ARE YOU EDUCATING YOURSELF?

Printable Self-test

Print out this test and choose which of the options below is most like you. Then check the scoring table below. 

1. It is 06:30 pm and you are watching TV. You...
a. watch the news.
b. turn on your favourite sitcom.
c. watch the Home Shopping Club.

2. A friend tells you about a great book she’s reading. You...
a. tell her you only want to read the good parts.
b. borrow it from the public library because you want to read a good book.
c. tell her you will see the movie.

3. Your brother tells you he is taking a great English class. You...
a. ask him how to enrol in the class.
b. say you don’t have time for school.
c. tell him next time he takes a class you will join him.

4. When your younger sister tells you she wants to go on the Internet, you...
a. tell her to ask her teacher for help.
b. take her to the library to find out more about how the Internet works.
c. tell her it is just a fad.

5. If you see a newspaper you buy it to...
a. kill flies.
b. read the sports or advice columns.
c. look through it and read the news.

Source: New English Digest

SCORING

a. 10

b. 6

c. 2

a. 6

b. 10

c. 2

a. 10

b. 2

c. 6

a. 6

b. 10

c. 2

a. 2

b. 6

c. 10

WHAT IT MEANS

31-50

You understand the value of learning. What you don’t already know, you find out. Your quest for knowledge will lead to a bright and prosperous future.

19-30

You are curious, but feel like learning takes too much work. Try learning about something you enjoy and it will be more fun.

10-18

You would rather stare at the walls than learn something new. Get off your sofa and pick up a book right now.

GLOSSARY

sitcom: situation comedy (novela televisiva)
fad: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; a fashion (una moda)