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Read: 'The President lives in the White House.' What does this sentence tell us?

Correct answer

The President's home is the White House

  1. A All government workers live in the White House
  2. B The White House is a museum
  3. C The President works in Congress
  4. D The President's home is the White House

Why this is the answer

This sentence tells us that the President lives in the White House. The White House is the official residence and office of the President of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The USCIS reading test includes simple sentences about government buildings and officials — read carefully and choose the answer that most directly states what the sentence says.
Source: USCIS Citizenship Reading Test — White House

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About this topic: Reading Test Sentences

In the reading test you must read one of three sentences aloud correctly. The sentences are built only from the official USCIS reading vocabulary — civics words, names, places, holidays and question words — so practising those exact words is the whole task. This is one of 25 Reading Vocabulary questions on reading test sentences, each with a full explanation on a single study page.

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