Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:
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English Olympiad Questions for Class 2
1. Choose the correct answer:
What is the sound made by bats called?
a) clutch
b) gibber
c) screech
d) meow
Answer: c) screech
2. Choose the correct word:
One toe, many ___
a) tos
b) toes
c) toses
d) tows
Answer: b) toes
3. The children are playing in the _______.
a) post office
b) hospital
c) park
d) water park
Answer: c) park
4. Children like to ______ with toys.
a) walk
b) play
c) break
d) say
Answer: b) play
5. Use the picture to choose the right word:
a) a cat
b) a rat
c) a dog
d) an umbrella
Answer: c) a dog
6. Which one of the following words rhymes with TEA?
a) coffee
b) water
c) sea
d) milk
Answer: sea
7. Choose the odd word out:
a) airport
b) lake
c) airplane
d) flight
Answer: b) lake
8. A cobbler___________ our shoes.
a) mends
b) wash
c) break
d) creates
Answer: a) mends
9. Fill in the blank with missing letters to make the word that you see in the picture:
R_ _ _O
a) ODI
b) EDI
c) ADI
d) UDI
Answer: c) ADI
10. Unjumble the given letters to form the correct word shown in the picture:
rotrca
a) carrot
b) crraot
c) torraoc
d) corrat
Answer: a) carrot
11. Choose the right spelling:
a) elephant
b) elaphent
c) elefant
d) alefant
Answer: a) elephant
12. I ___________ a zebra in the zoo.
a) see
b) saw
c) seen
d) sew
Answer: saw
13. The Earth is _______ like a ball.
a) round
b) square
c) triangle
d) rectangle
Answer: a) round
14. Which one of the following is a common gender?
a) father
b) friend
c) mother
d) chair
Answer:b) friend
15. Which one of the following options describes the picture correctly?
a) This is a picture of a fair. People fight here.
b) This is a picture of a fair. People enjoy here.
c) This is a picture of a fair. People do not come here.
d) All of these
Answer: b) This is a picture of a fair. People enjoy here.
16. Choose the best word:
I was hungry___________ I ate only one chapati.
a) but
b) and
c) so
d) since
Answer: a) but
17. Identify the noun in the following sentence:
He comes from New York.
a) He
b) comes
c) New York
d) all of these
Answer: New York
18. Choose the best reply to complete the conversation:
Jack: Hello! My name is Jack. What's your name?
Mala: ______________
a) I'm Mala.
b) I like your name.
c) It's a short name.
d) Sorry, I forgot.
Answer: I'm Mala.
19. Which one of the following words has been misspelt?
a) principael
b) teacher
c) student
d) all of these
Answer: a) Principael
20. Fill in the blank with correct option:
You must ____ well in the exam.
a) did
b) done
c) does
d) do
Answer: d) do
21. What will you say when you request someone for help?
a) thank you
b) sorry
c) excuse me
d) please
Answer: d) please
22. Choose the best reply to complete the conversation:
Sandy: How are you?
Andy: ____________ , thanks.
a) I’m ruined!
b) I’m fine.
c) I don’t like tea.
d) Why should I tell you?
Answer: b) I’m fine.
23. Choose the correct answer:
There is/are _____________ in this picture.
a) fruits and vegetables
b) only fruits
c) only vegetables
d) only man
Answer: a) fruits and vegetables
24. Fill in the blank with the correct article:
He is _____ astronaut.
a) an
b) a
c) the
d) no article
Answer: a) an
25. Arrange P, Q, R, and S, in order to make a meaningful sentence:
R – him S – I caught Q – red P – handed
a) PQRS
b) SRQP
c) RQSP
d) SQRP
Answer: b) SRQP
26. Fill the blank with the correct article:
The world is ________________ happy place.
a) a
b) an
c) the
d) all of these
Answer: a) a
27. Choose the right sentence:
a) The children are playing with a ball.
b) The children are flying kites.
c) The children are playing with balloons.
d) The children are playing with toys.
