noun · neutral
performance
UK/pəˈfɔːməns/US/pərˈfɔːrməns/per·FOR·mance
Band 4-5speakingtask2
an act of entertaining an audience or the way someone does something
Examples
“The band's performance lasted nearly two hours.”
“Her performance on the exam was much better than last time.”
“We saw a live performance at the theatre.”
Band 8 sentence
“Her performance in the school production was compelling and convincingly professional.”
Collocations
- give a performance
- live performance
- stage a performance
Word family
performance nounperform verbperformer nounperformative adjective
Common mistakes
I saw performance last night.→I saw a performance last night.
She did a good performance in the test.→She performed well in the test.
Say it for a higher band
5show→6play→7+performance
Synonyms
show
presentation
Easily confused
show
“The school put on a Christmas show for parents.”
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