What does performance mean?
Word: Performance
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Performance means a show in which people act, sing, dance or play music for an audience. It also means how well someone does a task.
Synonyms: act, achievement
How do you spell performance?
Syllables: per - for - mance
Tricky part: The ending is ance, not ence; performence is the slip seen most often. The silent e at the very end is easy to drop too.
Watch out for: performence, performace, performanse
Memory tip: At a dance performance, the two words end alike: dance, performance. Both finish with the same four letters, a-n-c-e.
Performance in a sentence
Example 1: Our class put on a puppet performance for the juniors.
Example 2: Her performance in the science test has improved a lot.
Example 3: The magician's performance had everyone gasping.
Fun Fact
The Mousetrap, a play by Agatha Christie, has been on stage in London since 1952 and has had more than 25,000 performances.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: performance
a) show
b) ticket
c) speech
d) prize
Show answer
a) show. A dance performance is a dance show put on for people to watch.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) preformance
b) applause
c) rehearsal
d) audience
Show answer
a) preformance. The word opens with per, as in person and percent, not pre.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
cmerapnoerf
a) preference
b) perforate
c) performance
d) performer
Show answer
c) performance. Eleven letters, including the n and c of ance, fit only performance.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
perfformance
a) m
b) e
c) f
d) r
Show answer
c) f. Only one f is needed: per-for-mance.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. After a good performance, the audience usually ____.
a) asks for refunds
b) claps and cheers
c) walks out early
d) sits in silence
Show answer
b) claps and cheers
2. Pick the sentence where performance means how well someone did.
a) The performance starts at six.
b) We bought tickets for the performance.
c) His performance in the exam was excellent.
d) The performance was held in the hall.
Show answer
c) His performance in the exam was excellent.
