Citizenship English test practice: reading
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What state has the most people?
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Official reading vocabulary
Test sentences use these words from the USCIS list. Practice sentences on this page are written by CivicPrep using only these words; the officer’s sentences will be different.
- 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
Some people don’t take the English test. If you were 50 or older when you filed and have been a permanent resident for 20 years (“50/20”), or 55 or older with 15 years (“55/15”), you’re exempt from English but still take the civics test, in your own language. See USCIS exceptions and accommodations.