Reading Vocabulary · M-715
All 75 of the ~96 words USCIS may ask you to read aloud.
From the official USCIS reading vocabulary list. Practice these out loud, and add the audio version to your study deck for the spaced-repetition advantage.
Category
People
- Adams
- Lincoln
- Washington
Category
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
Category
Places
- America
- United States
- U.S.
Category
Holidays
- Presidents' Day
- Memorial Day
- Flag Day
- Independence Day[in-duh-PEN-dunss]
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day
- Thanksgiving
Category
Question words
- How
- What
- When
- Where
- Who
- Why
Category
Verbs
- can
- come
- do
- does
- elects
- have
- has
- is
- are
- was
- be
- lives
- lived
- meet
- name
- pay
- vote
- want
Category
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
List sourced from USCIS form M-715 (reading vocabulary list for the naturalization test). Last reviewed April 2026. If USCIS has updated the list, please email hello@civicspath.app and we'll fix it.
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