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 that the dictionary which will be used for reference is Oxford Learner's Dictionary. This will be w.r.t. spellings & meanings. In case, if the word is not found in this dictionary, then it is assumed that this word does not exist.

Sample Paper Marking Scheme

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Q.1	Which of the following words rhymes with cool?
	a) owl		b) rule
	c) hole		d) doll

Q.2	Which of the following has a vowel as the fifth letter in its spelling?
	a)		b)
	c)		d)

Q.3	Choose the correct word for the blank: Throw the fruit _______ in the bin.
	a) peel		b) peal
	c) pear		d) pair

Q.4	From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
	a) plateform		b) relative
	c) toothbrush		d) cornflakes

Q.5	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.6	Choose the option with no spelling errors:
	a) winter, awtaum, summer, spryng		b) autumm, summar, wintar, spiring
	c) winter, autumn, summer, spring		d) wenter, simmer, autum, spring

Q.7	What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters? terape
	a) talk in an angry way		b) speak as quietly as you can
	c) put out your hand and take something quickly		d) say or do something again

Q.8	Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word? breakfast
	a) brakes		b) fresh
	c) basket		d) stare

Q.9	Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word: sn_____ze
	a) ou		b) aw
	c) ee		d) ea

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.