English Olympiad for Class 5

Class 5 students face increasing academic demands, and strong English helps everywhere! The CREST English Olympiad Exam is a complete language proficiency test. By preparing for this competitive exam, students get grammar perfection, writing skills, and reading comprehension. Apart from this, Medals and trophies for achievers, certificates for all.

CREST Olympiads organizes English Olympiad at the international level for class 5. 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. Register for the English Olympiad for class 5 through your school, or individually on the CREST website.

b. Your school can be on any recognised board, such as CBSE, ICSE, IB or a State Board. International participants are welcome too.

c. The English Olympiad for class 5 has a Level 1 and a Level 2. Level 2 takes the top 55.56% of Class 5 students from Level 1, and also the leading 3 school-registered students of any school entering more than 25 in Class 5.

d. You sit the exam alone at home. The webcam watches the whole session, so keep your face in view and keep phones, calculators and other devices away.

e. Device check: a laptop, desktop or tablet with a screen larger than 11.5 inches (Windows 8 or above, a Mac or an iPad, but not a phone), a webcam, a stable internet connection and the most recent Google Chrome (Edge or Firefox will do too; Safari is not supported). Slots must be booked at least 2 days ahead.

1. Idioms and phrasal verbs. Class 5 adds both to the list, and they are exactly the bits of English that make reading feel natural. "Look after", "give up" and "a piece of cake" stop being puzzles.

2. A first go at voice and reported speech. Active-Passive Voice and Reported Speech join the Class 5 list, two topics that teach children to rewrite a sentence without changing its meaning.

3. Familiar topics, bent a little. A Class 5 testimonial singles out one thing for praise: the questions belong to the same class, but each one comes with a slight twist.

4. A clear benchmark. The paper grows to 50 questions this year, and ranks are given by zone and internationally, so students can see how their English compares with peers from 60+ countries.

International English Olympiad registration for class 5 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 5 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 webcam and a good internet facility. Use a laptop, desktop or tablet with a screen larger than 11.5 inches: a Windows computer or tablet running Windows 8 or above, a Mac, or an iPad. Phones cannot be used. Use the latest version of Google Chrome (Edge or Firefox also work); the exam cannot be taken on the Safari browser. The exam is monitored through a webcam.

Class 5 is a big step. Compared with Class 4, Idioms, Homonyms and Homophones, Phrasal Verbs, Active-Passive Voice and Reported Speech are new. Reading questions now draw on news headlines, letters, news reports and menu cards, and on situations such as requests, refusals and apologies. Synonyms, Antonyms, Contractions, Jumbled Words, Basic Questions and the Spoken and Written Expressions topic are not in the Class 5 list.

Below is Section 1 as the class 5 English Olympiad syllabus gives it, topic by topic:

• Spellings
• Collocations
• Idioms
• Homonyms and Homophones
• Words (Related to Feelings, Travel, Food, Health, Appearance, Character, etc.)
• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Verbs
• Phrasal Verbs
• Adverbs
• Adjectives
• Articles
• Prepositions
• Punctuation
• Tenses
• Active-Passive Voice
• Reported Speech
• Information Retrieval from Various Text (News Headlines, Messages, Letters, News Reports, Time-tables, Messages, etc.), from Specific Short Texts (Messages, Menu Card, Dialogues etc.), from Situation Based Texts (Requests, Refusals, Apologies, etc.)
• Conjunctions

Achievers Section: ten Higher Order Thinking Questions, two marks apiece, all set within the Class 5 topics above.

This is the year the paper grows to 50 questions, still in 60 minutes but now worth 60 marks, because 40 English Language questions earn 1 mark each and the 10 Achievers questions earn 2. Level 2 is identical, and a wrong answer simply earns nothing.

The exam dates for CREST English Olympiad (CEO) for Class 5 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.

With the paper now 50 questions long, Class 5 needs a steadier plan: eight weeks, 30 to 40 minutes a session, five days a week. Most of it you can manage yourself, with a parent checking in once a week.

