CREST International Spell Bee - Summer Syllabus

-at Family: cat, hat, mat, pat, rat, bat

-an Family: can, man, pan, tan, fan, van

-ap Family: cap, gap, lap, map, nap, rap, tap

-ag Family: bag, lag, nag, rag, sag, tag, wag

-et Family: get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, yet

-en Family: den, hen, men, pen, ten

-in Family: bin, fin, pin, tin, win

-it Family: bit, fit, hit, kit, lit, pit, sit

-op Family: hop, mop, pop, top

-ot Family: cot, dot, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot

Sight Words: once, put, some, the, and, for, are, but, had, has, him, his, how, now, one, our, see, two, way, what, which, who, why, you, all, any, ask, did, her, may, off, old, say, she, was

Common Nouns (Things & Animals): ant, bee, book, bug, bun, cow, cub, dam, dog, fox, gut, ham, hut, jam, nut, pig, pug, pup, ram, rug, sun, toy, bed, box, car, cup, egg, eye, gum, leg, yam

Common Verbs (Actions): cry, cut, dig, eat, fly, go, hug, jog, run, tug, want

Pronouns & Determiners: a, an, my, your

Prepositions & Conjunctions: in, on, out, up

Adjectives (Describing Words): big, fun, new, red, sad, shy, six

Numbers: one, two, six

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.

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.

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 2

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

Animals: buffalo, cheetah, chimpanzee, giraffe, gorilla, hare, hippopotamus, hound, jackal, jaguar, kangaroo, leopard, lizard, lobster, octopus, panda, pony, seahorse, snake, squirrel, starfish, tortoise, walrus, whale

Birds: canary, hornbill, hummingbird, kingfisher, kiwi, magpie, ostrich, penguin, quail, robin, vulture, woodpecker, wren

Insects: beetle, butterfly, caterpillar, cockroach, grasshopper, honeybee, hornet, housefly, locust, spider, wasp, worm

Animals - Homes, Young Ones, Sound: cow-barn, bear-growl, cow-moo, dog-bark, donkey-bray, duck-quack, elephant-trumpet, fox-cub, goat-bleat, goose-gosling, horse-neigh, horse-stable, lion-cave, monkey-infant, mouse-squeak, owl-owlet, pig-grunt, sheep-lamb, sheep-shed

Body Parts: calf, claw, elbow, eyebrow, eyelash, foot, forehead, heart, heel, jaw, nostril, rib, shoulder, stomach, toe, wing

Relationships: classmate, cousin, daughter, grandchild, granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, grandson, husband

Food Items: burger, cabbage, cereal, cupcake, doughnut, honey, icing, jelly, juice, meatball, milkshake, mustard, nutmeg, omelette, pancake, pastry, peanut, pepper, pumpkin, scone, spice, spinach, syrup, vanilla, vinegar, waffle, wheat

Trees/Plants/Flowers/Fruits: blueberry, cedar, daisy, hazel, jasmine, peach, pear, pineapple, pomegranate, raspberry, strawberry, sunflower, tulip

Clothing: blouse, bracelet, collar, gloves, headband, helmet, jacket, jumpsuit, leggings, mittens, nightdress, overcoat, pyjamas, scarf, stockings, sweater, sweatshirt, trousers, tunic, uniform, vest

Everyday Items: armchair, arrow, basin, bedspread, bench, bookmark, breakfast, brick, brush, building, candle, carpet, carriage, chalk, crayon, detergent, doormat, drawer, dustbin, folder, fridge, handkerchief, highlighter, ink, lampshade, lantern, loaf, locker, marker, oven, packet, picture, pillowcase, plank, plug, prize, quilt, remote, satchel, saucepan, sharpener, shelf, shower, sink, soap, spade, sponge, stack, stamp, stapler, sticker, stool, tram, wardrobe, water, workbook, wristwatch

Our Environment: clown, coral, court, crew, drizzle, field, frost, game, garden, hill, iceberg, lawn, litter, magic, market, mist, ozone, park, place, river, sandstorm, scrap, sea, seaweed, shadow, shape, shell, shower, smoke, snowfall, space, splash, stone, string, sunset, sunshine, thorn, track, weather, whirlwind, window, yard

Adjectives: alone, another, awake, aware, awful, bald, bare, blunt, boil, bulky, careful, caring, central, certain, cloudy, curious, delighted, difficult, dirty, drowsy, eager, early, elastic, excited, fair, famous, filthy, firm, fluffy, fried, friendly, frosty, gloomy, grey, hairy, happy, harmless, icy, jolly, keen, large, lazy, moist, playful, plump, rainy, regular, sacred, salty, sandy, scared, second, secure, selfish, serious, sick, simple, sour, steady, thick, tough, tropical, wealthy, wise, wooden, worst

Preposition/Adverbs: ahead, behind, below, enough, from, however, inside, into, quite, soon, then, there, through, until, upstairs, with, within, without, yesterday

