CREST International Spell Bee - Summer Class 1 Previous Year Paper

Is your child participating in the Class 1 Spell Bee Summer Olympiad? Practising with previous year papers is a very effective way to improve spelling, phonics and word recognition at an early age.

Why Use Previous Year Papers?

• Multiple sections: Spell-o-Spell, Word Connection and Picture Speak etc.
• Boosts vocabulary, listening skills, and word recall in a playful way.
• Familiarises children with the format of Spell Bee competitions.

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Syllabus:

Level 1: For Level 1, about 80% of questions will come from the word list below.
Level 2: If you reach Level 2, then we believe that you are really good with your spellings. Hence, we are not providing any word list for the Level 2 exam. We would love to see you compete with your peers across India and abroad, and give a brilliant performance.

Section 1: Spell Bee Competition Words for Class 1

Variety of questions based on the following word list. Question formats are explained in the Spell Bee marking scheme.

Animals: alligator, badger, bear, bison, bull, camel, crab, deer, donkey, elephant, fish, frog, goat, hedgehog, horse, hyena, impala, koala, lion, meerkat, monkey, mouse, ox, panther, porcupine, rabbit, shark, sheep, snail, tiger, turtle, wolf, yak, zebra

Birds: crane, crow, dove, duck, eagle, falcon, finch, goose, gull, lark, owl, parrot, peacock, pigeon, seagull, sparrow, swan, turkey

Animals - Homes, Young Ones, Sound: bear-cub, bee-buzz, buffalo-grunt, camel-desert, cat-kitten, cow-calf, crow-caw, deer-fawn, horse-foal, frog-croak, horse-colt, rabbit-hutch, lion-roar, mouse-burrow, parrot-cage, pigeon-coo, cat-purr, sheep-baa

Colours: black, blue, brown, cyan, green, indigo, orange, pink, purple, scarlet, violet, white, yellow

Body Parts: ankle, arm, beard, cheek, chest, chin, ear, finger, hair, hand, knee, mouth, nail, neck, nose, skull, spine, teeth, thigh, tongue, tooth

Food Items: beetroot, biscuit, bread, butter, carrot, cheese, chilli, chocolate, corn, guava, loaf, lunch, maize, milk, pasta, potato, rice, salad, salt, sandwich, sauce, soup, sugar, tea, tomato

Household Items: bowl, chair, clock, cooker, flask, glass, glue, hammer, hanger, heater, iron, kitchen, lamp, mirror, napkin, needle, plate, sofa, spoon, table, teacup, towel

Occupation: actor, artist, baker, cook, dancer, dentist, doctor, driver, farmer, firefighter, nurse, painter, pilot, policeman, postman, potter, sailor, singer, soldier, tailor, teacher, waiter, writer

Relationships: aunt, brother, child, daddy, father, mother, parent, sister, son, uncle, wife

Trees/Plants/Flowers/Fruits: apple, avocado, bamboo, banana, banyan, berry, blackberry, coconut, cotton, grain, grape, grass, lemon, lily, lotus, mango, maple, marigold, oak, olive, orange, palm, papaya, pine, rose, thorn, watermelon

Clothing: belt, boot, coat, frock, gown, jeans, jumper, raincoat, sandal, shirt, shoe, shorts, slipper, suit, tie

Science: aeroplane, air, animal, branch, climate, cloth, cloud, drain, flower, gas, heat, jungle, leaf, liquid, moon, natural, nature, nest, pencil, people, plant, rain, rainbow, rock, root, sand, school, season, sky, snow, solid, star, stem, volcano, wind

Adjectives: active, afraid, amazed, angry, annoyed, beautiful, bitter, blind, bored, brave, bright, broad, busy, calm, careless, cheap, cheerful, chief, clean, clever, cold, cruel, cute, daily, different, dull, empty, evil, favourite, flat, foolish, frozen, furry, gentle, giant, giggle, glad, golden, greedy, healthy, helpful, honest, huge, hungry, joyful, kind, little, local, lonely, loud, naughty, nervous, pretty, proud, quick, quiet, ripe, sharp, silly, smooth, snowy, stray, tall, tasty, thirsty, tired, unable, warm, wrong, young

Verbs: accept, admit, advise, aim, allow, attach, attack, attempt, attend, avoid, bake, bark, bathe, begin, believe, bleed, block, bring, brook, carry, catch, change, check, cheer, clap, click, climb, confirm, continue, crawl, create, cross, dance, decorate, define, demand, describe, destroy, display, draw, dream, drink, enjoy, explain, fight, finish, float, forget, forgive, fumble, gargle, glide, grow, guess, happen, hike, imagine, inspect, jump, keep, laugh, lean, learn, listen, need, play, pretend, read, recite, release, reply, reveal, ride, rumble, scream, shake, share, shout, sing, sleep, sniff, stand, stick, stitch, study, suggest, swim, swing, talk, teach, thank, throw, trick, trouble, understand, wake, walk, watch, whisper, wiggle, wipe, wish, write, yawn, yell

