ENGLISH HOMONYMS 3
✓ Useful for TOEFL
✓ Useful for Cambridge B2/C1
DID YOU KNOW?
By Exercise 3, you’re working with the homonyms that genuinely trip up advanced writers — native speakers included.
The final set in this series targets the subtler pairs: words where the distinction is fine enough that many fluent English users get them wrong. Pairs like discreet/discrete, elicit/illicit, or eminent/imminent appear in TOEFL reading, Cambridge C1/C2 Use of English, and in the academic sources IELTS candidates must read and respond to.
Mastering all three exercises in this series gives you a systematic grounding in the lexical precision that the highest exam bands require. It also makes your writing measurably more accurate — which is always the goal.
By Exercise 3, you’re working with the homonyms that genuinely trip up advanced writers — native speakers included.
The final set in this series targets the subtler pairs: words where the distinction is fine enough that many fluent English users get them wrong. Pairs like discreet/discrete, elicit/illicit, or eminent/imminent appear in TOEFL reading, Cambridge C1/C2 Use of English, and in the academic sources IELTS candidates must read and respond to.
Mastering all three exercises in this series gives you a systematic grounding in the lexical precision that the highest exam bands require. It also makes your writing measurably more accurate — which is always the goal.
1. My dentist taught me how to improve my (oral/aural) hygiene.✓
2. The lawyer tried to (elicit/illicit) information from one of his sources.✓
3. I've got (dual/duel) citizenship.✓
4. This is the (principal/principle) on which the company was founded.✓
5. He was sent to jail for publishing (illicit/elicit) books.✓
6. You should (pour/pore) some more water into the container.✓
7. The (principal/principle) of our school is retiring this year.✓
8. He was asked to (counsel/council) the detainees regarding their rights.✓
9. She wanted to (compliment/complement) him on his suit.✓
10. The (council/counsel) voted down the measure.✓
