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Practice USCIS writing: 'Citizens have the right to vote.' Which part of this sentence requires the most careful spelling?

Correct answer

Citizens and vote — both are key civics vocabulary that must be spelled correctly; 'Citizens' — C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-S; 'vote' — V-O-T-E

  1. A have
  2. B right
  3. C Citizens and vote — both are key civics vocabulary that must be spelled correctly; 'Citizens' — C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-S; 'vote' — V-O-T-E
  4. D the

Why this is the answer

KEY VOCABULARY SPELLING for USCIS writing: CITIZENS — C-I-T-I-Z-E-N-S (note: -ZENS not -SENS or -SONS). VOTE — V-O-T-E (simple but occasionally written 'voat' or 'voot'). RIGHTS — R-I-G-H-T-S. The USCIS writing vocabulary list includes these foundational civics words: citizen(s), vote/voting, freedom, right(s), law(s), government, President, Congress, America/American, United States, flag, Constitution. Practice writing each of these words correctly 10 times to build spelling confidence before your naturalization interview.
Source: USCIS Citizenship Writing Test — Key Vocabulary Spelling

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In the writing test the officer reads a sentence aloud and you must write it so that it has the same meaning; spelling, capitalisation and punctuation errors are tolerated unless they change the meaning. The words come only from the official USCIS writing vocabulary list. This is one of 25 Writing Vocabulary questions on writing test sentences, each with a full explanation on a single study page.

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