Synonyms: afraid-scared, big-large, blank-empty, calm-silent, crawl-move, create-build, giant-huge-large, hide-cover, learn-study, lively-energetic, merry-happy, messy-dirty, pretty-beautiful, same-alike, shut-close, sleepy-drowsy, wash-clean

Antonyms: above-below, good-bad, big-small, brave-fearful, clean-dirty, clever-foolish, continue-stop, dark-bright, empty-full, false-true, happy-sad, in-out, joy-sorrow, late-early, laugh-cry, listen-ignore, poor-rich, quick-slow, quiet-noisy, slow-fast, strange-usual, tiny-huge, up-down, warm-cold

Double Letter Words: balloon, beep, bell, breeze, cell, coffee, doll, door, feel, food, hobby, kitten, letter, marry, merry, middle, pattern, puzzle, ribbon, riddle, ripple, scissors, speech, summer, toffee, tool, tree, umbrella, wheel

Nouns: ability, abroad, accident, account, action, activity, aircraft, alarm, album, amount, anger, animal, athlete, award, bamboo, band, banker, barber, barge, basket, battery, beach, beauty, bicycle, bike, blanket, blood, boat, bottom, bowl, brain, branch, brand, brass, bubble, bucket, bunch, cabin, camera, cancel, capital, caravan, cart, cave, chain, chance, channel, charm, chart, circus, cliff, cloud, cone, correct, couch, country, crate, crowd, crown, dairy, dark, dawn, dental, desk, dice, doe, dolphin, doubt, dragon, dress, drum, emperor, exam, fabric, factory, fame, family, farm, feather, feeling, flag, flame, flight, floor, flour, fork, frame, future, gallery, garlic, gentleman, giggle, ground, health, hike, holiday, homework, hook, horse, hotel, joke, kettle, kick, king, kite, lake, lemonade, mare, metro, minute, mixture, morning, muffin, mule, nature, niece, nurse, opera, origin, overnight, owner, paper, parent, party, pebble, people, plane, playtime, plot, pocket, poem, poet, pollution, pond, power, prank, present, preview, prince, quiz, remark, result, ribbon, rickshaw, riddle, rider, safety, scoop, scooter, seal, secret, shade, ship, skate, skateboard, skirt, slice, sloth, spring, storm, story, stunt, switch, target, tennis, tomorrow, town, train, trolley, trunk, twist, unicycle, whistle, wrist

Miscellaneous: actually, ahead, always, anyone, anywhere, April, August, away, before, December, eighteen, eleven, everywhere, February, fifteen, five, four, fourteen, Friday, hardly, January, July, June, just, Monday, nine, November, October, outside, right, Saturday, September, seven, seventeen, sixteen, someone, Sunday, thirteen, three, Thursday, true, Tuesday, twenty, welcome

Upto 20% of the questions may have words outside of the above list. For any improvements or suggestions, do write to us at info@crestolympiads.com.

Please note: All spelling for the test will follow British English conventions. The Oxford Learner's Dictionary will be used as the primary reference for both spellings and meanings. If a word is not found in this dictionary, it will be considered non-existent for the purposes of the test.

Previous Year Paper Marking Scheme

Previous Year Questions

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Q.1	Find the extra letter in the word: nervouse
	a) o		b) u
	c) e		d) v

Q.2	Select the correct spelling for the image:
	a) sandvich		b) sandwich
	c) sendwich		d) sandwhich

Q.3	Select the feminine form of the word: gentleman
	a) woman		b) female
	c) girl		d) lady

Q.4	Find the extra letter in the word: bottlee
	a) e		b) t
	c) o		d) b

Q.5	Find the misspelt word in the sentence: Our cow gave birth to a caf this morning.
	a) morning		b) caf
	c) birth		d) cow

Q.6	Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters: ekonmy
	a) moneky		b) monkye
	c) monkey		d) menkoy

Q.7	Complete the word sequence: letter, word, sentence, ___________
	a) line		b) paragraph
	c) essay		d) poem

Q.8	Find the misspelt word in the sentence: The baby is crauling across the floor.
	a) floor		b) crauling
	c) across		d) baby

Q.9	Select the correct spelling for the image:
	a) elephant		b) eleiphant
	c) eliphant		d) eleephant

Q.10	Choose the correctly spelt word:
	a) katerpiller		b) caterpillar
	c) caterpilar		d) katerpillar

Your Score: 0/10

Additional Preparation Resource

1. CREST International Spell Bee (Summer) competition Worksheets Package for class 1 - It is a package of 5 worksheets. The worksheets are in the same pattern as the previous year paper. Hence, very useful for preparation. Existing users can purchase additional practice worksheets by following these steps: Login at https://www.crestolympiads.com/login -> Dashboard -> Additional Practice -> Buy & new users can visit https://www.crestolympiads.com/registration

Note: Don’t forget to download the CREST Spell Bee (Summer) competition past year paper pdf for class 1.