{"id":21959,"date":"2018-05-02T21:13:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T20:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=21959"},"modified":"2018-05-02T21:13:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T20:13:22","slug":"theory-test-changes-from-1-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=21959","title":{"rendered":"Theory Test Changes From 1 May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/351;margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; float: left; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Doing the theory test\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/theorytest.png\" alt=\"Doing the theory test\" width=\"524\" height=\"351\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>I must admit that wasn\u2019t aware this was being looked into, but from today <a title=\"Changes to the theory test\" href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/UKDVSA\/bulletins\/1ec5920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Theory Test is changing slightly to make it \u201cmore accessible\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, words like \u201cincreased\u201d and \u201cdecreased\u201d are considered to be \u201clong and complicated\u201d, so they have been replaced with \u201cbigger\u201d and \u201csmaller\u201d instead. I\u2019ll take their word for it that this solution has addressed an actual problem, and look forward to future changes where \u201cbigger\u201d and \u201csmaller\u201d are replaced with \u201c\u2191\u201d and \u201c\u2193\u201d on the grounds that written words are too complicated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I must admit that wasn\u2019t aware this was being looked into, but from today the Theory Test is changing slightly to make it \u201cmore accessible\u201d. Apparently, words like \u201cincreased\u201d and \u201cdecreased\u201d are considered to be \u201clong and complicated\u201d, so they have been replaced with \u201cbigger\u201d and \u201csmaller\u201d instead. 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