audience
part of speech
noun (audience, audiences)
meaning for a pupil
1) An audience is the group of people watching or listening to a show, film, talk or game. tree →
2) An audience is the people a book, programme or advert is meant for. tree →
sense in the lessons
In English lessons pupils think about the audience of their writing: who will read it and what they need. In assemblies and school plays the audience claps. In media lessons adverts are made for a target audience. Phrases: in the audience, the audience clapped, target audience, live audience.
examples
- The audience clapped at the end of the play. tree →
- My parents were in the audience. tree →
- Who is the audience for your letter? tree →
- The audience laughed at the joke. tree →
- This film is for a young audience. tree →
- The singer waved to the audience. tree →
- Be a good audience and sit quietly. tree →
- The audience was huge. tree →
- Before starting your performance, salute your audience!” tree →
note
Countable noun (audiences), but one audience means many people. It can take a singular or plural verb in British English: «the audience was/were clapping». Spelling: audi-ENCE. An audience watches; actors or players perform.
In the corpora
- The stage crew work backstage, often dressed in black so the audience does not notice them.
- Some theatres are tiny rooms, and some plays are "in the round", with the audience on all sides.
- Cheating out means standing a little open to the audience so they can see your face, even while talking to another actor.
- If you lose your place, staying calm and carrying on usually works, and school audiences are friendly.
- When an actor forgets a line, making something up to keep the scene going is called improvising, and audiences usually forgive it.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «audience» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.