Writing Test at your US Citizenship Interview

The content of the writing test focuses on civics and history topics. The USCIS Officer will ask you to write up to three sentences. You must write one out of three sentences correctly to demonstrate your ability to write in English.

Once you write one of three sentences correctly, the USCIS Officer will stop administering the writing test. You could not be failed because of spelling, capitalization, or punctuation errors unless the errors would prevent understanding the meaning of the sentence.

Writing Vocabulary List:

People

  • ✔ Adams
  • ✔ Lincoln
  • ✔ Washington

Places

  • ✔ Alaska
  • ✔ California
  • ✔ Canada
  • ✔ Delaware
  • ✔ Mexico
  • ✔ New York City
  • ✔ United States
  • ✔ Washington
  • ✔ Washington, D.C.

Months

  • ✔ February
  • ✔ May
  • ✔ June
  • ✔ July
  • ✔ September
  • ✔ October
  • ✔ November

Holidays

  • ✔ Presidents’ Day
  • ✔ Memorial Day
  • ✔ Flag Day
  • ✔ Independence Day
  • ✔ Labor Day
  • ✔ Columbus Day
  • ✔ Thanksgiving

Civics

  • ✔ American Indians
  • ✔ capital
  • ✔ citizens
  • ✔ Civil War
  • ✔ Congress
  • ✔ Father of Our Country
  • ✔ flag
  • ✔ free
  • ✔ freedom of speech
  • ✔ President
  • ✔ right
  • ✔ Senators
  • ✔ state/states
  • ✔ White House

Verbs

  • ✔ can
  • ✔ come
  • ✔ elect
  • ✔ have/has
  • ✔ is/was/be
  • ✔ lives/lived
  • ✔ meet
  • ✔ pay
  • ✔ vote
  • ✔ want

Other (function)

  • ✔ and
  • ✔ during
  • ✔ for
  • ✔ here
  • ✔ in
  • ✔ of
  • ✔ on
  • ✔ the
  • ✔ to
  • ✔ we

Other (content)

  • ✔ blue
  • ✔ dollar bill
  • ✔ fifty/50
  • ✔ first
  • ✔ largest
  • ✔ most
  • ✔ north
  • ✔ one
  • ✔ one hundred/100
  • ✔ people
  • ✔ red
  • ✔ second
  • ✔ south
  • ✔ taxes
  • ✔ white

Sample Writing Sentences:

  • ✔ Alaska is the largest US state.
  • ✔ Citizens can vote.
  • ✔ Columbus Day is in October.
  • ✔ Washington was the first president.
  • ✔ Independence Day is in July.
  • ✔ Lincoln was the President during the Civil War.
  • ✔ Thanksgiving is in November.
  • ✔ The White House is in Washington D.C.
  • ✔ Washington is on the dollar bill.
  • ✔ Washington is the father of our Nation.