Start with the new topics. Collect ten idioms and ten phrasal verbs a week and use each one in a sentence of your own. Change sentences from active to passive ("The dog chased the cat" becomes "The cat was chased by the dog") and turn a dialogue into reported speech. Read one newspaper headline each morning and say what the full story is probably about. Look at a restaurant menu and answer quick questions on prices and dishes.

Then solve the class 5 English Olympiad sample papers, followed by the previous year paper from the table below. A Class 5 participant who reached International Rank 1 in the English Olympiad in 2019-20 is profiled on the CREST Hall of Fame.

Timing changes this year. You get 72 seconds per question (50 in 60 minutes), noticeably less than the 1 minute 43 seconds of Class 4. A Class 5 review on the testimonials page praises the questions and calls the time limit nice, so the pace is workable with practice. Do at least three full timed papers and the free practice test.

Use the Class 5 workbook from CREST (in the table) for topic practice. CREST lists Olympiad Success as its official preparation partner, and its class 5 English Olympiad worksheets are sold alongside Level 1 mock tests.

The class 5 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 5 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 on the answer key dates, which can be found on the exam schedule page of the website. Students can check the answer keys by going to the dashboard.

Class 5 Level 1 results usually follow within 10 days of the last Level 1 answer key date, and Level 2 results within a month of the last Level 2 answer key date, on the dashboard you open with your registered login.

First, though, the answer key comes out. It can be viewed only on fixed dates, and not afterwards, so check it on time. Spot an answer you disagree with? Raise a challenge on the answer key page; it costs Rs. 125. CREST's Academic Council reviews each challenge, and a correct one gets the fee back plus 50 reward points.

Clear the Level 1 cut-off and Level 2 decides the awards. A Level 2 percentile of 96+ (or a zonal rank in the top 10) means gold, 93 up to 96 silver, and 90 up to 93 bronze. Every Level 2 qualifier whose marks are not in the bottom 10% receives at least an Honourable Mention digital certificate.

a. Awards for the Class 5 CREST English Olympiad (CEO) are based on the Level 2 exam.

b. International Ranks 1 to 3 in each class receive an Achiever's Trophy and a Merit Certificate.

c. A Gold Medal and a Merit Certificate go to every student at the 96th percentile or above, every student with a zonal rank of 10 or less, and the top 3 school-registered students of each school that has more than 25 students in the class.

d. Students between the 93rd and 96th percentile receive a Silver Medal, and those between the 90th and 93rd percentile a Bronze Medal, each with a Merit Certificate.

e. The top 25% of students receive a Merit Certificate.

f. Students in the top 25% to 50% receive an 'Honourable Mention' Digital Certificate.

g. Every student who qualifies for Level 2 and whose Level 2 marks are not in the bottom 10% receives at least an 'Honourable Mention' Digital Certificate.

h. A student who meets two or more of these criteria receives the higher award. All awards are delivered to the school or home address given at registration.

i. Every online participant receives a Digital Participation Certificate in their dashboard.

j. Check Olympiad Awards & Prizes in detail now.

1. In how many sections is the class 5 English Olympiad syllabus divided?

The CREST English Olympiad (CEO) class 5 examination is divided into two sections namely:

Section-1: English Language
Section-2: Achievers Section

2. What is the exam pattern of the class 5 English Olympiad?

The CREST English Olympiad (CEO) examination for students of class 5 is conducted in two levels. The exam is an objective-type test that the students need to complete in 60 minutes.

3. How can I check my result for the class 5 English Olympiad?

To view Level 1 & Level 2 results of CREST English Olympiad for grade 5:

a. Login with your credentials on https://www.crestolympiads.com/login
b. Go to Dashboard -> Performance -> Results -> Select CEO > Select CEO Level 1/CEO Level 2 & result page will show up.

4. What are the best reference books for the class 5 English Olympiad?

Students can refer below books for class 5 English Olympiad preparation -

a. CREST English Olympiad Grade 5 Workbook by CREST Olympiads

5. Whom should I contact for queries related to English Olympiad exams for class 5?

For any query related to the English Olympiad exams for class 5, use the below details to get resolved.

CREST Olympiads contact number: +91-98182-94134
CREST Olympiads email: info@crestolympiads.com