was kind of angry at that guy!! If we believed him, THE OFFICER, we would have missed such extraordinary site! Look, what even has just had place there! Oh, that British humour...

[@farid810]

Cara 🧡

[@LeoListening]

The best part of this episode wasn't she?

[@mtjoy747]

I gave this one a go, and I only got two questions wrong! I wasn't born in the UK, NZ instead, but hey if it means I can become a UK citizen or permanent resident, that's great.

[@joshberith]

Congrats 😅👏🏼🎉

[@mariapersico3438]

Hi! I got 18 out of 24. Not bad, right? ;) Incidentally, I'd like to mention that I was somewhat surprised at the comment your colleague made a couple of times during the episode, on the UK not being a very democratic nation because of the House of Lords. It shocked me precisely because as far as I know, it was the Brits who put an end to their absolute monarchy back in the 13th century upon signing the Magna Carta. This makes GB one of the oldest parliamentary monarchies in the world. Some may argue that it has flaws. Sure it does, but considerably less than other countries which claim to be democracies but are run by presidents who are dictators in disguise. Cheers. PS: I enjoy your podcast very much.

[@jaisons4376]

Welcome

[@mollietai8946]

Put your thinking cap on. It’s British time. Let’s roll the dice with LEP!

[@user-mp6cb6wx9u]

Hello, Luke! Cara is a charming girl. You were on the same wave!

[@LeoListening]

What a nice comment!

[@RicardoHernandez-nd5pp]

Hello!!

[@monghasan3356]

Done

[@LearnEnglishwithParwa]

❤❤

[@gail9299]

I wasn't having a bad day Luke but I've got to be honest I felt like I was after this! Cenotaph - some sort of monument 🙄 It honours the dead of 2 World Wars and later conflicts from Britain and commonwealth countries, every November. Remembrance Sunday. I could go on but I need to lie down now.

[@LeoListening]

Sorry I ruined your day with my ignorance! I'd better not tell you about the time my brother and I got told off when we were kids for sitting on a war memorial by an old lady - we were tired and we didn't relise what it was. By the way, I have nothing against war memorials or commemorating people who died in wars!

[@letitiaprincess1125]

There is another cenotaph in the world located in Central, Hong Kong

[@rabatiahmed494]

I done that in 2012

[@WEPA_Nahiyan]

Is is important to identify a miss spoken word "Ireland" at minute 38:39? We all appreciate our mistakes. I enjoy your hard work when I listen every day.

[@sampathkumara6717]

Hi dear teacher luke if you don't mind could you please recommend us a good reference book on basic english grammar for teachers. Including parts of speech and all the other basic stuffs in order to give lessons to our students in a proper order.. please.. we are from Srilanka, the island country in which there were huge protests according to one of your pod cast on world news. Here we have very limited access to many resources.

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

Raymond Murphy “Essential Grammar in Use” and “English Grammar in Use”. I hope you can get copies!

[@sampathkumara6717]

@@LukesEnglishPodcast oh my gosh... You have replied to us. It's very humble of you dear teacher. Many many thanks 🙏 . We don't have enough words to say that though. I have just finishd trying to shadowing one of your pod cast on listening. Most people are there who understands the language but they stuck whenever they try to speak out. These days I am trying my best to imitate you while listening to your podcasts on you tube. I wish if you could make a podcast on that issue too. To say the truth we are just depending on the free versions on you tube so we can't afford to use those paid services. Thank you very much dear teacher. You are doing a great service and it must be admired and credited way more than this. Good luck and all the very best. Pardon me if anything have gone wrong with my English.

[@elenagherardi3080]

Hi Luke, my score is 10/24, very intersting and, above all, I've never thought the Tower Bridge was a medieval castle! Saluti from Italy

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

The Tower of London. Tower Bridge is something else!

[@elenagherardi3080]

@@LukesEnglishPodcast Of course! Sorry, I got confused 😒

[@elenagherardi3080]

I thought that the Tower of London was younger

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

@@elenagherardi3080 From Wikipedia: It was founded toward the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078 and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new Norman ruling class.

[@LeoListening]

@@LukesEnglishPodcast You know during the episode I thought we were talking about Tower Bridge, not the Tower of London! How did I manage to get that question right!?

[@chimak8332]

Hello in the UK now I am having dinner

[@LeoListening]

I hope you're having something appropriate like roast beef, leeks or haggis.

[@columbus7950]

I think the question about the UK government suspending the NI assembly is wrong. I shall have to investigate.

[@hk_200k]

Little coffee that's not very nice🤣 yes... Exactly, that's my experience in Paris 🤣

[@hassansadeghian7754]

Sir ,

[@london911]

My child and me flow you every day when they go to slip you became as number of my family l am from algeria people her don't understand English because frensh is second language think you luke

[@mostafasaidi1084]

Who told you that in Algeria they don’t understand english because french ? Today the world is à little town !

[@traetormenta]

I don't agree with your named overseas Territories, course, I'm argentino and I went radio operator in the war. With respect. Greetings..

[@superadam908]

I need to free transcript I can't find where is. Please print transcript. First I wanna read then I wanna listen. Please Luke

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

There is no transcript I’m afraid, but there are (automatic) subtitles. You’ll have to watch the video with the subtitles on and the sound muted, then watch again with no subtitles but sound switched on. Just a suggestion.

