Reading Test at your US Citizenship Interview
Reading test at your US citizenship interview focuses on civics and history topics. The USCIS Officer will ask you to read up to three sentences. You must read aloud one out of three sentences correctly to prove your ability to read in English.
Once you read one of three sentences correctly, the USCIS Officer will stop administering the reading test. Note that you can not be failed because of your accent when speaking English.
Reading Vocabulary List:
| People: | Places: | Holidays: | Question words: |
| Abraham Lincoln
George Washington |
America
United States U.S. |
Presidents’ Day
Memorial Day Flag Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Thanksgiving |
How
What When Where Who Why |
| Civics: | Verbs: | Other (function): | Other (content): |
| American flag
Bill of Rights capital citizen city Congress country Father of Our Country government President right Senators state/states White House |
can
come do/does elects have/has is/are/was/be lives/lived meet name pay vote want |
a
for here in of on the to we |
colors
dollar bill first largest many most north one people second south |
Sample Reading Sentences:
- Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves.
- Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States.
- Citizens can vote.
- George Washington was the first president.
- There are two major political parties in the United States.
- The President lives in the White House.
- The President of the United States is elected by the people.
- The White House is in Washington D.C.
- Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence
- The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States