CREST International Spell Bee - Winter Class 1 Previous Year Papers

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.

Download the Class 1 Spell Bee (Winter) Previous Year Paper PDF and support your child's early language learning with fun and meaningful 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

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Q.1	Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence: I puored the tea from the kettle into the cup and served it to my friend.
	a) puored and friend		b) only puored
	c) served and kettle		d) only kettle

Q.2	Which of the following words has the 'ow' sound as in throw?
	a) gown		b) toes
	c) cow		d) lawn

Q.3	Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word? breakfast
	a) brakes		b) fresh
	c) basket		d) stare

Q.4	Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word: re_______
	a) moat		b) moot
	c) amot		d) mote

Q.5	From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
	a) tomorrow		b) teaspoon
	c) saucer		d) traffick

Q.6	Which of the following words rhymes with cool?
	a) owl		b) rule
	c) hole		d) doll

Q.7	In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order? 1. lotus 2. marigold 3. jasmine
	a) 123		b) 132
	c) 312		d) 321

Q.8	Choose the option with no spelling errors:
	a) circle, ractangle, sqaure, triengle		b) traingle, square, recktangle, circel
	c) square, rectangle, circle, triangle		d) rectangle, squeare, triangle, circkle

Q.9	Which of the following words has the 'ay' sound as in grey?
	a) frying		b) angry
	c) eye		d) wait

Q.10	Choose the correct word for the blank: Do you _______ the way to his house?
	a) know		b) no
	c) now		d) nose

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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.