CREST International Spell Bee - Summer Class 5 Previous Year Paper

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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 5

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

STEM Words: appliance, astronomy, astrophysics, atmosphere, celestial, cosmic, cosmology, cosmonaut, degradation, denominator, density, erosion, extinct, gadget, glacier, gravitation, hypothesis, joystick, landscape, livelihood, loam, magma, membrane, microscope, neutron, numerator, organism, oxygen, percentage, planetarium, revolution, species, toxic, visual, wildlife

Household Items: blender, ceiling, conditioner, crockery, freezer, geyser, microwave, radiator, refrigerator, utensil

Agriculture: bale, biofuel, breeding, decomposition, domestication, drought, fodder, furrow, gardening, granary, harvest, hectare, hedgerow, insecticide, irrigate, millet, peasant, plantation, poultry, textile

Government Affairs: allegiance, article, ballot, bureaucrat, cabinet, candidacy, census, chronicle, chronology, constitution, consulate, council, dominion, judiciary, legislative, liberty, ministry, parliament, president, procedure, referendum, resemble, strategy

Occupation: accountant, architect, assistant, auctioneer, beautician, chauffeur, comedian, curator, historian, interpreter, journalist, lifeguard, musician, navigator, performer, referee

Words from Diary of a Wimpy Kid: bouquet, brace, catalogue, complicate, considerate, disappoint, dismantle, embarrass, extinguisher, journal, popularity, ridiculous, scramble, scratch

Prefix: anti(biotic), anti(dote), de(frost), de(value), dis(allow), dis(comfort), dis(connect), dis(cord), dis(cover), dis(locate), dis(satisfied), fore(tell), il(legal), il(logical), im(mature), im(perfect), im(possible), in(terim), in(vention), ir(responsible), mono(chrome), mono(tone), pre(determine), pre(fix), re(affirm), re(appear), re(turn), semi(circle), super(star), trans(atlantic), trans(port), un(broken), un(pleasant), un(tangle), un(wrap)

Suffix (able, age, al, ant, ate, cy, en, ful, ian, ic, ion): accept(able), prevent(able), break(age), percent(age), pilgrim(age), wreck(age), nature(al), vigil(ant), affection(ate), accurate(cy), candidate(cy), curren(cy), strength(en), tight(en), hast(en), wonder(ful), thought(ful), library(ian), magic(ian), metall(ic), alcohol(ic), workahol(ic), create(ion), narrate(ion), care(fully), prob(ably), advertise(ment), assess(ment), assign(ment), assist(ant), adapta(tion), valid(ity), conspire(acy), adequ(acy), fall(acy), deni(al), remedy(al), tri(al), enorm(ity), abnormal(lity), accountabi(lity), extreme(ity), companion(ship)

Adjectives: abnormal, acceptable, adjacent, adoring, affectionate, ambitious, analytical, apparent, appreciative, apprehensive, approximate, artistic, assertive, athletic, bankrupt, bashful, benevolent, bereft, biodegradable, blissful, boisterous, bountiful, bridal, brisk, budgetary, cautious, challenging, collaborative, colossal, colourful, commercial, compassionate, compatible, competitive, comprehensive, compulsive, compulsory, confident, conservative, constant, contagious, contemporary, contented, contrary, controversial, convenient, corporate, cosmic, courageous, courteous, crucial, cynical, decisive, defiant, desperate, devout, diffident, digital, disposable, dissatisfied, distinct, distinctive, dizzy, dominant, domineering, dreadful, dual, eligible, elite, elusive, embarrassed, emotional, endangered, entangled, equivalent, ethnic, excellent, excitable, extinct, famished, faulty, feeble, ferocious, festive, frightened, frightening, frustrated, gaudy, generous, gigantic, gleeful, grateful, gregarious, gullible, hazy, hearty, herbal, hilarious, horrifying, humdrum, illogical, imaginary, immature, immense, impatient, imperative, imperfect, impressive, inappropriate, incredible, independent, industrious, inexpensive, intricate, intrinsic, irresponsible, lenient, luxurious, medicinal, mediocre, metallic, miniature, miserable, monochrome, mournful, muscular, negligent, new, nonchalant, numerous, obsolete, offended, opaque, original, particular, passionate, patriotic, placid, plausible, portable, preventable, primitive, progressive, prosperous, radical, reliable, remarkable, remedial, respective, satisfactory, secondary, senseless, shrewd, slender, societal, sole, southern, speechless, squalid, stern, sustainable, technical, thoughtful, thrifty, tolerable, transatlantic, transparent, unbroken, uneasy, unique, unpleasant, valiant, verbose, vigilant, virtual, visual, volcanic, voluntary, weird

