Reading & Writing Vocabulary Bank
The official USCIS reading and writing vocabulary lists, organized by category. You can also download the original USCIS PDFs from the Resources page.
Reading Vocabulary
During the reading portion, you must read one of three sentences correctly aloud. These are the words USCIS may use.
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
Writing Vocabulary
During the writing portion, you must write one of three sentences correctly. These are the words USCIS may dictate.
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
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