English Olympiad for Class 8

Class 8 students need language confidence, and this exam provides exactly that. CREST Olympiads conducts online English Olympiad exam for students. The exam intends to improve the kids' English language skills, like grammar, spelling, sentence structure, vocabulary, and much more.

CREST is an online platform for Olympiad exams that align with the school syllabus with some advanced level of language proficianry at the Global level. Start the board preparation and secure academic future today!

a. You choose your own exam slot. A Class 8 testimonial calls this unique, since students get to decide when they take the test. Book at least 2 days before; changing a booked slot later costs Rs. 40.

b. The English Olympiad for class 8 accepts students from any country, whether their school follows CBSE, ICSE, IB or some other recognised board. Students from 6000+ schools take CREST Olympiads.

c. No school enrolment? Register individually online instead.

d. It is a home exam, online and proctored through your webcam. Work alone, on any laptop, desktop or tablet with more than 11.5 inches of screen; the exam will not run on a phone.

e. For Class 8 the English Olympiad runs in two stages, Level 1 and Level 2. Finishing in the top 55.56% of Class 8 in Level 1 is the main way into Level 2. The other way is through your school: where more than 25 students from one school sit Class 8, the three highest scorers among those registered by the school go through as well.

1. Grammar at phrase level. Class 8 introduces Prepositional Phrases, Participle Phrases, Determiners and Question Tags, the finer points that separate correct English from polished English.

2. Grown-up reading. Information retrieval in Class 8 uses news reports, blurbs, dictionary entries, instruction manuals, editorials and essays.

3. Less rote learning. One Class 8 testimonial points out that memorised answers do not get you far: the questions check concepts and ask you to apply them, which builds analytical and critical thinking.

4. An early look at competition. For students about to step into competitive exams, says one Class 8 reviewer, CREST offers a first view of that world and an honest read of their own level.

International English Olympiad registration for class 8 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 8 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.

Class 8 adds finer grammar. Compared with Class 7, Proverbs, Prepositional Phrases, Participle Phrases, Determiners, Jumbled Words and Question Tags are new. Modals and Word Order are not in the Class 8 list, and Spellings now appears only inside Analogies and Spellings. Reading questions use news reports, blurbs, dictionaries, instruction manuals, editorials and essays, and the expressions now include expressing surprise and pronunciation.

The Class 8 English Olympiad syllabus sets out all twenty-eight topics:

• 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.)

Then comes the Achievers Section, whose Higher Order Thinking Questions use those same twenty-eight topics.

Format: a one-hour paper of 50 questions, worth 60 marks in all. The English Language section has 40 one-mark questions and the Achievers Section 10 two-mark questions. Level 2 mirrors it, and marks are never taken off for mistakes. CREST settles spelling and meaning questions with the Oxford Learner's Dictionary.

The exam dates for CREST English Olympiad (CEO) for Class 8 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.

Start about two months ahead with five sessions a week of 45 minutes to an hour. Split each week between grammar, vocabulary and reading.

The new grammar needs focused practice. Write ten question tags a day ("You are coming, aren't you?"). Underline prepositional and participle phrases in a newspaper article. Sort determiners (each, every, few, a little) into rules you can explain. Learn proverbs in pairs with their meanings. For reading, skim an editorial for its main argument, then scan an instruction manual for a single fact.

With the grammar drilled, take on the class 8 English Olympiad sample papers, followed by last year's paper. The 2019-20 International Rank 1 holder in the Class 8 English Olympiad gave equal weight to theory and to solving problems. The order was basics, then theory, then past papers, on a strict daily routine with 15-minute breaks (see the Hall of Fame profile).

The clock gives you 72 seconds a question across the 50 questions of the hour. In the final two weeks, do full timed papers and take the free trial test.

The CREST English workbook covers the topics chapter by chapter. Olympiad Success, CREST's official preparation partner, keeps further material on its Olympiad trainer website.

Keep a running error log through these weeks. Every time a question tag, a determiner or a proverb catches you out, write the correct version down and read the list again the night before the exam.

Following the completion of the English Olympiad, the cut-off is announced. The cut-off is a set of minimum marks that students must get in order to pass the exam. Students who achieve a score equal to or more than the published cutoff are regarded to have passed the exam. Students can access the official website to learn more about the class 8 English cut-off & rankings.

CREST Olympiads has made guessing the score before the actual results easy by preparing an answer key list that is released after the actual examination. This answer key offers students with the correct answers to the questions asked in the English Olympiad for class 8. The answer key by CREST Olympiads is generally out within one week of the test. These answer key dates are easily available on the website’s exam schedule page.

Around a month after the last answer key date, the class 8 English Olympiad results are posted, and you will find yours by signing in with your registered details and opening the Results page inside Performance.

Level 1 is about qualifying. Make the cut-off and you sit Level 2, whose score decides medals and rank.

Gold is earned at the 96th percentile or higher, and also by any zonal rank of 10 or better. Silver is for 93 to 96 and bronze for 90 to 93. Finish first, second or third internationally and there is a trophy as well. Ranks are given in five zones, East, West, North, South and International, and every country outside India falls in the International zone.

If a score looks wrong, check the answer key on its fixed dates and challenge the answer before final results. And keep a note of this year's marks; looking back at them in Class 9 or 10 shows how far your English has come.

a. Awards for the Class 8 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. Are there any preparation material available for the class 8 Olympiad of English exam?

Students of class 8 can purchase the CREST English Workbook designed by top-notch course providers to have a thorough understanding of the concepts. The workbook is equally helpful to practice topic-wise questions.

Alternatively, students can check the Olympiad Success website for online LIVE Olympiad preparation classes.

3. What are the major benefits of participating in the class 8 Olympiad of English exams?

English Olympiad exams for class 8 encourage kids to focus on a more wide area of questions. One of the best advantages is that it gives young students confidence from an early age to participate and compete at national & international level competitions.

4. My daughter has recently given the class 8 English Olympiad examination. How can I access her result?

To view class 8 CREST English Olympiad results you have to first login with your credentials on https://www.crestolympiads.com/login

Then go to the Dashboard -> Performance -> Results -> Select CEO > Select CEO Level 1/CEO Level 2 & result page will show up.

5. Whom should I contact for queries related to English Olympiad exams for class 8?

For any query related to the English Olympiad exams for class 8, use the below details to get resolved.

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