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Choose the correctly spelled word: The Senate and the House are parts of ____.

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Correct answer

Congress

  1. A Congres
  2. B Congress
  3. C Kongress
  4. D Congrass

Why this is the answer

CONGRESS is on the USCIS WRITING VOCABULARY list under CIVICS terms. The correct spelling is 'C-O-N-G-R-E-S-S' (note the double 's'). A common dictation sentence is 'Congress meets in Washington' or 'Citizens can vote for Congress.' On the writing test, the applicant writes a sentence dictated by the officer and must get one of up to three correct. Practicing the spelling of civics words like Congress, which has a commonly misspelled double 's,' helps applicants write dictation sentences correctly on the naturalization test.
Source: USCIS Writing Vocabulary — Civics: Congress

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About this topic: Civics Vocabulary

Civics vocabulary for the writing test covers words such as American Indians, capital, citizens, Civil War, Congress, Father of Our Country, flag, free, freedom of speech, President, right, Senators, state, White House. This is one of 11 Writing Vocabulary questions on civics vocabulary, each with a full explanation on a single study page.

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