Verbs: absent, achieve, admire, appear, approve, argue, arrive, bleach, blow, bounce, burst, chase, chew, chirp, choose, claim, classify, combine, compare, count, crash, decide, discover, dive, double, drive, earn, enter, erase, escape, estimate, exit, freeze, gather, grasp, grunt, hear, help, hide, hope, invent, invite, join, leap, leave, like, live, mail, make, march, meet, mend, mention, observe, pass, please, poke, predict, prefer, publish, push, record, recover, reflect, repair, require, rip, sail, search, separate, settle, shiver, slide, steer, straighten, support, travel, tremble, wonder, worry

Synonyms: enormous- large, forgive- excuse, crash-smash, gentle-pleasant, giant-large, grow-cultivate, halt-stop, ill-sick, jog-run, listen-hear, little-small, lucky- fortunate, neat-tidy, puzzle-riddle, sack-bag, wise-clever, wonder-amaze

Antonyms: apart-together, dull- bright, stiff- flexible, begin-finish, care-ignore, create-destroy, dream-reality, last-first, lazy-lively, noise-quiet, remember- forget, right-wrong, sell-buy, separate-combine, short-long, sour-sweet, stop-continue, thick-thin

Double Letter Words: across, between, bottle, broom, comma, cottage, creek, dinner, fuss, kennel, nineteen, queen, success, village, weed

Nouns: ache, addition, address, admission, advance, agent, ambulance, argument, backpack, bakery, balance, bangle, banjo, bank, barrier, baseball, bazaar, bean, beggar, blade, bonfire, border, bulldozer, bundle, bungalow, cafeteria, canteen, capsule, cargo, cartoon, castle, cause, cement, Christmas, cinema, classroom, clown, college, confetti, corner, correction, crocodile, current, cushion, cycle, decoration, design, detail, diagram, dispute, document, dozen, effort, electricity, enemy, energy, episode, evening, excitement, exercise, feast, fence, festival, flock, flood, flute, friend, fur, furniture, gala, galaxy, garage, garland, garment, gift, ginger, glider, goldfish, grade, graph, gravity, grease, greeting, groom, guest, guide, Halloween, hardware, hospital, idea, income, insect, instrument, kayak, kindergarten, laughter, laundry, leadership, lesson, magician, magnet, manager, manner, marvel, medicine, message, midnight, mischief, mosque, motor, motorcycle, mountain, movement, music, notice, number, object, ocean, opinion, order, page, parachute, parade, paw, peak, pharmacy, planet, profit, proof, queue, reality, revise, rocket, rule, scent, scholar, science, scientist, shelter, skyscraper, sleet, soil, spaceship, sparkler, speedboat, sprout, stall, stallion, stamp, stomach, straw, stream, subject, submarine, subtraction, surfing, talent, taxi, team, telescope, theatre, throne, timetable, toboggan, tower, tractor, treasure, truth, tunnel, twelve, universe, university, vegetarian, vehicle, village, wizard, wonder, worksheet, yard, zoo

Miscellaneous: across, again, already, among, another, available, backpack, below, birthday, camping, daybreak, Diwali, Easter, eighth, elbow, Hanukkah, many, Ramadan, slight, some, upstairs, watchful, whether, while

Note: The syllabus will also include Word List from Class 1. 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.

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 3

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

Environment: countryside, creature, forest, fossil, gulf, habitat, herd, horizon, moss, plateau, radish, reef, region, structure, thunder, timber, turnip, vegetable, waterfall

Transport and Communication: canoe, cargo, charger, cruise, desktop, ferry, harbour, helicopter, journey, keyboard, laptop, leaflet, microphone, mobile, monitor, postage, radio, railway, rudder, steamer

Body: activity, muscle, pulse, waist

Sports: badminton, basketball, bowling, boxing, coach, cricket, cycling, fencing, football, goal, hiking, hockey, judo, karate, netball, polo, rally, rugby, sailing, skating, skiing, snowboarding, swimming, yoga

Emotions/Requests/Apology/Greetings: affection, amazement, anticipation, awe, boredom, confidence, confusion, contentment, disgust, displeasure, excuse, happiness, joy, mood, regret, sadness, shame, sorry, surprise, sympathy

Quantity: fortnight, handful, hundred, pint, plenty, population, thousand, various

Masculine and Feminine: actor-actress, author-authoress, brother-sister, bull-cow, father-mother, gander-goose, gentleman-lady, grandfather-grandmother, hunter-huntress, husband-wife, king-queen, landlord-landlady, lion-lioness, peacock-peahen, prince-princess, son-daughter, tiger-tigress, uncle-aunt, waiter-waitress

Prefix: co(exist, etc.) dis(advantage, like, pleasure, honest, etc.), en(large, case, etc.), in(ability, etc.), non(sense, etc.), pre(paid, view, etc.), un(tidy, friendly, etc.), re(discover, do, etc.), sub(title, etc.), tele(vision, etc.), tri(angle, etc.)

