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Citizenship writing test practice

At the interview the officer reads a sentence and you write it down. You get up to three sentences and must write one of them correctly.

How the writing test is scored

• The sentence must be readable and keep the meaning of what the officer said.
• Small spelling, capitalization or punctuation mistakes are allowed if the meaning stays clear.
• You may write numbers as digits or as words.
• Do not use abbreviations for the dictated words, and do not leave words out.

This page checks spelling word by word and ignores capital letters and punctuation. It is stricter about spelling than an officer may be, which is good practice. At the real test you write by hand, so practice with a pen as well.

Official writing vocabulary

The real test sentences use only these words. Make sure you can spell every one.

The practice sentences on this page are written from the official USCIS writing vocabulary list. USCIS does not publish the exact test sentences.