Citizenship · Civics Vocabulary

Choose the correctly spelled sentence: 'The [White House / Whitehouse / White house] is in Washington, D.C.'

Correct answer

White House

  1. A Whitehouse
  2. B White House
  3. C White house
  4. D white house

Why this is the answer

WHITE HOUSE is correctly written as TWO SEPARATE WORDS, BOTH CAPITALIZED: 'White House.' This is on the USCIS WRITING VOCABULARY list under CIVICS. Correct: 'White House' (with space, capital W, capital H). INCORRECT versions: 'Whitehouse' (no, should be two words); 'White house' (no, both words should be capitalized as it's a proper name); 'white house' (no, must be capitalized). Common dictation sentences using 'White House': 'The President lives in the White House.' 'The White House is in Washington.' 'The White House is in Washington, D.C.' The White House is: located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.; the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States; a 132-room building; built starting in 1792 and first occupied in 1800 by President John Adams; rebuilt after British forces burned it in 1814 during the War of 1812; the symbol of the executive branch. Other CIVICS VOCABULARY similar to White House (two-word proper names that should be capitalized): WHITE HOUSE; FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY (a title for George Washington); CIVIL WAR; FLAG DAY; INDEPENDENCE DAY; etc. SPELLING TIP: 'White' is W-H-I-T-E (5 letters, color word); 'House' is H-O-U-S-E (5 letters). Together: 'White House.' Practice writing this as two words multiple times.
Source: USCIS Writing Vocabulary — White House