Writing test practice

At the interview the officer reads a sentence aloud and you write what you hear. Listen, write it, then compare.

Practice sentence

Listen, then write what you heard

Small spelling, capitalization, and punctuation mistakes don't fail the real test if the meaning is clear. Judge for yourself.

How the real test works

The officer reads up to three sentences and you must write one correctly. Spelling, capitalization, and punctuation mistakes are allowed if they don't change the meaning; you can't leave out a word that changes it. One correct sentence passes. Practice sentences here use only the words on the official USCIS writing vocabulary list; the actual test sentences are not published, so these are practice sentences, not official ones.

Five at a time

Each session is five sentences. Sentences you mark for practice come back at the end of the session. When you can get through a session without marking any, move to the reading practice, then the N-400 interview practice, which is where the speaking part of the English test happens.

The vocabulary list and more about the test: the writing test page.

The whole English test

Reading, writing, and speaking, plus the civics questions.

Reading practice