[ThatGuyCalledMo]

After much nagging from my driving instructor, I finally decided to start learning the stuff for the theory test. He suggested that I do about 2 hours a day. I'll be honest and say I don't even think I made the 10 minute mark before I closed the book. It's so damn boring!

The point is, right now, I'm hoping to learn the things by going through the 'theory test' book which has tons of the multiple choice questions and their respective answers. And then do practise tests on a CD I have. Now, as aforementioned, I haven't had much success with the former.

So my question to you is, is there a better, perhaps more effective way for me to learn this stuff to the point where I can pass the theory test in 3-4 weeks.

Thanks.




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[Greenzgal]

I learnt my theory in approximately a week I downloaded two apps from app world on iPhone uk signs and uk theory test! It's sooo effective and much better than reading a book :-/ they're only about a £ very worth it though I passed first time with 50/50 in multiple choice! For the hazard perception probs best to grab a cd from amazon or something shouldn't be expensive.Good luck


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[robo donkey]

Do the practice tests that are free online - half those questions showed up in my real thing back in January on the first day of the new 'hard' tests. I also had a couple of full reads of the highway code and got an app for my Android of practice and just did that a few times.

[ROG.]

Do not force read the material

Take the book with you and simply read a little at meal times or on the loo for example

Find someone who can ask you questions on it - and you ask them as well because sometimes asking the questions will help the learner

[ThatGuyCalledMo]

(Original post by Greenzgal)
I learnt my theory in approximately a week I downloaded two apps from app world on iPhone uk signs and uk theory test! It's sooo effective and much better than reading a book :-/ they're only about a £ very worth it though I passed first time with 50/50 in multiple choice! For the hazard perception probs best to grab a cd from amazon or something shouldn't be expensive.Good luck


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A week? Damn that's quick. I've downloaded an app for my phone and yeah you're right, it's so much more effective than reading that horrid book. Thanks for the help!

(Original post by robo donkey)
Do the practice tests that are free online - half those questions showed up in my real thing back in January on the first day of the new 'hard' tests. I also had a couple of full reads of the highway code and got an app for my Android of practice and just did that a few times.

Am I expected to know everything on the Highway Code? It's bloody huge

(Original post by ROG.)
Do not force read the material

Take the book with you and simply read a little at meal times or on the loo for example

Find someone who can ask you questions on it - and you ask them as well because sometimes asking the questions will help the learner

Ahh yes, might as make use of the trips to the toilet. Thanks

[Lightman123]

(Original post by ThatGuyCalledMo)



Am I expected to know everything on the Highway Code? It's bloody huge

Are you expected to? Yes. Will you? Nah. As you say it's far too large and there are very few people that know the entire highway code.

Just get yourself a CD with the multiple choice questions on it (or the book you say you've got will do). Sit down, answer a test's worth of questions, mark them, get your score, then no matter how well you have or have not done; look back at which ones you got wrong, find the correct answer and say to your self "next time I see that question, the answer is ___". Before long you'll have enough memorized to pass.

[ThatGuyCalledMo]

(Original post by Lightman123)
Are you expected to? Yes. Will you? Nah. As you say it's far too large and there are very few people that know the entire highway code.

Just get yourself a CD with the multiple choice questions on it (or the book you say you've got will do). Sit down, answer a test's worth of questions, mark them, get your score, then no matter how well you have or have not done; look back at which ones you got wrong, find the correct answer and say to your self "next time I see that question, the answer is ___". Before long you'll have enough memorized to pass.

Oh that's good. Yeah, that's what I'm going to try and do. And one more question, how much exactly is 'enough' to pass? I mean, there are about 200+ pages of questions on here and there are only going to be 50 on the real thing. Do you think I should know them all perfectly?




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[kunoichi]

i learnt it about three hours before i did the test as i couldnt get through the book, was so boring.

Most of it is complete common sense anyway

But to learn it i went and did mock tests online and went and looked up every answer i wasn't sure about. Did that for a few hours and only got two or three questions wrong.

[Lightman123]

(Original post by ThatGuyCalledMo)
how much exactly is 'enough' to pass? I mean, there are about 200+ pages of questions on here and there are only going to be 50 on the real thing. Do you think I should know them all perfectly?




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If I remember right, you need 43/50 to pass which is 83%
So mathematically if you can get 83% of those 200 questions correct which is.. 166 then your more than set to pass with absolute ease.

In reality, you don't need to memorize any where near that many because your bound to get a good chunk of questions that are just common sense in the test anyway.

[Final Fantasy]

In preparation for the test a few years ago, I bought a practice test CD with the latest questions (most of them appear on the actual test) and just went through it for 2 days before the theory test. Passed 35/35 and scored pretty high on the hazard one too.

My sister also did the same thing last year and scored pretty high out of 50.

I therefore suggest that you get the most up-to-date practice CD and go through all the questions (I think there's hundreds for each section and you can set up a time test).

Having said that, half the questions are really just common sense.

[AdamHarriis]

I used a CD on my laptop to learn my theory. I just carried on doing the mock tests on it (multiple choice AND hazards) until I was getting full marks or dropping 1 or 2 marks, only took about 2 weeks to get it done up to standard.

Had my proper theory test last Tuesday, passed first time so it worked a charm! And I have my practical test 10th of August so fingers crossed!

[evantej]

Highway Code book for knowledge and DVDs to test knowledge, and for the hazard perception bit. The Highway Code book is only 150 pages so you can get through it quickly.

[I have a question]

I used the CD the day before until I was getting strong passes, and passed very well. Most questions are common sense; but some facts and figures (like stopping distance) I memorised. Plus hazard perception is fairly tricky, even with the CD; so I just guessed.

Worry more about the practical...

[Converse Rocker]

(Original post by ThatGuyCalledMo)
After much nagging from my driving instructor, I finally decided to start learning the stuff for the theory test. He suggested that I do about 2 hours a day. I'll be honest and say I don't even think I made the 10 minute mark before I closed the book. It's so damn boring!

The point is, right now, I'm hoping to learn the things by going through the 'theory test' book which has tons of the multiple choice questions and their respective answers. And then do practise tests on a CD I have. Now, as aforementioned, I haven't had much success with the former.

So my question to you is, is there a better, perhaps more effective way for me to learn this stuff to the point where I can pass the theory test in 3-4 weeks.

Thanks.

Get the DVD and just do as many practice tests as you can. Much better than just reading it from the book in my opinion and if you're lucky, quite a few of the questions you have practised will come up on the test. I did spend a bit of time at college reading the Highway Code as well, but that was mostly for stopping distances just in case they came up.

Most of it was done with the DVD for me though

[samanthaaaa]

Practice practice practice questions. I wrote down the questions in a notebook of the questions I answered incorrectly, which helped me remember them more effectively.

[MrAlex95]

Use the DSA theory test book or dvd thats what i did.

[ThatGuyCalledMo]

(Original post by Converse Rocker)
Get the DVD and just do as many practice tests as you can. Much better than just reading it from the book in my opinion and if you're lucky, quite a few of the questions you have practised will come up on the test. I did spend a bit of time at college reading the Highway Code as well, but that was mostly for stopping distances just in case they came up.

Most of it was done with the DVD for me though

Yeah I've noticed some questions are quite similar and I've only done some parts on my phone. I have yet to try the DVD but I'll give it a go


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