Suffix (age, ed, ied, ful, ly): break(age), cover(age), marri(age), peace(ful), percent(age), post(age), laugh(ed), talk(ed), walk(ed), carr(ied), hurr(ied), stud(ied), worr(ied), cheer(ful), harm(ful), thank(ful), play(ful), brave(ly), kind(ly), lone(ly), love(ly), slow(ly)

Adjectives: advanced, agile, agreeable, alive, amusing, ancient, annual, attractive, average, basic, bold, boring, brilliant, bushy, childish, clear, comfortable, countable, courage, curly, dainty, daring, decorative, delicate, destructive, disgusted, disgusting, distant, domestic, elegant, energetic, enormous, entire, expert, fabulous, faithful, familiar, fantastic, fierce, fortunate, funny, gradual, greasy, gross, harmful, harsh, heavy, important, impossible, intelligent, interesting, irate, jolly, joyous, junior, lively, loose, lovely, loyal, magnificent, marry, mighty, mischievous, modern, mysterious, native, neighbourly, nice, opposite, peaceful, personal, plain, poetic, precious, primary, probable, rare, realistic, responsible, retro, royal, senior, sensitive, serene, shiny, silent, slippery, smart, sorry, special, square, stale, stormy, suitable, swift, tearful, thankful, toothless, unhappy, untidy, whole, worried

Adverbs: completely, correctly, definitely, downstairs, entirely, extremely, lazily, only, opposite, perhaps, proudly, smoothly, sometimes, surely, totally

Verbs: absorb, accuse, activate, adopt, afford, amuse, annoy, appeal, approach, arrange, astonish, attract, belong, blame, blink, bore, borrow, bother, burrow, calculate, capture, carve, celebrate, cling, collect, commit, compete, complain, confess, confuse, congratulate, consider, consist, contain, convince, creep, damage, decay, defend, detect, devote, digest, disappear, discuss, dislike, divide, doodle, dwell, educate, enable, enlarge, erupt, examine, excite, expand, explode, explore, flare, frighten, frown, frustrate, harm, haul, hover, hurt, identify, imitate, improve, inform, intend, knit, launch, lead, locate, lose, mumble, neglect, nourish, offer, owe, perform, plunder, pounce, prevent, quarrel, raise, recall, receive, rely, remove, reside, reverse, revive, scatter, scold, scrub, shrink, spill, spoil, sprinkle, squat, squeeze, stretch, struggle, suppose, touch, treat, unite, untie, wander, whimper, wink, wriggle

Synonyms: accuse-blame, advantage-benefit, alike-same, ancient-old, annoy-irritate, ask-consult, bliss- buy-purchase, childish-silly, courage- bravery, delay-postpone, garbage-trash, gigantic- huge, glitter-shiny, harsh-cruel, interesting-exciting, junk-rubbish, loyal-faithful, musty-smelly, perfect-ideal, precious-valuable, quarrel-fight, rich-wealthy, ruin-destroy, tiny-small

Antonyms: accuse-defend, artificial - natural, attractive - repulsive, bother-calm, broad - narrow, care- neglect, cheap- expensive, confess-deny, dawn-dusk, decrease-increase, delicate-sturdy, flutter-steady, foolish-wise, fresh- stale, funny-boring, glory- shame, inner-outer, interesting-boring, kind-cruel, mighty-delicate, misery-happiness, prevent-allow, spend-earn, scold-praise, store- discard, tiny-big, upset-joyful

Compound Words: afternoon, airport, anyone, anyway, backbone, bedrock, blackboard, blueprint, bookshelf, bookstore, bookworm, campfire, candlestick, cardboard, caveman, clipboard, coastline, daydream, dishwasher, earthquake, everything, eyeball, fireplace, fireworks, forearm, foreword, freedom, haircut, hairpin, handsome, headache, highlight, homesick, household, keyboard, keyhole, lifetime, lighthouse, mailbox, moonlight, newspaper, notebook, outcome, outdoors, padlock, paintbrush, passport, playground, popcorn, sandcastle, screwdriver, seashell, snowflake, suitcase, sunbeam, sunglasses, supermarket, textbook, therefore, toothpaste, underground, uplift, upstream, weekend, whatever, windmill, wristband

Words with Silent Letters: aisle, answer, autumn, breathe, business, column, communication, debt, exhausted, fascinating, fasten, freight, high, honesty, honour, hour, isle, knead, knife, knock, know, numb, patient, rhyme, sigh, sign, soften, stretch, twilight, Wednesday

Double Letter Words: alley, assess, cherry, cobbler, cooking, cucumber, difference, expression, feed, fellow, flannel, follow, gutter, hobby, hood, hook, indeed, lettuce, loose, mutton, passenger, pillow, puppet, room, shallow, sleeve, street, sweep, tooth, valley, volunteer, wallet, wedding, witty, wood, woollen

Plurals: Simply by adding 's' (e.g. pencil-pencils, apple-apples, parrot-parrots, etc.), Adding 'es' to words ending in 'ch' (e.g. batch-batches, speech-speeches, etc.), Adding 'es' to words ending in 's', 'ss', 'x' or 'sh' (e.g. bush-bushes, glass-glasses, box-boxes, wish-wishes, etc.), Adding 's' to words ending in 'y' with a vowel before (e.g. turkey-turkeys, chimney-chimneys, etc.), Replacing 'y' with 'ies' for words ending in 'y' with a consonant before (e.g. city-cities, diary-diaries, etc.), Substituting/adding letters (e.g. loaf-loaves, goose-geese, etc.)

