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.

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Q.1	Complete the proverb: Beggars can't be _________.
	a) saviours		b) chasers
	c) choosers		d) chased

Q.2	Fill in the blank with the right option: Your perfume has a wonderful _______. Can you buy me one when you go shopping?
	a) sent		b) cent
	c) scent		d) send

Q.3	Choose the option with the same meaning as the idiom: My boss told me 'to have a free hand'.
	a) to tie the hands		b) to keep one hand free
	c) to do things with just one hand		d) to be able to do things your way

Q.4	Fill the blank with a suitable option: I'm a doctor and _____ my husband. We are both working in the same hospital.
	a) is a teacher		b) is he
	c) so is		d) such is

Q.5	Identify the type of noun for the word in quotes: I bought three 'packets of biscuits' for all of us to eat from the superstore.
	a) countable noun		b) collective noun
	c) both		d) abstract

Q.6	Read the given sentence and choose the antonym for the word given in quotes: Rex is always 'enthusiastic' whenever he is with his friends.
	a) eager		b) weak
	c) indifferent		d) vengeful

Q.7	Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence: of knowledge / dealing with / engineering or / technology /is the branch / applied sciences.
	a) Technology is dealing with engineering or applied sciences the branch of knowledge.		b) Technology is dealing with the engineering or applied sciences branch of knowledge.
	c) Is the branch of technology knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences.		d) Technology is the branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences.

Q.8	Fill in the blank using a suitable preposition: I heard that he died ___ a cardiac arrest.
	a) of		b) to
	c) from		d) both a and c

Q.9	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.
	a) no article, no article, no article		b) a, an, the
	c) an, no article, the		d) the, the, a

Q.10	Read the given sentence and spot the common nouns: Carlos bought a new collar for his dog, Chief, so that the dog can be taken for walking along.
	a) Carlos & collar		b) collar & dog
	c) dog & Chief		d) Chief & Carlos

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