CREST English Olympiad Class 8 Sample Paper

The Class 8 English Olympiad Sample Paper is designed to help students refine their language skills, practise complex grammar and comprehension, and get a clear idea of the Olympiad exam format.

What's Inside the Class 8 English Olympiad Sample Paper?

  • Challenging MCQs covering grammar, vocabulary, and reading skills
  • Divided into English Language and Achiever's Section
  • Comes with an answer key for self-check and guided learning

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies and Spellings, Collocations, Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, Proverbs, Homonyms and Homophones, One Word, Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Articles, Prepositions, Prepositional Phrases, Participle Phrases, Conjunctions, Determiners, Jumbled Words, Punctuations, Tenses, Voices and Narrations, Question Tags, Words (Related to Leisure, Household Items/Issues, Social Causes, Outdoor Locations, Activities, etc.), Information Retrieval from Texts (News Reports, Blurb, Dictionaries, Instruction Manual Format, Messages, Editorials, Essays, etc.), Spoken and Written Expressions (Requesting, Giving Information, Expressing Surprise, Pronunciation, etc.)

Achievers Section: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section 1

Please note that the dictionary which will be used for reference is Oxford Learner's Dictionary. This will be w.r.t. spellings & meanings. In case, if the word is not found in this dictionary, then it is assumed that this word does not exist.

Sample Questions

Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 Q.6 Q.7 Q.8 Q.9 Q.10

Q.1

Choose the synonym of the word in bold:

Although the students in her class were naughty, she never resorted to corporal punishment.

Q.2

Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence:

of knowledge / dealing with / engineering or / technology /is the branch / applied sciences.

Q.3

Fill in the blanks with suitable articles:

With his new promotion _____, Max went to London. He went to do his ______ higher studies but unfortunately he failed ______ in his exams.

Q.4

Read the given sentence and spot the common noun:

I know it is hard to walk outside, but if you try to look through the gap you can see my car which is parked there.

Q.5

Find the correct option:

The ___________ betrayal by his trusted friend shattered his confidence in forming new relationships.

Q.6

Replace the words in quotes with the correct option:

There aren’t many parking spaces near the post office. There are a lot of cars in front
of the post 'office, the' drivers are waiting for parking places and honking their horns.

Q.7

Fill in the blanks with the correct set of options:

The dean had a _____ voice, _____ tone and a _____ face.

Q.8

Read the text and fill in the blank:

Family Dollar was established in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1959 by a 21 year old entrepreneur named Leon Levine. He was interested in operating a low-overhead, self-service retail store. Levine’s main goal was to offer a variety of high-quality merchandise to customers for under $2.00. If everything in the store wasn’t a dollar to begin with, why did he name the store Family DOLLAR? The fact is that any person can be influenced in a different way just by the way someone words a sentence or phrase. A prime example of this is a Family Dollar store. The problem is that Family Dollar doesn’t sell everything in its store for a dollar, like Dollar Tree does. Dollar Tree is seen to be one of the very few true dollar stores there is that sell everything for a dollar. The name of the store, Family Dollar, just catches everyone’s eye and makes them think that they are getting a better deal on the items they purchase there. The fact is that everyone who goes into the store is thinking that generally everything in the store is going to be a dollar, but it’s not. That is the purpose of the usage of words in the title of the store. Dollar General is also another store that has the same usage of words in their store name to make their customers think the same way. Every customer is baited into thinking that everything in the store is going to be a dollar, but in the end their thoughts will be different.
This kind of word usage is a part of businesses everywhere around the world. It is known as cognitive grammar. Cognitive grammar is known to influence people by making them think something you want them to think.

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The names Family Dollar and Dollar General are ____________.

Q.9

Identify the adverbial phrase:

I remember a beautiful place where our train halted for an hour.

Q.10

Select the appropriate conjunction to complete the sentence:

I have spent too much on petrol this month ____ there was an increase in petroleum rates.

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Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:

Q.1bQ.2dQ.3aQ.4bQ.5bQ.6cQ.7bQ.8aQ.9cQ.10d

Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:

Q.1 : b | Q.2 : d | Q.3 : a | Q.4 : b | Q.5 : b | Q.6 : c | Q.7 : b | Q.8 : a | Q.9 : c | Q.10 : d

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