CREST International Spell Bee - Winter Class 1 Previous Year Paper

Is your child preparing for the Class 1 Spell Bee Winter Olympiad? Practising with previous year question papers is a very effective way to build early spelling and word recognition skills.

Why Practise with Previous Year Papers?

• Includes beginner topics like Word Champ, Sound Check, Pictospell and Word Fusion etc.
• Helps improve spelling, phonics, and basic English understanding in a challenging format.
• Familiarises children with the exam structure and boosts confidence through practice.

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Spell Bee Words for Class 1

There are a variety of questions based on the following word list and about 70%-80% of questions will come from this list. Different format of questions are available here. The words are alphabetically arranged.

Alarm, alone, already, apply, apron, art, attach, autumn, away, Baked, baker, bald, bang, bank, barber, bark, bath, bathroom, bathtub, beak, beautiful, bedroom, bend, best, bike, blade, blank, blink, blunt, blush, board, boil, bow, brain, break, bubbles, build, bundle, butterfly, buy, bye, Cactus, cage, cartoon, castle, caterpillar, cause, cement, chalk, change, charge, cheat, circle, clap, clay, clock, close, clue, coal, coin, comb, comment, complete, cone, control, cover, cream, crib, crocodile, crowd, cube, Daily, diary, dirty, dish, doormat, drain, drape, dried, drop, drum, during, dustbin, duster, Earth, eel, effort, environment, equal, Fade, fall, fame, farm, feeling, file, finally, fire, float, force, forget, freed, freedom, fridge, friend, front, froth, fry, Ghost, gift, grass, greet, grill, grin, gush, Half, handbag, hang, hardly, hatch, hawk, hay, healthy, hear, herb, here, hold, holiday, hop, hotel, houseboat, housefly, huge, Igloo, important, income, incomplete, iron, Jute, Keep, kettle, knot, Label, lace, land, large, lawyer, lick, light, lizard, lobby, long, loss, love, Magpie, manner, mass, match, maze, meal, medal, meet, mere, milkshake, mint, minute, money, monsoon, mop, moth, motion, mouth, move, movement, much, Natural, nature, near, neat, nibble, nice, nod, noise, noisy, Object, open, opening, organ, organ, oven, Pair, palace, paste, path, peanut, pearl, penny, person, phone, piano, pick, piece, pile, platform, pluck, poem, poetic, polar, polish, polite, pond, pool, poppy, pouch, pour, pour, pram, pray, protect, puddle, purse, Rack, rag, raindrop, rarely, reach, ready, rectangle, relative, remote, repeat, reptile, revolve, rhyme, rich, rise, rob, robin, rock, rough, round, rub, rupee, rush, Salad, sand, seed, seek, selfish, shabby, shadow, shampoo, share, shiny, shoe, shrub, shut, shy, side, signal, silk, silk, silkworm, silver, single, sink, skip, sleepy, slice, slip, smelly, snacks, snare, sneeze, soak, soap, soar, solution, sore, sound, soup, sour, sparrow, spectacles, spit, spring, stalk, station, steal, steam, steel, store, story, stove, straw, street, suck, summers, sunlight, sunny, super, swallow, swear, switch, system, Tablecloth, tablemats, tablespoon, tadpole, tail, taste, teach, teaspoon, thick, throat, through, ticket, tight, tiny, toast, today, together, toilet, tomorrow, toothbrush, torch, touch, trace, traffic, travel, tray, tremble, trip, trunk, turn, twinkle, Under, urgent, Vacations, Wagon, wait, ward, wash, wear, well, woodpecker, Yam, yesterday

Upto 20%-30% 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.

Sample Paper Marking Scheme

Previous Year Questions

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Q.1	Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order: e, u, l
	a) s_ag_l_		b) r_d_l_
	c) w_a_ _		d) l_z_r_

Q.2	Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of a thing you find in the kitchen?
	a) tornf		b) ruens
	c) rgiuta		d) ofrlu

Q.3	Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of a thing you find in the classroom?
	a) srtdeu		b) eknfi
	c) tcinru		d) sejan

Q.4	Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
	a) front : back		b) smooth : roufe
	c) left : right		d) under : over

Q.5	Choose the misspelt word in the given sentence: The docter advised him to take medicines regularly.
	a) medicines		b) advised
	c) docter		d) regularly

Q.6	Choose the most appropriate word for the given image:
	a) cereal		b) lunch
	c) toast		d) drink

Q.7	Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word: st_ _m
	a) ee		b) oo
	c) ea		d) ei

Q.8	Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word: I C K T E T 1 2 3 4 5 6
	a) 4 5 6 1 2 3		b) 3 2 1 6 5 4
	c) 1 3 4 6 5 2		d) 6 1 2 3 5 4

Q.9	Choose the option with no spelling errors:
	a) pools, teachers, brotheres, sisters		b) lights, doors, windows, chiars
	c) pencils, books, erasers, scales		d) tables, benches, chairs, classses

Q.10	Choose the option which is the synonym of what the image shows:
	a) fade		b) walk
	c) pile		d) moan

Your Score: 0/10

Additional Preparation Resource

1. CREST International Spell Bee (Winter) 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 International Spell Bee (Winter) competition past year paper pdf for class 1.