Reading Vocabulary

During the reading portion of your citizenship interview, a USCIS officer will ask you to read a sentence aloud in English. You get up to 3 attempts to read 1 sentence correctly. All sentences are built from the 64 words below.

64 words across 8 categories

People(2)

Abraham LincolnGeorge Washington

Civics(14)

American flagBill of RightscapitalcitizencityCongresscountryFather of Our CountrygovernmentPresidentrightSenatorsstate/statesWhite House

Places(3)

AmericaUnited StatesU.S.

Holidays(7)

Presidents' DayMemorial DayFlag DayIndependence DayLabor DayColumbus DayThanksgiving

Question Words(6)

HowWhatWhenWhereWhoWhy

Verbs(12)

cancomedo/doeselectshave/hasis/are/was/belives/livedmeetnamepayvotewant

Other (Function)(9)

aforhereinofonthetowe

Other (Content)(11)

colorsdollar billfirstlargestmanymostnorthonepeoplesecondsouth