CREST International Spell Bee - Summer Class 5 Sample Paper

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Highlights of the Class 5 Spell Bee Sample Paper:

• Well-chosen words and spelling challenges for Class 5 students
• Focus on prefixes, suffixes, homophones, and tricky spellings
• Boosts confidence for Spell Bee competitions and school tests

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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

Sample Questions

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Q.1	Choose the antonym of the given word: abdicate
	a) retain		b) abandon
	c) relinquish		d) vacate

Q.2	Choose the correct synonym of the given word: compassion
	a) sympathy		b) dull
	c) enthusiasm		d) tyranny

Q.3	Find the number of correctly spelt words: discribe, clown, hybiscus, substraction, meterial, greating
	a) 3		b) 1
	c) 2		d) 4

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

Q.5	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.6	Choose the antonym of the given word: reluctant
	a) torment		b) grudging
	c) unenthusiastic		d) willing

Q.7	Find the extra letter in the word: appetitte
	a) p		b) e
	c) i		d) t

Q.8	Choose the correct prefix to form a meaningful word: dermis
	a) epi		b) hyper
	c) epo		d) non

Q.9	Choose the antonym of the given word: antiquated
	a) outdated		b) obsolete
	c) archaic		d) modern

Q.10	Find the number of misspelt words: jelous, programme, approppriate, belief, goemetry, convinient
	a) 5		b) 4
	c) 6		d) 3

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