Adverbs: aloud, furthermore, probably, sometimes

Nouns: abnormality, accent, accountability, accuracy, adaptation, adequacy, administration, advertisement, alliance, allusion, amenity, amusement, analyst, annoyance, antibody, antidote, antiseptic, appetite, architecture, assertion, assessment, assignment, atmosphere, attendance, aubergine, aural, avalanche, bacterium, badge, banquet, biology, blizzard, blockade, botany, boyhood, breakage, bridle, bristle, broccoli, brochure, bruise, bully, bureau, butcher, campaign, capitalist, captain, career, cathedral, ceremony, chancellor, character, cheekbone, clarity, closure, cluster, collision, companion, companionship, comparison, competitor, completion, complexity, compost, compressor, compulsion, comrade, concept, conference, confession, conjunction, conscience, constitution, construction, convention, conversion, corridor, courtesy, creation, criterion, cultivation, curfew, currency, dearth, decade, dedication, deer, default, deficient, definition, delegate, democracy, denial, departure, dessert, destination, digestion, diploma, diplomat, disappointment, disciple, discomfort, discord, discount, discovery, discrepancy, disposition, documentary, dromedary, droplet, dye, economist, edition, eight, embarrassment, emergency, enormity, enthusiasm, equation, eruption, exception, exclamation, existence, expedition, experiment, explanation, extremity, faculty, fallacy, fascination, flora, fraternity, frustration, generation, glare, gratitude, guarantee, guardian, havoc, hospitality, hostility, humidity, humility, hurricane, illustration, immigrant, inclusion, inheritance, injury, institution, intelligence, intermission, isolation, kipper, language, lavender, league, lightning, literacy, livestock, marathon, maturity, mercy, merriment, military, modernity, monarch, monotone, myth, narration, necessity, numeral, nutritionist, occasion, orphan, pamphlet, panel, panic, paradise, pasture, patent, pathogen, pauper, period, personification, phobia, porridge, portrait, possibility, poverty, prefix, premium, president, priority, progress, projection, protection, psychologist, purification, quotation, reference, reign, rejoice, relevance, relief, responsibility, retailer, retention, revolt, royalty, satire, scenery, schedule, scheme, sentiment, separation, sheriff, solicitor, sovereign, specialist, statistics, strategy, streak, substitute, suspicion, tangerine, tendency, territory, thermometer, trail, trailer, transport, trial, understanding, utility, vaccine, validity, variant, weight, wharf, worship, wreckage

Verbs: abandon, abdicate, abhor, accustom, acknowledge, advertise, affirm, amass, amend, assemble, astound, banish, batter, begrudge, behold, belittle, blaze, blister, brighten, browse, cherish, concede, commute, compress, conceal, concoct, condone, contaminate, dazzle, debug, decline, dedicate, deduct, defrost, demolish, detain, devalue, devastate, dictate, disconnect, dislocate, distinguish, diverge, enact, encourage, ensure, entitle, escalate, evade, evaluate, exasperate, express, flourish, foretell, forward, foster, hasten, hinder, illuminate, include, initiate, intrigue, invigilate, mandate, migrate, navigate, nuzzle, possess, preserve, prohibit, provoke, purchase, radiate, reaffirm, reappear, reassure, rehearse, reproach, respond, restrict, sparkle, sponsor, stare, strengthen, surround, swerve, tighten, transfix, untangle, unwrap

