English Olympiad for Class 1

What if English became easy and exciting for your first-grader? That's exactly what happens when you enroll with CREST International English Olympiad. We cover school syllabus plus interesting extra topics. While preparing for the exam, students will learn about basic age-appropriate English language concepts.

CREST Olympiads organizes English Olympiad at the international level for class 1. CREST English Olympiad (CEO) is meant for students who wish to leverage their skill-set in the English language from an early age of schooling. The online English Olympiad exam gives the best competitive environment exposure to students.

a. All Class 1 children can register for the English Olympiad for Class 1, either through their school or individually. Boards make no difference: CBSE, ICSE, IB and State Boards are all welcome, as are children studying outside India.

b. After this year the help stops: Class 1 is the final class in which a parent or teacher may assist with the paper. Explaining a question is allowed, while choosing the answer is your child's job. In Class 2 and above, children sit the paper on their own.

c. It is an online exam taken at home and monitored by webcam from start to finish. Any laptop, desktop or tablet will do as long as the screen is bigger than 11.5 inches, but a mobile phone will not. A 2 Mbps connection and an up-to-date browser, preferably Google Chrome, keep things smooth.

d. The English Olympiad for Class 1 is conducted in 2 levels. More than 60% in Level 1 takes a Class 1 child through to Level 2.

e. Your child joins participants from 60+ countries. CREST has run these Olympiads since 2019, with 6000+ schools taking part.

1. Grammar gets a name. Class 1 is when nouns, verbs and conjunctions turn up on the Olympiad list, and pronouns return as a topic of their own. Children start to see that "run" is a doing word and that "she" can stand in for a name.

2. Reading for meaning. Comprehension questions on short prose and poems ask a six-year-old to read and then think, a step beyond reading aloud.

3. Ease with the computer. A Class 1 review thanks CREST for building a child's confidence and getting her used to the computer, and mentions how easy the application process was.

4. No travel, no fuss. Another published Class 1 review is glad the Olympiad can be done online from home, so young children join in with little hassle.

International English Olympiad registration for class 1 can be done by students on their own or through their respective schools.

The school has to fill in the form present here: https://www.crestolympiads.com/register-school, and it will be contacted within 48 working hours with the next steps.

Students who register separately from school & want to appear for the class 1 English Olympiad online test can follow these simple steps:
1. Go to the browser and copy-paste this link: https://www.crestolympiads.com/registration
2. The registration form pops up.
3. Fill in all the registration form details.
4. Select the exam at the bottom of the details filling section in the registration form you wish to appear in.
5. Read the instructions carefully.
6. Make the payment.
7. Registration is complete.

Note:

1. English Olympiad Individual registrations by students are accepted.

2. Students who have not done registration through school will have to take exams from home. The individual participating should have a computer or laptop with a webcam and a good internet facility. The exam is monitored through a webcam.

The class 1 English Olympiad syllabus is where grammar starts in earnest. Compared with Senior KG, Nouns, Verbs, Conjunctions, Basic Tenses, Punctuation and Comprehension (Prose and Poetry) appear for the first time, along with word games such as Jumbled Letters, Word Pairs and Odd One Out, and Pronouns come back as a topic (Junior KG covered This and That, He and She). Strokes, Rhyming Words and People and their Professions are no longer listed.

Section 1 covers: Jumbled Letters, Words: Their Meanings and Opposites, Identify the Word From the Picture, Making a Word, Feminine and Masculine, One and Many, Word Pairs, Odd One Out, Animals: Their Babies and Sounds, Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Conjunctions, Articles, Prepositions, Adjectives, Basic Tenses, Punctuation and Comprehension (Prose and Poetry).

For the ten Achievers Section questions, Class 1 children meet these topics again as Higher Order Thinking Questions.

The Class 1 paper is longer than in KG, with 35 questions to answer in 60 minutes and 45 marks in all. Twenty-five English Language questions are worth a mark apiece, and each of the 10 Achievers questions is worth two. Level 2 keeps the same layout, and wrong answers cost nothing. When a spelling looks doubtful, the Oxford Learner's Dictionary is the reference CREST goes by.

The exam dates for CREST English Olympiad (CEO) for Class 1 for the Academic year 2026-27 are as given below:

Note: Check Olympiad exam dates for other CREST Olympiads subjects as well.

The exam fee is INR 275 for students studying and enrolling from India. For students studying and residing outside of India, the fee is USD 15.

