Each reading test administered to you will contain no more than three (3) sentences. You must read one (1) out of three (3) sentences correctly to demonstrate an ability to read in English. To help you prepare, USCIS released the reading vocabulary list below containing all the words found in the English reading portion of the naturalization test. The content focuses on civics and history topics.

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PEOPLE	PLACES	QUESTION WORDS	OTHER (FUNCTION)
Abraham Lincoln	America	How	a
George Washington	United States	What	for
CIVICS	U.S.	When	here
American flag	HOLIDAYS	Where	in
Bill of Rights	Presidents’ Day	Who	of
capital	Memorial Day	Why	on
citizen	Flag Day	VERBS	the
city	Independence Day	can	to
Congress	Labor Day	come	we
country	Columbus Day	do/does	OTHER (CONTENT)
Father of Our Country	Thanksgiving	elects	colors
government		have/has	dollar bill
President		is/are/was/be	first
right		lives/lived	largest
Senators		meet	many
state/states		name	most
White House		pay	north
		vote	one
		want	people
			second
			south