Answer: c) The children are playing with balloons.
28. Edward made a mistake _________ he refused to admit it.
a) if
b) as
c) so
d) but
Answer: d) but
29. Choose the appropriate sound that the following animal makes:
Whale
a) shouts
b) whistles
c) hums
d) dims
Answer: b) whistles
30. Read the given sentence and spot the adjective:
This book is based on a true story.
a) true
b) based
c) book
d) story
Answer: a) true
31. My family ________ an amazing time last weekend in Beverly Hills.
a) has
b) have
c) had
d) will have
Answer: c) had
32. Find the opposite meaning of PRETTY:
a) beautiful
b) good
c) ugly
d) strange
Answer: c) ugly
33. The phone ______ can you answer it, please?
a) rang
b) ring
c) rings
d) is ringing
Answer: d) is ringing
34. Fill in the blank with a suitable article:
What time can I expect you _______ home?
a) a
b) the
c) no article required
d) an
Answer: c) no article required
35. What is the correct plural of rabbit?
a) rabbets
b) rabbits
c) raebbits
d) rabits
Answer: b) rabbits
36. Use the clues to choose the right word:
You use this to fly from one place to another -
a) a train
b) a car
c) a helicopter
d) a boat
Answer: c) a helicopter
37. Fill in the blank with the correct tense form:
My mother _______ a lot.
a) to shop
b) shopping
c) shops
d) shop
Answer: c) shops
38. Use the most suitable word to fill in the blank:
A washing machine is used to ___________ clothes.
a) colour
b) wash
c) fold
d) cut
Answer: b) wash
39. I _________ for my pen. Have you seen it?
a) am looking
b) look
c) will look
d) looking
Answer: a) am looking
40. Select a suitable determiner and fill in the blank:
Mom : Look at the bowl of cherries there.
Me : _________ cherries look delicious!
a) Their
b) This
c) That
d) Those
Answer: d) Those
41. Find the word that has the same meaning as the word 'clever':
a) stupid
b) shrewd
c) unknown
d) intelligent
Answer: b) shrewd
42. Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
Nobody ________ that she is innocent.
a) beliefs
b) believes
c) believe
d) belief
Answer: b) believes
43. Find the analogy:
If a potato is to a vegetable then a banana is to a ______.
a) vegetable
b) fruit
c) flower
d) bird
Answer: b) fruit
44. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:
Shawn __________ a pen to the newcomer.
a) borrowed
b) asked
c) lend
d) lent
Answer: d) lent
45. Arrange the jumbled alphabets to make a meaningful word:
R A T N I
a) rtian
b) train
c) trian
d) ratin
Answer: b) train
46. Look at the image given and answer the question:
What are the children doing?
a) Children are sleeping.
b) Children are reading.
c) Children are eating breakfast.
d) Children are enjoying themselves.
Answer: d) Children are enjoying themselves.
47. Use the appropriate homophones in the given sentence:
Yesterday, I took my ______ on the terrace to show him the ______.
a) sun, sunn
b) son, sunn
c) son, sun
d) sun, son
Answer: c) son, sun
48. Identify the word for countable and uncountable nouns:
I met ____ people at the party.
a) any
b) little
c) many
d) all of the above
Answer: c) many
49. Choose the correct punctuation mark and fill in the blank:
When is Ray going to play baseball _____
a) !
b) ,
c) .
d) ?
Answer: d) ?
50. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:
It is very cold, ____ I am wearing a sweater.
a) so
b) because
c) but
d) my
Answer: a) so
The optimal time to begin working on the CREST English Olympiad sample papers for class 2 is two months before the exam. Students must have completed their syllabus and gone through the review process by this time. All they need now is some more practice on English Olympiad questions. Students can refer to CREST English Olympiad previous years’ question papers for that.
Having a good grip on each and every topic under the English syllabus is very important. With the practice of sample papers, candidates can get a deeper understanding of the types of questions and ways to answer them. Make use of these test papers to score excellent marks in the examination and secure the top ranks.
