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Choose the correctly spelled place: The capital of the United States is ____.

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Correct answer

Washington

  1. A Wachington
  2. B Washingten
  3. C Washinton
  4. D Washington

Why this is the answer

WASHINGTON (as a place, Washington, D.C.) is on the USCIS WRITING VOCABULARY list under PLACES. The correct spelling is 'W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N.' A common dictation sentence is 'Washington, D.C., is the capital' or 'The capital is Washington, D.C.' The writing test requires the applicant to write one dictated sentence correctly out of up to three. Because Washington appears as both a person and a place on the vocabulary lists, applicants practice spelling it for either use. Correct spelling of place names is part of the writing-test vocabulary.
Source: USCIS Writing Vocabulary — Places: Washington

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About this topic: Places Vocabulary

Places vocabulary for the writing test covers Alaska, California, Canada, Delaware, Mexico, New York City, United States, Washington and Washington, D.C. — including the capital letters and punctuation. This is one of 4 Writing Vocabulary questions on places vocabulary, each with a full explanation on a single study page.

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