Choose the correctly spelled word for the building where the President lives: The President lives in the ____.

WHITE HOUSE is on the USCIS WRITING VOCABULARY list under CIVICS terms. The correct spelling is 'W-H-I-T-E H-O-U-S-E.' A common dictation sentence is 'The President lives in the White House.' On the writing test, the officer reads a sentence aloud and the applicant writes it down, needing to write one of up to three sentences correctly. Familiarity with the spelling of common civics vocabulary — White House, Congress, President — helps the applicant write the dictated sentence accurately, though small errors that don't obscure meaning are usually accepted.