Exam English
Advanced vocabularyfor the exam you are taking.
Every English exam rewards the same thing in its own words: not how many advanced words you know, but whether you choose the precise one and use it naturally. Lyra Practice teaches the difference between near-synonyms, then practices producing the right word in tasks shaped like your exam.
For candidates who already read and listen comfortably and want their writing and speaking to show the vocabulary they actually have.
Six exams, one skill
Choose your exam
Each page is a curated mapping of the same advanced catalog onto that exam’s tasks, with a free practice question and its own catalog of expressions.
Why one catalog
How the exams overlap, and where they don’t
Academic core
IELTS · TOEFL · PTE Academic · Duolingo English Test
Argument, evidence, comparison, cause and effect, degree, and the advanced near-synonyms that separate a precise claim from a vague one. The words overlap heavily; the tasks that frame them do not.
Everyday + professional
Cambridge C1/C2
Spans both: sophisticated everyday English and the register of reports, proposals, and reviews. The distinction being tested is naturalness in the right register, not academic formality.
Workplace core
TOEIC
Emails, requests, meetings, orders, personnel. This is the profession hubs’ vocabulary framed as exam tasks, which is why the TOEIC page hands off to Professional English when the exam is done.
Keep exploring
Guides by language function
Written for IELTS, but the near-word distinctions inside apply across the academic core.
Common questions
Is this exam preparation?
No. Lyra Practice covers one part of every English exam: advanced vocabulary used precisely. It does not teach grammar, listening strategy, reading technique, or test format. For those, use your exam’s official materials. What it adds is the part word lists cannot: the difference between near-synonyms, and practice producing the right one under exam-shaped pressure.
Which exam page should I choose?
The one you are taking. Each page frames the same underlying skill by that exam’s own tasks: IELTS by Writing and Speaking parts, TOEFL by integrated tasks, PTE by item types, the Duolingo English Test by its samples, Cambridge by C1/C2 register, and TOEIC by workplace scenes. If you are not sitting an exam and want English for work, the profession hubs are the better fit.
Are the word lists different for each exam?
They overlap deliberately. IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, and the Duolingo English Test share an academic core: argument, evidence, comparison, cause and effect, degree, and advanced near-synonyms. Cambridge C1/C2 spans sophisticated everyday and professional English. TOEIC is workplace English and draws on the same expressions as the profession hubs. Each page maps the shared catalog onto its exam’s tasks and adds only what that exam genuinely needs.
Do you guarantee a score or a band?
No, and be skeptical of anything that does. Lyra Practice is not affiliated with IELTS, TOEFL, ETS, Cambridge, TOEIC, Pearson, PTE, or Duolingo. What it practices is real: choosing and producing precise vocabulary in tasks shaped like the exam.
Do I need to sign up to try this?
No. Every exam page opens with a free practice question and a browsable catalog, no account required. Signing up unlocks the scheduled practice path for each expression.