In the sentence 'George Washington was the first President,' the word 'Washington' refers to:

The USCIS English Reading Test includes proper nouns from the PEOPLE vocabulary list, and GEORGE WASHINGTON is one of the most common. In a reading sentence such as 'George Washington was the first President,' the name refers to the founding leader who commanded the Continental Army and became the first President. On the reading test, an officer asks the applicant to read one sentence aloud correctly out of up to three. Recognizing the PEOPLE vocabulary words — Washington, Lincoln — in context is exactly what this part of the test measures.