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.

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

Q.1

Choose the most appropriate option:

In order to ______ discussion about the new business, the manager asked all his employees to contribute their thought process on making it successful.

Q.2

Choose the option with the same meaning as the idiom:

The young handsome man became the head of the department in his father's management. The job was handed to him "on a platter".

Q.3

Complete the sentence with the right expression:

Ashley: Hello. How’s everything?
Ken: ________________________

Q.4

Fill in the blank using a suitable preposition:

I heard that he died ___ a cardiac arrest.

Q.5

Read the extract and answer the question:

Carly has a large family. She lives with four people. Carly also has two pets. Carly’s mom is a doctor. Carly’s mom works at the hospital. Carly’s mom helps people who are sick. Carly’s dad works at home. Carly’s dad cooks for the family. Carly’s dad drives the kids to soccer practice. Carly has two brothers. James is ten years old. Scott is fourteen years old. Carly has two pets. Jinx is a small, black cat. Diego is a large, brown dog. Carly loves her family!
How many people are in Carly's family?

Q.6

Identify the adverb:

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

Q.7

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:

They _____ fighting yesterday and all of a sudden they became close again. I think they _____ advised by their parents.

Q.8

Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence:

they were/we identified/on the spot/way/to the

Q.9

Choose the option with the same meaning as the idiom:

My boss told me 'to have a free hand'.

Q.10

Fill in the blank with the right option:

Your perfume has a wonderful _______. Can you buy me one when you go shopping?

Your Score: 0/10

Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:

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

Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:

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

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