Test Overview
The English portion of the naturalization test has three components: speaking, reading, and writing.
- Your ability to speak English will be determined by a USCIS Officer during your eligibility interview on Form N-400, Application for Naturalization.
- For the reading test, you must read one out of three sentences correctly.
- For the writing test, you must write one out of the three sentences correctly.
During the civics portion of the naturalization test, you will be asked up to 10 questions out of a possible 100 questions.
- You must answer correctly six of the 10 questions to pass the civics test in English.