Evil Words (Words likely to be spelt incorrectly): adventure, behaviour, beige, benefit, brownie, calendar, cinnamon, costume, croissant, dramatist, envelope, feature, gardener, gesture, graduate, librarian, magazine, manual, nursery, phrase, rhythm, scout, shepherd, straight, triumph

Nouns: adapt, adopt, advantage, advice, ambition, anchor, anecdote, anklet, anthem, appearance, appoint, appointment, apricot, asparagus, attention, attitude, author, average, bacon, bacteria, bagel, bargain, barley, belly, binoculars, biologist, blazer, brace, bridge, brief, brotherhood, buckle, burrow, button, buzzard, cable, calculator, canal, candidate, caramel, cardigan, category, cauliflower, celebration, celery, challenge, champion, championship, chandelier, chef, chicken, chill, citizen, city, cleanser, clerk, clothing, coast, comfort, company, compass, conclusion, container, continent, copper, costume, courgette, custom, daffodil, designer, destiny, device, diamond, dictionary, difficulty, dignity, diligence, dimple, disadvantage, disease, distrust, dollar, doorbell, dose, dream, drummer, dusk, earring, echo, embassy, engine, equality, failure, fastener, flaw, fleece, fountain, friendship, fruit, gardener, gasp, gem, glitter, globe, grace, greengrocer, grin, group, habit, height, improvement, individual, inspiration, interest, inventor, item, jewel, journey, jury, justice, kindness, knot, ladder, ladle, leather, library, limit, locket, loss, loyalty, luxury, machine, magnifier, manure, marina, marsh, material, melon, method, misery, moisture, motivation, museum, narrative, nation, necklace, noise, novel, nursery, oatmeal, opponent, ornament, otter, outfit, palace, parakeet, parsnip, patience, pause, peace, pearl, picnic, piece, position, pottery, predator, printer, problem, process, recreation, relative, resident, respect, risk, ruler, scratch, sensitivity, shyness, signal, solution, soul, spectacles, stadium, stair, statue, straight, strand, suite, survey, symbol, theory, thrill, trait, trumpet, vase, vision, voice, volunteer, waitress, wealth, wisdom, witch, wrinkle

Miscellaneous: against, almost, comic, hundred, magic, neither, somewhere, still, together

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 1-2. 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.

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 4

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

Education: academic, alphabet, competition, curriculum, dialogue, discipline, dormitory, essay, evaluation, examination, experience, geometry, information, instruction, internship, jingle, knowledge, lecture, literature, module, physics, recipient, research, scholarship, semicolon, seminar, subtract, training, tuition, tutorial

Science and Technology: algorithm, amphibian, animation, attraction, axis, biodiversity, biosphere, calibrate, carbon, cobalt, compression, computer, cyberspace, cyclone, data, deforestation, eclipse, ecology, ecosystem, environment, enzyme, epicentre, equator, evolution, firewall, frequency, genetics, geology, germinate, interface, invention, laboratory, malware, measure, microchip, molecule, mutation, nebula, nickel, pixel, processor, radiation, renewable, resistor, resource, robotics, rotation, router, satellite, scientific, server, solar, solstice

Clothing: blanket, nylon, petticoat, polyester, satin, sweatshirt

Aquatic Life: barnacle, clownfish, cuttlefish, haddock, halibut, herring, jellyfish, manatee, mullet, oyster, prawn, puffin, sardine, squid, tuna

Occupation: actress, blacksmith, builder, businessman, carpenter, editor, electrician, engineer, fisherman, goldsmith, hairdresser, hostess, jeweller, judge, lawyer, mason, mechanic, musician, narrator, photographer, pianist, plumber, poet, politician, reporter, sportsman, surgeon, trainer, wrestler

Sports: archery, athletics, cyclist, discus, diving, gymnastics, javelin, lacrosse, midfield, skateboarding, snooker, softball, surfing, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling

Transport and Communication: airline, autopilot, browser, lorry, minibus, monorail, newsflash, roadway, tablet, telephone, tricycle

