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Practice sentence: 'The economy is free in America.' Which word below is from the USCIS writing vocabulary list?

Correct answer

Free — freedom-related vocabulary (free, freedom) is on the USCIS writing vocabulary list; economy is not on the standard list

  1. A Both words are equally difficult
  2. B Free — freedom-related vocabulary (free, freedom) is on the USCIS writing vocabulary list; economy is not on the standard list
  3. C Neither word appears in citizenship tests
  4. D Economy is on the official USCIS writing vocabulary list

Why this is the answer

USCIS OFFICIAL WRITING VOCABULARY includes these words (partial list): People: Adams, Lincoln, Washington; Places: Alaska, California, Canada, Delaware, Mexico, New York City, Washington, D.C.; Civics: American, capital, citizens, Civil War, Congress, Father of Our Country, flag, free/freedom, government, President, right(s), Senators, state/states, White House; Months and numbers.

Note: 'Economy' is NOT on the standard USCIS writing vocabulary list — it is unlikely to appear. 'Free' and 'freedom' ARE on the list. Study the official USCIS reading and writing vocabulary list available at uscis.gov/citizenship for the complete and authoritative preparation resource.

Source: USCIS Citizenship Writing Test — Official Vocabulary List

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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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