What does attendance mean?
Word: Attendance
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Attendance means being present at school, work or an event; also the number of people who come.
Synonyms: presence, turnout
How do you spell attendance?
Syllables: at - tend - ance
Tricky part: The ending is ance, not ence. Attendence turns up in a great many notebooks.
Watch out for: attendence, attendanse
Memory tip: Attendance and balance end alike, and it takes good balance to keep up full attendance all year.
Attendance in a sentence
Example 1: Our class monitor takes attendance while the teacher writes the date.
Example 2: Attendance at the summer camp was higher than last year.
Example 3: My grandmother is proud of her perfect attendance at yoga class.
Fun Fact
Schools in England must take attendance twice a day, once at the start of the morning and once in the afternoon.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) register
b) assembly
c) atendance
d) audience
Show answer
c) atendance. This word begins with a double t.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
att_n_ance
a) a, d
b) e, d
c) e, t
d) i, d
Show answer
b) e, d. After the double t comes e, and a d comes just before the ending.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
dentacatne
a) attendant
b) attendance
c) accordance
d) abundance
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b) attendance. Attendant has no c, abundance needs a b and a u, and accordance an o and an r.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
attendance
a) arrival
b) absence
c) entry
d) register
Show answer
b) absence. Absence means not being there, the opposite of attendance.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The attendance at the school fete was 600. What does the number tell you?
a) how long it lasted
b) how many people came
c) how much money was raised
d) how many stalls there were
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b) how many people came
2. A student with 100 percent attendance for the year has ____.
a) scored full marks in every test
b) not missed a single day
c) won every race on sports day
d) read every book in the library
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b) not missed a single day
