Vocabulary Practice

For

The Citizenship Interview Test

Personal Questions

2012 © Garden Grove Adult Education, Garden Grove, CA, Donna Barr

Directions: Click on each slide to advance to the next slide. You will hear the vocabulary word(s) and

definition. You may type what you hear in the text box or type your answer to the question. You can

click the sound icon to repeat the audio.

USCIS InterviewUnited States Citizenship and Immigration

Services appointment to take the citizenship test

scheduledyou were given an appointment

raise your right handput your right hand up next to your head

swear to tell the truthpromise to say true answers; be honest

How did you get here?What transportation did you use to come here today?

to miss someone or somethingto think about the people, food, language

and cultural you left

native languagethe language of your first country

Vietnamese, Korean,

Spanish, Arabic, etc.

state your full namesay your first and last name

eligible for citizenshipyou may apply for citizenship because you

meet the requirements

immigration statusAre you a permanent resident, green card

holder, resident alien, immigrant…?

keep your current nameyour name stays the same; it doesn’t change

change your current nameyou decide to have a new name

port of entrythe coastal city where you arrived in the U.S.

current addressyour house or apartment number, street

name, city, state and zip code

What is your source of income?How are you financially supported?

how you pay for your living expenses

What do you do for a living?What work do you do?

What is your job?

travel outside the United Statesleave the U.S. for any reason

family membersthe people in your family; your relatives

mental hospital or institutionplace for people who are mentally sick

able to voteyou participate in government by choosing

leaders in elections

federal, state and local taxesmoney that all residents pay to the

government

overdue, owe taxesyou are late and need to pay tax money to

the government

member of the Communist Partybelong to a Communist group

member of a terrorist organizationbelong to a terrorist group

arrestedtaken to jail by police

law enforcement officerpolice

prisonjail

habitual drunkard or alcoholicdrink too much beer, wine, or other alcoholic

beverage

illegal drugsmarijuana, heroin, cocaine, etc.

legally enter the United Statescome to the U.S. with legal papers

illegally enter the United Statescome to the U.S. without legal papers

deportedsent back to your first country

support the Constitutionagree to obey U.S. laws

support U.S. form of governmentagree to live by the kind of government in

the U.S.

willing to take an Oath of Allegianceyou will promise loyalty to the U.S.

to bear armsyou would agree to defend the U.S.

The End