[@superadam908]

@@LukesEnglishPodcast I wanted it written on the web page but I guess it's not possible for you

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

@@superadam908 I’m afraid not this time. It’s actually extremely difficult to produce a transcript for an episode like this.

[@superadam908]

@@LukesEnglishPodcast thanks for the answer

[@nadezdanikitina7487]

On MY Mac just below the Video Image, below the Podcast № and its headline there are six buttons (left to right): 1)luke's english podcast; 2) you're suscribed; 3) thumb up (I like it); 4) thumb down (I dislike it); 5) share; 6) ... So when you click on this 6th button (three dots) one of the options in the fall down menu would be "show the script of the video" Other options in that menu, options above, are: Create a clip; Save; Report; and the last comes "Show the script of the video" Try this?

[@massaveed55]

a "quaso" haha

[@RicardoHernandez-nd5pp]

Is there a lot of people knocking on the doors of the kingdom????

[@boxfox2945]

Wonder how many British, could pass the citizenship' test?

[@Sportingalagrieska]

13:18 "are your neighbours French?" 🤔 No 😔 "are your friends French?" 😃😐 No 😔 Damn, I'll never get the French citizenship!! 🙃

[@Sportingalagrieska]

At least I know Larry Public, that's a good starting point ✌️

[@user-qu2lw3iu2q]

I wish I could live in England and get the English citizenship, i think English people are better than french, i am Algerian and i live in france (Paris) for donkey's years and i still don't have the citizenship. You know that's what they call democracy! Pfff....

[@yanhe5265]

So how about franch,is it easy to learn&ITS more useful and Spanish also I suppose

[@mikegreig3338]

No such thing as English citizenship, it’s British citizenship, I think first thing you need to learn 😂

[@boxfox2945]

😂 slightly informative'

[@dobrochnakonieczna7200]

Hello Luke! Although I've been your regular listener for a couple of months now and appreciate your work, sense of humour and sensitivity to anything of cultural nature, I have to admit I got distressed by the comparison you made between the spread of COVID and Christianity. Could you please be more careful/thoughtful for the sake of ALL your LEPSTERS? 🧡

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

Sorry! I was just being glib and it was a joke about the language rather than Christianity itself. It was the use of the word “spread” which brought Covid to my mind because recently we heard “the spread of Covid” so many times.

[@dobrochnakonieczna7200]

@@LukesEnglishPodcast Thank you. I noticed you must've realised the faux pas just after saying it. It happens to all of us (faux pas I mean, not realisations🙂. By the way: does faux pas have its plural form?🙄). Thank you in advance 🙂.

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

@@dobrochnakonieczna7200 Faux pas - plural and singular are the same cos it’s from French and somehow the rules are different in that case.

[@pierre5307]

Actually, i thought it was quite funny. Don’t take this the wrong way, but You like his sense of humor unless of course you feel targeted.;) I will quote a British philsophe, it seems appropriate for the situation: "I think one of the troubles of the world has been the habit of dogmatically believing in something or orther" Bertrand Russell.

[@dobrochnakonieczna7200]

@@pierre5307 You may be right. I probably wouldn't have reacted if I hadn't been "targeted". If the spread of some lethal disease had been compared to Buddhism I may not have had this need, although I would still feel uncomfortable and sorry for the people "targeted" or "addressed" (I now know it wasn't Luke's intention). I'm not a philosopher, so I won't cite Thomas Aquinas or any other Christian philosopher who argued that reasoning and faith are derived from God, but I don't think quoting any atheist, socialist or liberal philosophers would help in this case. Also, I don't want the discussion snowball, so let's finish it at this point. We apparently have different backgrounds, hence we understand joking (which is a part of our cultures) differently. I just don't like the idea of self-devotion and pure love being juxtaposed with something that harmed so many people around the world.

[@ihsan2035]

spoiled three people...

[@user-nm8hw3of3v]

Her ignorance is appauling to say the least. The questions dealing with the Tower of London and Wales are within the basic knowledge of any normal pre- school kid. Shame shame shame... An F for the humble effort... The Northern Ireland Assembly question has shown beyond any reasonable doubt that she indeed wasted a good half of her life in the UK just doing things of purely personal matter without giving a thought to what was going on in the rest of the nation let alone in the rest of the world. İ don't have the slightest doubt either that she feels she has every reason of being proud of herself - her own special way. Good Lord be merciful on her...

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

Wow what a charmer you are.

[@user-nm8hw3of3v]

Just hate glaring ignorance of any kind. Would never have thought it possible. Looks like a bad joke. An A for the video anyway - the whole credit goes to you.

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

Well, rudeness is a kind of ignorance too.

[@user-nm8hw3of3v]

Your idea of rudeness is so charming ... A bit weird though but one can live with ıt. You just put on a show to make the poor girl the laughingstock of Britain. This is what real rudeness is all about.

[@LeoListening]

Thank you for your comment - it's lovely that someone who knows nothing about me can make so many assumptions about who I am and what I do. As Luke said, charming! Especially as I passed the test...

[@rakshanatishya5092]