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 |