Nouns: acceleration, acorn, agency, agenda, agony, agreement, agriculture, albatross, alert, allowance, ancestor, anniversary, apartment, archipelago, arena, association, assumption, attraction, audience, availability, avenue, baggage, baton, blunder, boulder, canyon, captivity, century, chamber, chapter, charity, chimney, circular, circumstance, cleaner, combustion, community, competition, complaint, concern, conflict, content, contestant, conversation, crater, creativity, crumb, cupboard, curiosity, decision, delight, delivery, delta, desire, diesel, dinosaur, disaster, disbelief, discussion, disorder, displacement, disrespect, distress, dog, dune, earl, ease, emphasis, enjoyment, entrance, equator, equipment, executive, explorer, fable, fervour, fiction, focus, fright, frontier, gain, generosity, gorge, government, grocer, grotto, guilt, hardship, haste, haven, image, impact, inability, inference, innocent, jealousy, kestrel, kingdom, kinship, kneecap, label, lad, leisure, limb, magnetism, maintenance, mammoth, management, mangrove, mansion, master, mattress, meadow, melody, memory, menace, minority, misfortune, mistrust, novelist, oasis, oracle, orchard, osprey, ounce, paradox, pavement, performance, pesticide, photograph, pioneer, placement, pleasure, portion, prediction, preparation, prevention, pride, purpose, qualifier, quality, quantity, quarter, quest, reflection, refugee, rental, represent, response, ridge, routine, saffron, seasoning, semicircle, semitone, servant, shield, signature, silence, slumber, sorrow, source, souvenir, sow, spirit, squad, stardom, subtitle, subtotal, summit, surface, tapestry, telegram, thicket, threat, tornado, tour, tourist, tradition, treatment, tripod, union, variety, venture, visitor, voyage, weaver, whimsy, witness, zenith

Prefix: auto(close), de(activate), de(fuse), de(generate), dis(agree), dis(allow), dis(appointed), dis(belief), dis(continue), dis(honest), dis(lodge), dis(obey), dis(order), dis(placement), dis(respect), fore(cast), fore(head), fore(warn), im(port), im(possible), in(ability), in(complete), in(definite), in(flexible), in(secure), mid(life), mis(behave), mis(fortune), mis(judge), mis(lead), mis(place), mis(understand), over(hear), pre(cast), pre(cede), pre(determine), pre(historic), re(build), re(discover), re(unite), re(write), semi(automatic), semi(circle), semi(colon), semi(final), semi(tone), sub(marine), sub(merge), sub(title), sub(total), sub(tract), tri(cycle), tri(pod), un(aware), un(believable), un(certain), un(common), un(conscious), un(even), un(fair), un(impressed), un(known), un(necessary), un(predictable), un(sure), uni(directional), uni(fy), uni(lateral), uni(on), uni(verse)

Suffix (able, al, ance, ant, ence, est, ful, ial, ion, ish, ize, less, ly, st): agree(able), present(able), price(less), reach(able), depend(able), comfort(able), suit(able), accident(al), origin(al), politic(al), rent(al), natur(al), form(al), accept(ance), perform(ance), account(ant), contest(ant), toler(ant), differ(ence), exist(ence), refer(ence), infer(ence), sil(ence), fast(est), high(est), low(est), delight(ful), skill(ful), wist(ful), financ(ial), part(ial), president(ial), prevent(ion), child(ish), styl(ish), general(ize), modern(ize), hope(less), rest(less), use(less), worth(less), hopeful(ly), natural(ly), pleasant(ly), adamant(ly), bad(ly), usual(ly), simple(st), tour(ist), apart(ment), agree(ment), govern(ment), enjoy(ment), treat(ment), manage(ment), excite(ment), king(dom), free(dom), star(dom), bore(dom), wit(ness)

Adjectives: aggressive, airborne, alien, anxious, appropriate, ashamed, asleep, attentive, awkward, carefree, circular, clumsy, complete, confusing, considerable, consistent, creative, critical, dappled, deceptive, deliberate, delicious, delightful, dependable, depressing, description, desolate, disappointed, disastrous, dishonest, doubtful, dramatic, dutiful, educational, efficient, electric, equal, essential, exact, expensive, exterior, extraordinary, financial, flexible, fluent, formal, fragile, frequent, furious, genius, genuine, graceful, guilty, hallowed, harmonious, healthy, heroic, hopeless, horrible, humble, incomplete, inflexible, insecure, instant, interior, intuitive, invisible, inward, masterful, mature, melodic, modest, mutual, noble, outstanding, parallel, partial, peculiar, plentiful, pointless, polite, positive, prehistoric, presentable, presidential, priceless, public, quaint, radiant, recent, restless, rural, satisfied, scary, several, severe, shabby, solitary, spare, specific, strange, sturdy, tactful, terrible, tidy, timid, tolerant, tragic, typical, unaware, unbelievable, uncertain, uncommon, unconscious, uneven, unimpressed, unknown, unnecessary, unpredictable, unsure, useless, usual, vacant, visible, vivid, weary, weighty, wistful

