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Reading and writing vocabulary (75 words)

The official USCIS reading and writing vocabulary list, organized by category. Free to print and copy for classroom use, no signup required.

People

  • Adams
  • Lincoln
  • Washington

Civics

  • American flag
  • Bill of Rights
  • capital
  • citizen
  • city
  • Congress[KAHN-gress]
  • country
  • Father of Our Country
  • government
  • President
  • right
  • Senators[SEN-uh-turz]
  • state
  • states
  • White House

Places

  • America
  • United States
  • U.S.

Holidays

  • Presidents' Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Flag Day
  • Independence Day[in-duh-PEN-dunss]
  • 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 & content words)

  • a
  • for
  • here
  • in
  • of
  • on
  • the
  • to
  • we
  • blue
  • dollar bill
  • fifty
  • 50
  • first[FURST]
  • largest[LAR-jist]
  • many
  • most
  • north
  • one
  • people[PEE-pul]
  • red
  • second[SEK-und]
  • south