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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