Adverbs: beneath, indeed, midway, overseas, somehow

Verbs: accelerate, accomplish, announce, appreciate, arise, ascend, assign, assist, associate, assure, baffle, blend, blossom, cancel, chatter, collapse, communicate, comprehend, concentrate, concern, conclude, construct, contribute, deactivate, debate, defy, degenerate, deliver, demonstrate, descend, develop, differ, disagree, disallow, disclose, discontinue, dislodge, disobey, distract, distribute, eliminate, embrace, emerge, endure, enrich, entertain, envy, exclaim, exist, expect, forbid, forewarn, gaze, gleam, graze, hail, import, increase, indicate, inspire, introduce, irritate, manufacture, meander, misbehave, misjudge, mislead, misplace, misunderstand, negotiate, obey, overhear, permit, plead, postpone, pour, preach, precede, prepare, proceed, propel, quiver, recommend, rectify, rediscover, reduce, relax, renew, represent, request, rescue, resist, retreat, reunite, rewrite, ruffle, scrape, scroll, shatter, sneeze, spread, squabble, starve, strive, succeed, summon, surf, surrender, survive, swallow, tickle, twirl, twitch, unify, urge, vanish, verify, vibrate, weave, whittle, withdraw

Synonyms: ability-capacity, bliss- pleasure, cease-stop, firm-strong, freedom- liberty, gather-collect, giggle-laugh, hermit- recluse, honest-faithful, horrible-terrible, error-blunder, opportunity-chance, plenty-abundance, ponder-consider, prompt-punctual, reject-deny, reward-prize, round-circular, sincere-honest, stable-steady, wonderful-amazing, wrong-incorrect

Antonyms: bitter-sweet, decline-accept, defend-harm, definite-indefinite, domestic- wild, exterior-interior, fortunate-unfortunate, gloomy-cheerful, greedy-charitable, inhale-exhale, intentional-accidental, merry-serious, patient-agitated, polite-impolite, present- absent, punishment- reward, strange-familiar, triumph-defeat, ugly-beautiful, wholesome-harmful

Compound Words: afterthought, beehive, blackbird, blackcurrant, bodyguard, bookcase, brainstorm, briefcase, copyright, crossword, database, downpour, eyesight, fingerprint, forecast, gingerbread, grassland, greenhouse, hallway, mainland, meanwhile, motorway, password, peppermint, quicksand, rainfall, scoreboard, teaspoon, thunderstorm, underpass, waistcoat, wetland, wheelchair, withstand, wonderland, workshop

Words with Silent Letters: ballet, chasm, colleague, edge, foreign, gherkin, glisten, guard, heir, island, knit, length, nestle, often, receipt, strength, though

Double Letter Words: clatter, gossip, hurry, lagoon, mammal, messy, offend, passage, possible, saddle, seepage, summary, syllabus, vacuum

Masculine and Feminine: bachelor-maid, boar-sow, bridegroom-bride, drake-duck, drone-bee, duke-duchess, emperor-empress, headmistress-headmaster, heir-heiress, hero-heroine, horse-mare, nephew-niece, policeman-policewoman, priest-priestess, stallion-mare, fox-vixen, wizard-witch

Evil Words (Words likely to be spelt incorrectly): access, accommodation, accurate, admittance, ancestor, anxiety, aquarium, bachelor, beginning, budget, campus, capable, chemical, committee, computer, disappoint, duchess, hygiene, kaleidoscope, khaki, labyrinth, necessary, odyssey, plentiful, temporary, yacht

Miscellaneous: afterwards, altogether, degree, instead, storage, unless

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 1-3. 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.

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.

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 6

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

STEM Words: absorption, acoustic, aerodynamics, agrarian, altitude, aperture, aquaculture, artery, asteroid, biotechnology, broadband, capillary, cartilage, catalyst, chlorophyll, chromosome, conductivity, conservation, cultivator, embryo, entomology, equilateral, estuary, excretion, exploitation, femur, filament, fishery, forestry, friction, funnel, geothermal, gland, glucose, gravitational, gyroscope, haulage, herbicide, horticulture, husbandry, immunology, intestine, irrigation, isotope, kidney, kinetic, larva, ligament, liver, logistics, malnutrition, manganese, meteorology, microbe, mollusc, nanotechnology, nerve, nitrogen, nucleus, observatory, oxidation, pancreas, parabola, peninsula, permafrost, petroleum, photosynthesis, physiology, pigment, pipette, plankton, plough, preservation, respiration, sandpaper, scanner, sedimentary, seismology, shipment, shuttle, skeleton, specimen, spleen, stalagmite, stratosphere, stylus, symbiosis, taxonomy, technology, tectonic, tissue, transmission, ultraviolet, velocity, vertebrate, viscosity, zoology

Professionals/Doctors: actuary, anaesthetist, anthropologist, archaeologist, astronomer, astrophysicist, auditor, biochemist, cardiologist, cartographer, chiropodist, chiropractor, choreographer, collector, custodian, dermatologist, draughtsman, ecologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, geneticist, geologist, hygienist, linguist, mathematician, meteorologist, neurologist, oceanographer, ophthalmologist, optometrist, orthodontist, pastor, paediatrician, pathologist, pharmacist, physicist, physiotherapist, professor, psychiatrist, radiographer, radiologist, receptionist, sociologist, statistician, surveyor, technician, toxicologist, translator, upholsterer, virologist, zoologist

