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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.

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IELTSAcademic coreWhat it rewards: Lexical Resource: range used flexibly to convey precise meaning, with natural collocation.What you practice here: Writing Task 1 and 2 and Speaking Part 3, framed as near-word decisions.TOEFLAcademic coreWhat it rewards: Short production tasks: an email, an academic discussion post, and a simulated interview, each scored on clear, precise language.What you practice here: Write an Email, Write for an Academic Discussion, and Take an Interview.Cambridge C1/C2Everyday + professionalWhat it rewards: Language at C1/C2: sophisticated everyday and professional English used naturally, in the right register.What you practice here: Reports, proposals, reviews, and discussion tasks.TOEICWorkplace coreWhat it rewards: Workplace English: emails, requests, schedules, orders, personnel, and opinion tasks.What you practice here: Replies, status updates, and opinions, then a hand-off into profession-specific practice.PTE AcademicAcademic coreWhat it rewards: Short, timed items: one-sentence summaries, describe-image responses, and a twenty-minute essay.What you practice here: Summarize written text, write essay, describe image, re-tell lecture.PTE CoreEveryday + professionalWhat it rewards: Everyday and workplace English across speaking, writing, reading, and listening.What you practice here: Respond to a Situation, Write Email, concise summaries, contextual reading, and listening accuracy.Duolingo English TestAcademic coreWhat it rewards: Writing and speaking samples on a photo, a topic, or a follow-up question, with minutes on the clock.What you practice here: Writing and speaking samples, photo items, and read-then-speak.CELPIPEveryday + professionalWhat it rewards: Communicative language across everyday, community, educational, and workplace contexts.What you practice here: Advice, description, persuasion, email, survey, reading, and listening decisions.OETHealthcare communicationWhat it rewards: English communication in healthcare settings, with profession-specific Writing and Speaking material.What you practice here: Purpose, relevance, certainty, empathy, register, and contextual meaning across four sub-tests.

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 · PTE Core · CELPIP

All three span everyday and professional English through different tasks. Cambridge emphasizes natural C1/C2 register; PTE Core and CELPIP move through practical social, community, educational, and workplace communication.

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.

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. PTE Academic and PTE Core are separate pages because their purposes and question mixes differ. Each page frames the same underlying vocabulary skill by that exam’s own tasks. 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 Academic, and the Duolingo English Test share an academic core. PTE Core and CELPIP use more everyday and workplace communication. Cambridge spans both, TOEIC is workplace-focused, and OET maps professional language to healthcare communication. Each page maps the shared catalog onto its exam’s tasks.

Do you guarantee a score or a band?

No, and be skeptical of anything that does. Lyra Practice is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the organizations that own or administer these exams. 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.

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