Citizenship · People Vocabulary

A writing test sentence says: 'The [Father of Our Country / Father of are Country] was George Washington.' Which phrase is correct?

Correct answer

Father of Our Country

  1. A Father of are Country
  2. B Father of Our Country
  3. C Father of Hour Country
  4. D Father of Ower Country

Why this is the answer

Correct: 'Father of Our Country' is the proper title for George Washington. WRITING VOCABULARY: FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY is on the USCIS CIVICS WRITING VOCABULARY list. It is a PROPER NOUN PHRASE and should be capitalized: Father (capital F), of (lowercase), Our (capital O), Country (capital C) — all words in a title are typically capitalized except small connecting words, though the USCIS list may show different capitalization; follow the pattern your study materials show. POSSESSIVE PRONOUN 'OUR': O-U-R means 'belonging to us'; it is different from: HOUR (H-O-U-R = 60 minutes); ARE (A-R-E = a form of 'to be'; 'they ARE' or 'you ARE'); these homophones (words that sound the same) are common error points in dictation tests because they sound identical. FULL SENTENCE: 'The Father of Our Country was George Washington.' OR 'George Washington was the Father of Our Country.' Both are common USCIS writing test sentences. GEORGE WASHINGTON spelling review: G-E-O-R-G-E W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N — this is one of the most important names to spell correctly on the USCIS writing test.
Source: USCIS Writing Vocabulary — Civics: Father of Our Country