Government and Economy: abdication, abolition, allocation, amendment, arbitration, autocracy, autonomy, bureaucracy, capitalism, citizenship, communism, defence, deficit, demonstration, diplomacy, disbursement, dividend, economy, election, electorate, embargo, excise, inflation, legislation, legislator, monetary, moratorium, recession, reform, regulation, representative, revenue, statute, subsidy, tariff, taxation, treasury, troupe, welfare, wholesale

Education: academy, accreditation, bursary, dictation, dissertation, enrolment, guidance, headmaster, lecturer, methodology, postgraduate, schooling, transcript, undergraduate, vocabulary, vocation, vocational

Words from Diary of a Wimpy Kid: campaign, demonstrate, extinguisher, gimmick, Halloween, intelligence, legitimate, neighbourhood, pretzel, sarcastic, treasurer, underneath

Prefix: ante(date), de(motivate), dis(integrate), dis(qualify), epi(dermis), fore(word), hyper(active), im(patient), in(audible), ir(rational), ir(replaceable), main(land), mis(interpret), omni(potent), para(dox), pre(requisite), re(unite), semi(conscious), sub(merge), thermo(meter), under(graduate), un(natural), up(bringing), un(desirable)

Suffix (acy, al, ary, gamy, hood, ial, ist, ment, ship): fiction(al), region(al), second(ary), diet(ary), terti(ary), poly(gamy), child(hood), mother(hood), editor(ial), manager(ial), adversar(ial), hero(ism), art(ist), optim(ist), pessim(ist), accomplish(ment), refine(ment), acknowledge(ment), achieve(ment), amuse(ment), arrange(ment), require(ment), adjust(ment), develop(ment), enchant(ment), scholar(ship), fellow(ship), grate(ful), dread(ful), regret(ful), appear(ance), endur(ance), annoy(ance), national(ity), express(ion), remark(able), regrett(able), transfer(able), impression(able), regret(fully), access(ible), advoc(acy), friendli(ness), friend(less), friend(ly)

Adjectives: abrupt, abundant, acceptance, accessible, accompany, accountable, adaptable, advantageous, adventurous, adversarial, affluent, agricultural, ambiguous, amiable, ample, anonymous, antique, apologetic, arbitrary, arid, arrogant, astounded, astute, authentic, barren, belligerent, bemused, beneficial, biological, bizarre, brittle, candid, captivating, cavernous, ceremonious, changeable, chronological, civic, classic, climactic, compact, competent, complicated, concise, conspicuous, continuous, cordial, crowded, cumulative, cunning, dangerous, dense, dietary, diligent, distinguished, drastic, embarrassing, enthusiastic, equitable, ethical, federal, feminine, flamboyant, floral, flustered, forbidden, foremost, formative, friendless, fundamental, futile, gaseous, glamorous, gnarled, haughty, hazardous, hesitant, hoarse, hostile, imaginative, immediate, imminent, inaudible, incessant, indecisive, indulgent, inept, inevitable, ingenious, innovative, interim, irrational, irreplaceable, jealous, jovial, jubilant, languid, literal, luminous, managerial, massive, maximum, meagre, miserly, monotonous, naturalistic, nimble, noisy, obnoxious, obstinate, onward, operational, optimistic, outrageous, popular, powerful, preferable, preliminary, professional, prominent, recyclable, redundant, reluctant, resolute, rhythmic, rigorous, rural, rustic, significant, spacious, splendid, squeaky, stationary, studious, stylish, subsequent, superior, suspicious, systematic, tangible, taut, tertiary, triumphant, unanimous, unbending, unfortunate, unitary, unnatural, unruly, unsuccessful, unsustainable, unwieldy, urban, vague, vibrant, vital, vulnerable

