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English writing practice — USCIS vocabulary

Listen and write sentences using the official USCIS English writing vocabulary. Spelling counts on test day.

Close-up of a hand writing English sentences in a notebook

English reading & writing

Practice the USCIS English reading and writing vocabulary used in the naturalization interview.

Listen to the sentence, then type it. Spelling counts.

Write what you hear

Writing vocabulary

people

Adams · Lincoln · Washington

civics

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

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

verbs

can · come · elect · have/has · is/was/be · lives/lived · meets · pay · vote · want

otherFunction

and · during · for · here · in · of · on · the · to · we

otherContent

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