CREST International Spell Bee - Winter Class 3 Previous Year Paper

Is your child participating in the Class 3 Spell Bee Winter Olympiad? Solving previous year question papers is one of the best ways to build a strong foundation in spelling and word usage.

Benefits of Practising Previous Year Papers

• Includes topics like Spellacadabra, Jumble Tumble and Pictospell etc.
• Improves vocabulary, spelling rules, and understanding of word patterns.
• Gives your child a clear idea of the exam format and boosts confidence with every practice session.

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Spell Bee Words for Class 3

There are a variety of questions based on the following word list and about 70%-80% of questions will come from this list. Question formats are explained in the Spell Bee marking scheme. The words are alphabetically arranged.

Ability, able, addition, admire, adorn, advanced, album, almond, amaze, amazing, among, angel, anklet, announcer, anorak, apartment, appear, apricot, armpit, armrest, atlas, attitude, automatic, awful, Balcony, basement, bathrobe, behaviour, being, berth, birth, blame, bleach, blend, blueberry, booth, border, bough, bracelet, bracket, brand, brass, brief, broad, bronze, brunch, bungalow, buttercup, butterscotch, Calcium, calendar, cancel, capital, caravan, cardboard, carton, cashew, certificate, check, chemist, chilly, chisel, choir, chorus, churn, cinder, citrus, claim, clamber, clinic, clove, clutch, cobbler, cockpit, cocoon, college, commuter, company, compartment, confirm, connect, container, copper, cosmetic, could, countable, counter, country, cradle, crease, crest, crispy, crooked, crossing, crumple, cuddly, cuff, curl, current, custard, custom, cylinder, cymbal, Danger, daring, dawn, daybreak, defend, delicate, denim, department, detergent, dictionary, difficulty, digest, digital, director, disease, display, distance, division, dollar, doorknob, doorman, dose, dough, download, downstairs, doze, dozen, drawstring, drift, driveway, drool, dung, dusk, dustpan, Eighth, elegant, essence, evaporation, event, excuse, exhausted, extra, Fake, familiar, fern, ferret, fight, fireplace, fireworks, fishmonger, flagpole, flare, flexible, fling, flock, flood, floss, fret, friendship, fruity, furious, furnish, Gallery, garment, giggle, glare, glee, glum, gramophone, grand, grant, gravel, griddle, grinder, groove, group, growth, gum, gurgle, Hammock, hamster, harmonium, headrest, heal, heap, heaven, height, helpful, heron, hibiscus, hint, holly, home, homesick, hopper, horizon, hostel, hundred, husk, Indicator, Individual, inform, injection, injure, invitation, Jagged, jelly, jigsaw, junior, junk, Ketchup, kilt, Labourer, ladybird, landing, laundry, lawnmower, lentil, loosen, lotion, Manure, marble, marmalade, matchstick, material, matron, meat, meek, member, microphone, million, mixer, moan, moderate, mood, muddle, multiplication, museum, mustard, Narrow, nation, native, network, nightingale, north, notch, nozzle, Ointment, operation, opinion, origin, otter, outcome, Package, paraffin, party, patron, pedal, pelican, plait, plaster, pleasant, pleat, pole, population, position, postcard, poster, potion, prepare, principal, probable, process, prove, pyjamas, pyramid, Quail, Radiant, recipe, refreshing, relish, reproduce, reverse, rewind, robot, Sachet, saint, salary, satisfy, savings, scared, scary, schedule, screwdriver, seashore, secret, secure, selfie, senior, sensitive, sew, should, shrimp, sieve, slab, slim, smock, sneaky, sole, sort, soul, source, sow, special, speckled, spell, spicy, spiral, spotless, sprain, sprout, stale, staple, starch, statue, steady, steep, steering, stencil, sting, stink, strainer, stretcher, stripe, student, stumble, subset, subtraction, sunburn, sunrise, sunset, suntan, superior, surrender, swarm, swift, swimsuit, symbol, syrup, Tackle, takeaway, talent, tassel, temperature, thatch, thorny, thought, thrill, timber, tongs, tournament, tread, treatment, trillion, trough, truth, tumbler, tutor, twine, Unable, undergarment, Vacant, vary, vendor, version, vessel, view, vigorous, viral, vision, vocal, volume, Waste, wavy, wheelbarrow, while, whiny, whisker, whose, windscreen, wire, withdraw, wobble, woman, woody, wound, wrap, wring, Xylophone

It's a Get, Set, Spell! section wherein students would be required to listen to audio and write the spellings of the words. The accent used in the audio files is Indian.
This section will be based on the above-given word list.

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	Which of the given options can be added to the following to make a new word? back_______
	a) stege		b) staige
	c) stage		d) sttage

Q.2	Which of the following words cannot be made using the letters in the given word? floorcloth
	a) torch		b) cloth
	c) forth		d) force

Q.3	Choose the option in which the letters can be rearranged to form a meaningful word:
	a) hitlgh		b) beaagcb
	c) ekawe		d) noaay

Q.4	From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
	a) cashew		b) chopping board
	c) cocoon		d) carravan

Q.5	Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
	a) late: soon		b) yesturday: today
	c) enter: exit		d) stand: sit

Q.6	Choose the option with no spelling errors:
	a) rewind, stale, starch, swift		b) thrill, anchor, churn, cymbles
	c) counter, custard, dawn, dettergent		d) reverse, denim, dictionery, digest

Q.7	Choose the correct word for the blank in the given sentence: My elder brother lives in a ________.
	a) hostle		b) hostal
	c) hostel		d) hostol

Q.8	Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order: i, i
	a) ind_v_dual		b) invit_t_on
	c) ker_s_ne		d) laz_n_ss

Q.9	In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order? 1. essence 2. evaporation 3. event
	a) 321		b) 123
	c) 231		d) 312

Q.10	Choose the option with no spelling errors:
	a) nation, pepper, population, prepair		b) plaster, pluck, network, origin
	c) moisture, milion, package, recipe		d) revenge, reward, salery, schedule

Your Score: 0/10

Additional Preparation Resource

1. CREST International Spell Bee (Winter) competition Worksheets Package for class 3 - 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 3.