U.S. Citizenship Test

Preparing for the U.S. Citizenship test? Use our Citizenship practice test below to practice for the exam with questions from the official test bank.

Our Citizenship test questions include all 128 possible questions you could be asked on the Civics portion of the exam.

Summary: Take our U.S. Citizenship practice test below. Our exam is 100% free and includes answer explanations.

U.S. Citizenship Practice Test

Study all 128 official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization questions.

Each Citizenship practice test is followed by answer explanations. Make sure to review them when you finish.

Please note that the above Citizenship questions will appear on the Civics portion of your Citizenship test.

To practice for the English portion, jump to our English practice section.

U.S. Citizenship English Test Practice

There will be a reading test, writing test, and speaking test on the English section of the U.S. Citizenship test.

Reading Test

On the reading portion of the English section, you must read aloud 1 out of 3 sentences correctly.

The content will focus on civics and history topics and tests your ability to read in English.

You should be comfortable with the following:

People Civics Places Holidays

Abraham Lincoln
George Washington

American flag
Bill of Rights
capital
citizen
city
Congress
country
Father of our Country
government
President
right
Senators
state/states
White House

America
United States
U.S.
Presidents’ Day
Memorial Day
Flag Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Thanksgiving
Question Words Verbs Other (Function) Other (Content)
How
What
When
Where
Who
Why
can
come
do/does
elects
have/has
is/are/was/be
lives/lived
meet
name
pay
vote
want
a
for
here
in
of
on
the
to
we
colors
dollar bill
first
largest
many
most
north
one
people
second
south

Writing Test

On the writing portion of the English section, you will be asked to write 1 out of 3 sentences correctly.

The content in this section will also focus on civics and history topics.

You should be comfortable with the following:

People Civics Places Months
Adams
Lincoln
Washington
American Indians
capital
citizens
Civil War
Congress
Father of our Country
flag
free
freedom of speech
President
right
Senators
state/states
White House

Alaska
California
Canada
Delaware
Mexico
New York City
United States
Washington
Washington, D.C.

February
May
June
July
September
October
November
Holidays Verbs Other (Function) Other (Content)
Presidents’ Day
Memorial Day
Flag Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Thanksgiving
can
come
elect
have/has
is/was/be
lives/lived
meets
pay
vote
want
and
during
for
here
in
of
on
the
to
we
blue
dollar bill
fifty/50
first
largest
most
north
one
one hundred/100
people
red
second
south
taxes
white

Speaking Test

On the speaking portion of the English section, you will be asked questions about your application and eligibility.

The immigration officer will be the one asking you questions. The purpose of this section is for the USCIS officer to determine your ability to speak and understand English.

You can find more information by visiting the FAQ page of the USCIS.

Overview of Exam

There are 2 portions that make up the U.S. Citizenship test:

  1. Civics
  2. English

There are 128 possible questions on the civics portion. You will be asked to answer 20 total questions – you will need to answer 12 of them correctly.

You can practice all 128 Citizenship test questions by taking our practice exam above.

There are 3 parts to the English portion:

  1. Reading
  2. Writing
  3. Speaking

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For more in-depth information of the exam, read our Citizenship test overview guide.

Citizenship Test Questions FAQs

One of the best ways to practice for the actual exam is by taking free practice tests.

Our Citizenship practice test uses all 128 official Citizenship test questions provided by the USCIS.

We also provide in-depth answer explanations to help you learn the material and better understand the material heading into your actual exam.

Applicants will be tested on 3 topics when taking the Civics test – American government, integrated civics, and American history.

There are 128 total questions you can be asked. The immigration officer will pick 20 questions and ask you them.

For the Civics portion of the exam, you will need to answer 12 of the 20 questions correctly.

On the English portion, you will need to answer 1 of 3 questions correctly for both the reading and writing sections.

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