Synonyms: admit-confess, affable- cordial, artisan-craftsman, barren-infertile, blunder-error, bruise-injury, insensitive-thoughtless, coarse-rough, congenial- sociable, continue-progress, create-invent, credulous-gullible, crumble-collapse, deceive- bluff, delicious-tasty, depart-leave, elegant-graceful, fascinate-attract, fierce-ferocious, forceful-assertive, grumpy-irritable, humble-respectful, insight-perception, judicious- cautious, lethargy-inertia, mirth-happiness, obedient-respectful, observant-watchful, religious-spiritual, significance-importance, superb-excellent, thrill-excitement

Antonyms: abandon- possess, artificial-natural, ascend-descend, attractive-repulsive, beautiful-ugly, bravery-cowardice, brazen- modest, brighten-fade, broad-narrow, clumsy-graceful, command-assist, copious- sparse, cruel-compassionate, angelic-naughty, frighten-comfort, goodwill-hostility, hinder-allow, imperious- humble, innocence- majestic, miserable- jolly, modesty-vanity, picturesque-unsightly, plump-skinny, plunder-protect, protest-approve, regard-ignore, respect- despise, studious-lethargic, tempt-discourage, tremble-calm

Proverbs: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step, Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, Don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, Every man is the architect of his destiny, To gain something you have to lose something

Compound Words: babysitter, backhand, backstage, backstroke, backtrack, barefoot, basketball, bootlace, caretaker, chairperson, cornflour, counterpart, courtyard, crossover, daredevil, dashboard, drawbridge, eardrum, fingernail, flatmate, gooseberry, grapefruit, roundabout, shopkeeper, spokesperson, successful, underdog, watchmaker

Homonyms & Homophones: accept-except, addition-edition, band-bend, break-brake, cellar-seller, cell-sell, cite-site, fair-fare, mussel-muscle, waist-waste, whole-hole

Words with Silent Letters: align, although, badge, campaign, crescent, gnash, hustle, kneel, knob, psychology, resign, salmon, wreck

Double Letter Words: annul, append, barrel, beginner, cassette, errand, esteem, heed, hull, immune, juggle, luggage, rugged

Evil Words (Words likely to be spelt incorrectly): achievement, acquire, behalf, catastrophe, compassion, component, etiquette, guardian, humorous, isthmus, marriage, mosquito, ninety, ninth, orchestra, quay, rehearsal, repetition, restaurant, sanctuary

Miscellaneous: except, sculpture

Section 2

It's a Rapid Fire section wherein students would be required to listen to audio and write the spellings of the words.

This section will be based on the above-given word list.

Note: The syllabus will also include Word List from Classes 1-4. 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: accommplishment
	a) c		b) m
	c) h		d) i

Q.2	Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: burn the candle at both ends
	a) to waste money		b) to work hard excessively
	c) not in touch with the ground realities		d) try to do something that you are not capable of accomplishing

Q.3	Choose the correct way to represent the given word using phonetic symbols: terminate
	a) /ˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃn/		b) /ɪnˈtəːpəleɪt/
	c) /ˈtəːbɪnət/		d) /ˈtəːmɪneɪt/

Q.4	Complete the proverb: be slow in choosing, but ____________________________
	a) slowest in changing		b) slower in adapting
	c) faster in moving		d) slower in changing

Q.5	Complete the proverb: the early bird ________________________
	a) gets the grain		b) catches the worm
	c) sings the loudest		d) sleeps the longest

Q.6	Choose the correct way to represent the given word using phonetic symbols: despair
	a) /dɪˈmjʊə/		b) /dɪˈspɛː/
	c) /dɪˈplɔː/		d) /dɪsˈbɑː/

Q.7	Choose the correct compound word:
	a) afteraffect		b) gentelman
	c) lendlord		d) beehive

Q.8	Complete the proverb: a bird in the hand is _________________________
	a) worth two on the tree		b) worth two in the bush
	c) worth two in the hand		d) worth three on the tree

Q.9	Find the number of misspelt words: several, nieghbour, strawberry, butterscoch, electrician, grizzel
	a) 2		b) 4
	c) 3		d) 1

Q.10	Find the number of misspelt words: astray, whistle, parade, astonishmant, participate, behaveour
	a) 2		b) 1
	c) 3		d) 4

Your Score: 0/10

Additional Preparation Resource

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Note: Don’t forget to download the CREST International Spell Bee (Summer) competition past year paper pdf for class 5.