noun · academic
participant
UK/pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.pənt/US/pɑrˈtɪs.ə.pənt/par·TIC·i·pant
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a person who takes part in a study, survey, or experiment
Examples
“Each participant completed a short questionnaire before the test.”
“Participants were paid a small sum for their time.”
“We recruited twenty participants from two local schools.”
Band 8 sentence
“When reporting methods, it's important to say how participants were recruited and whether consent was obtained.”
Collocations
- study participants
- recruit participants
- participant consent
Word family
participate verbparticipation noun
Common mistakes
participantes→participants
the participant was asked and they answered→the participant was asked and he/she answered
Say it for a higher band
5people→6volunteers→7+participants
Synonyms
volunteer
subject
Easily confused
volunteer
“We invited volunteers to take part in the pilot study.”
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