Adverbs: accidentally, desperately, especially, scarcely, thereafter

Nouns: accumulation, acquaintance, adhesive, adjustment, admiration, adolescent, adversity, advertising, advocacy, advocate, affiliation, aggravation, agitation, alternative, amendment, amethyst, ancestry, anguish, antagonism, apology, aquifer, aristocracy, assent, authority, bankruptcy, bard, beacon, bewilderment, bibliography, blessing, blubber, bough, boulevard, breath, capability, capacity, caution, choir, chunk, citation, clarification, clothing, clutter, coalition, coincidence, colony, commander, commentary, commerce, commoner, compliment, composure, concentration, concerto, confectioner, consensus, consent, consequence, conservationist, context, controversy, convenience, convoy, correspondent, couplet, coupon, crisis, deluge, descendant, despair, determination, development, dimension, discretion, discrimination, dissent, distinction, diversity, dynasty, effectiveness, emigration, enchantment, enterprise, environmentalist, ethic, excess, expanse, exploration, explosion, exposure, extinction, fantasy, fellowship, fence, fiasco, flattery, freckle, genre, glimpse, governor, grief, grievance, hangar, harmony, hive, hoax, humiliation, hyphen, illusion, imagination, independence, indifference, influence, ingenious, ingenuity, ingredient, innovation, investigation, invitation, jeopardy, kiosk, knack, leeway, legislation, likeness, locality, longevity, longitude, majority, manor, marriage, memento, migration, mildew, millionaire, morale, nobility, notation, obstacle, omniscient, onset, optimism, optimist, paragraph, parody, pedestrian, penalty, pessimist, pharmacist, predicament, preface, prejudice, prerequisite, pressure, prologue, questionnaire, refuge, remorse, requirement, rhapsody, sacrifice, sapling, sculptor, significance, sincerity, situation, souvenir, specification, subordinate, superintendent, swarm, tantrum, tenure, terrain, trophy, turbulence, utopia, vault, verdict, verge, volley, vow, yarn, zookeeper

Verbs: abstain, accommodate, accumulate, adhere, adjourn, anticipate, attribute, befriend, blemish, boycott, certify, cheapen, collaborate, collide, commend, compose, compromise, conquer, conserve, crackle, cringe, crouch, cultivate, deceive, deplete, deposit, designate, deteriorate, diminish, disassemble, disembark, disentangle, disqualify, dissolve, dominate, elaborate, elicit, elude, embitter, embolden, engrave, enhance, evaporate, evolve, exaggerate, excel, exhibit, exhort, exploit, falter, fiddle, finance, flaunt, grimace, hammer, harness, hesitate, ignite, immigrate, improvise, interrupt, liberate, linger, loathe, lure, manipulate, mimic, misinterpret, murmur, oppress, originate, perceive, permeate, persuade, proclaim, procrastinate, propel, pursue, quote, recount, reinforce, respite, restrain, retrieve, shimmer, shudder, snore, soothe, sprinkle, squawk, squirm, straggle, subside, supplement, suppress, terminate, transform, underestimate, vacate, vanquish, wrestle, yearn, yield

Synonyms: affinity- accord, bewilder-perplex, conscious-aware, dilapidated- shabby, disciple-follower, embellish-decorate, evoke- stimulate, fatigue-tiredness, gratitude-thankful, hilarious- hysterical, humility-humble, persuade-convince, scatter-disperse

Antonyms: admonish- acclaim, please-displease, applaud-blame, bliss- agony, compulsory-voluntary, courage-cowardice, courteous-discourteous, desperate- hopeful, desultory- methodical, embarrass-delight, generous-stingy, important-trivial, servile-dominant

Proverbs: A friend’s frown is better than a fool’s smile, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, Better to be poor and healthy rather than rich and sick, Cowards die many times before their death, Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink

Idioms: caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, do unto others as you would have them do unto you

Compound Words: adjustable, aftershock, backfire, backlash, backspace, breakdown, bulkhead, changeable, clockwise, crossbar, crossroads, disagreement, earmark, eyewitness, fashionable, fireproof, framework, gearbox, groundwork, headquarters, heartfelt, honeycomb, honourable, keystroke, moreover, nightfall, noticeable, omnipotent, overrun, payroll, quarrelsome, serviceable, shortbread, sunstroke, tailcoat, thumbnail, undercharge, undercover, upmarket, washboard, wavelength, widespread

Homonyms & Homophones: alter-altar, counsel-council, course-coarse, eminent-imminent, flower-flour, grown-groan, hangar-hanger, hoarse-horse, match-match, meddle-medal, meet-meat, peace-piece, principle-principal, weak-week, yoke-yolk

Words with Silent Letters: apostle, chalet, chestnut, circuit, colonel, consign, debtor, diaphragm, feign, gnaw, gnome, hedge, hymn, knapsack, knuckle, pneumatic, rhinestone, subtle, thistle, wrath, wrestle, yolk

Double Letter Words: applaud, ballerina, battalion, dissolve, effervescent, illusion, obsession, pennant, seer, unforgettable, upkeep, webbed

Evil Words (Words likely to be spelt incorrectly): awry, contempt, definitely, disdain, gaggle, grammar, liaison, mayonnaise, millennium, nostalgia, nuisance, obstacle, optimism, pierce, precipitation, questionnaire, seize, sergeant, shoal, spaghetti

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 1-5. 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.

Section 1: Spell Bee Competition Words for Class 7

All the words for Level 1 and Level 2 will be from High School English Grammar and Composition from Wren and Martin book.

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 words from High School English Grammar and Composition from Wren and Martin.

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.

Section 1: Spell Bee Competition Words for Class 8

All the words for Level 1 and Level 2 will be from High School English Grammar and Composition from Wren and Martin book.

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 words from High School English Grammar and Composition from Wren and Martin.

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.