Plan on 20 minutes a day, four days a week, for about six weeks. Your child is still assisted in the exam, so prepare the way you will sit on the day: side by side.

Turn the topics into games. Jumble the letters of "frog" or "milk" and race to fix them. Play odd one out with three fruits and a spoon. Match animals with their babies and sounds: the cow and its calf, the dog and its puppy, the hen that clucks. Spot nouns and verbs in a picture book ("the boy kicks the ball"). Swap names for he, she and they. Read a four-line poem and ask two questions about it.

When the games are going well, bring out the class 1 English Olympiad sample papers, and later last year's paper. Mark the questions your child found hard and come back to that topic two days later.

On exam day there are 35 questions in an hour, a little over a minute and a half each. Do one full paper at the computer in a single sitting, with the webcam on, and take the free practice test once. The Class 1 CREST English workbook in the table below has topic-wise practice, and Olympiad Success, CREST's official preparation partner, offers class 1 English Olympiad worksheets and mock tests online.

The class 1 English Olympiad cut-off & rankings are made public on the official website of CREST Olympiads after the successful completion of all the Olympiad exams. The cutoff can also be viewed on the students’ dashboard as well. The cutoff is released for setting a minimum marking criteria to analyze passing and failing students. Students can get a complete understanding of the cutoff criteria on the website.

The class 1 English Olympiad answer key is a one-of-a-kind technique for participants to guess their scores ahead of time. Answer keys are always released by CREST Olympiads within one week of the actual examination. The dates for the answer keys can be found on the exam schedule page of the website. Students can check the answer keys by going to the dashboard.

Expect the Class 1 English Olympiad scores to go live roughly four weeks after the last answer key date, and use your registration details on the CREST Olympiads website to open them.

Since a parent or teacher assists in the exam, CREST gives no ranks in Class 1. In Level 1, the line to watch is 60%: more than that and your child qualifies for Level 2. Children who reach the 60% mark in Level 2 are awarded the Star Medal and a Merit Certificate, while every other participant can download a Digital Participation Certificate.

Next year is different. From Class 2, children sit the exam on their own and are ranked by zone and internationally, so a good Class 1 result is a useful warm-up for that change.

a. Students scoring above 60% in Level 2 will be awarded a Star Medal along with a Merit Certificate.
b. Other participants will receive a Digital Participation Certificate, accessible through their dashboard.
c. No ranking system is followed for students of Classes KG and 1.
d. Check Olympiad Awards & Prizes in detail now.

1. How to prepare for class 1 English Olympiad?

Olympiad Success is the right choice for your kids' English Olympiad preparation. You can get access to LIVE classes, study materials, practice on sample papers, access to topic-wise & mock tests and much more. The classes help students to build stronger concepts & are taken by top-notch course providers. Check online English Olympiad classes offered by Olympiad Success now.

CREST English Workbook is equally helpful in preparation & is available at a very minimal cost. You can also purchase CREST English Workbook for class 1.

2. What is the significance of the English Olympiad exams for Class 1?

Olympiad exams are competitive tests that assess the students’ knowledge and enhance their command of the English language, helping them improve their speaking and writing skills.

Since English is a worldwide spoken language, having good fluency from an early age is necessary. The international CREST English Olympiad works best for boosting kids' English proficiency.

3. My daughter is studying in class 1 and wants to participate in the English Olympiad examination through school. How can I register?

Students can collect the prospectus containing the registration forms from their respective schools that are sent by CREST Olympiads (World’s Most Innovative & Largest Online Olympiad Exam).

If your school is not registered with CREST Olympiads, then please send an email to info@crestolympiads.com and we will send you the prospectus soon.

4. What are the aims and objectives of the English Olympiad for class 1?

CREST English Olympiad aims to assess the knowledge of students in English grammar, literature and vocabulary at the national and international levels. The objective of this exam is to identify young talent.

5. What are the topics covered by the English Olympiad class 1?

The class 1 English Olympiad competition covers the following topics:

Section 1: Jumbled Letters, Words: Their Meanings and Opposites, Identify the Word From the Picture, Making a Word, Feminine and Masculine, One and Many, Word Pairs, Odd One Out, Animals: Their Babies, Sounds and Groups, Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Conjunctions, Articles, Prepositions, Adjectives, Basic Tenses, Punctuation, Comprehension (Prose and Poetry).

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