noun · neutral
attendance
/əˈtɛndəns/at·TEN·dance
Band 5-6speakingtask1task2
The act of attending (classes) or the number/percentage of people who attend.
Examples
“Attendance at lectures has dropped this term.”
“Good attendance is often required to pass practical modules.”
“Her attendance is 95% over the academic year.”
Band 8 sentence
“The university introduced a monitoring system after attendance dropped significantly during remote learning.”
Collocations
- attendance rate
- record of attendance
- mandatory attendance
Word family
attendance nounattend verbattendant noun/adjective
Common mistakes
I have 80% attendances this year.→I have 80% attendance this year.
My attendance are poor.→My attendance is poor.
Say it for a higher band
5presence→6participation→7+attendance
Synonyms
presence
Easily confused
presence
“His presence at the meeting was noted by the chair.”
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