Reading Test at your US Citizenship Interview
The content of the reading test 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 demonstrate your ability to read in English.
Once you read one of three sentences correctly, the USCIS Officer will stop administering the reading test. 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.
- Alaska is the largest U.S. state.
- Citizens can vote.
- George Washington was the first president.
- Lincoln was the President during the Civil War.
- 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.
- There are 100 senators in the US Senate.
- Washington is on the dollar bill.
- Washington is the father of our Nation.