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Citizenship reading test practice
At the interview you read one sentence out loud. You get up to three sentences and must read one of them correctly.
Who was the first President?
How the reading test is scored
- Read the whole sentence without long pauses.
- You may make small pronunciation mistakes as long as the meaning stays clear.
- Do not leave out or change the important words.
Official reading vocabulary
The real test sentences use only these words. Make sure you can read every one.
People
- Abraham Lincoln
- George Washington
Civics
- American flag
- Bill of Rights
- capital
- citizen
- city
- Congress
- country
- Father of Our Country
- government
- President
- right
- Senators
- state/states
- White House
Places
- America
- United States
- U.S.
Holidays
- Presidents' Day
- Memorial Day
- Flag Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day
- Thanksgiving
Question words
- How
- What
- When
- Where
- Who
- Why
Verbs
- can
- come
- do/does
- elects
- have/has
- is/are/was/be
- lives/lived
- meet
- name
- pay
- vote
- want
Other (function)
- a
- for
- here
- in
- of
- on
- the
- to
- we
Other (content)
- colors
- dollar bill
- first
- largest
- many
- most
- north
- one
- people
- second
- south
The practice sentences on this page are written from the official USCIS reading vocabulary list. USCIS does not publish the exact test sentences.