Citizenship Test Audio

How to use the listen mode

1. Choose the list above the deck: 2025 (128 questions) or 2008 (100 questions), matching your N-400 filing date.
2. Press Start. The deck opens in listen mode, so each question is read aloud with your browser’s voice. Use the speaker button to hear it again.
3. Answer out loud before you look at the card.
4. Flip the card to see the full USCIS answer list and the question number.
5. Mark the card as known or not yet. Cards you miss move to an earlier Leitner box and return sooner; cards you know return later.
6. Continue to the next card. At the end of a session you see how many you knew.

Box positions are stored only in this browser, so the deck remembers what you know on this device and nowhere else. Voices and speed come from your device and differ between browsers. Where an answer depends on where you live or who holds an office, the card shows a note pointing to the USCIS Test Updates page instead of a name.

A good routine is one short session a day. Cards in the lowest box come back in the next session, cards in higher boxes come back after longer gaps, so a few minutes daily beats one long sitting. Say each answer out loud before you flip, because the real test is oral. The scheduling is ours; USCIS publishes the questions and answers only.

Which civics test applies to me?

The version you take depends on the date your N-400 was filed, not the date of your interview. Filed before 20 October 2025 means the 2008 civics test with 100 questions. Filed on or after 20 October 2025 means the 2025 test with 128 questions. Both versions are oral and both use a 60 percent pass mark.

How do I practise for an oral test?

Practise by saying each answer out loud before you check it, since the civics test is oral and the officer asks the question aloud. Work from the list for your own test version, one category at a time. Use the audio to hear each question, answer it, then compare with the listed answer.

1. Confirm which list applies to you using the filing date above.
2. Listen to a question, then answer aloud without reading the answer first.
3. Check your answer against the listed answers. An alternative phrasing of a correct answer counts, so you do not need the exact wording.
4. When a question asks for several items, give as many as it asks for. “Name two” needs two.
5. Note the questions whose answers change or depend on where you live. On the 2025 list the office-holder questions are Q23, Q29, Q30, Q38, Q39, Q57 and Q61; on the 2008 list they are Q20, Q23, Q28, Q29, Q39, Q40, Q43, Q46 and Q47. Check the USCIS Test Updates page for their current answers. The state capital questions (2025 Q62, 2008 Q44) depend on where you live: answer with your state’s capital.
6. Keep practising until you can answer each question without long pauses.

Why practise by ear?

The officer reads each question aloud and you answer aloud, so understanding a spoken question is part of the test. For the English speaking assessment, the USCIS Policy Manual says: “The officer should repeat and rephrase questions during the naturalization examination until the officer is satisfied that the alien either fully understands the question or is unable to understand English.” You may therefore ask for a question to be repeated. Practising with a synthetic voice is not the same as hearing an officer, but it trains you to answer without reading.