CREST International Spell Bee - Winter Class 5 Previous Year Paper

Preparing for the Class 5 Spell Bee Winter Olympiad? Practising with previous year papers is an excellent way to boost your child's command of spelling, vocabulary, and grammar skills.

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Spell Bee Words for Class 5

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.

Abdomen, absence, accelerator, accent, access, accordion, acquire, adage, adjustable, adore, aerobics, alimentary, allergies, although, amnesia, amusingly, anaemia, animated, annual, antenna, antibiotics, antique, antiquity, appreciation, approaching, arboreal, armadillo, artificial, ascent, assume, asthma, astride, attire, attribute, autograph, avalanche, aversion, Banquet, barely, barley, beacon, beige, believer, benefit, beverage, bilateral, blemish, blizzard, blooper, blunder, bounce, boycott, brainstorm, brilliant, briskness, budge, burdensome, Calories, camouflage, canopy, capacious, carnation, carnival, cathedral, cease, censor, changeable, chaos, characterization, chuckle, clarinet, cling, cocoa, cola nut, colander, communicable, compass, compassionate, compliant, complicated, compost, concerned, concession, conclusion, condensation, congestion, consent, considerable, consistent, consort, constable, constant, construction, consumer, contented, contention, contest, continuity, contour, contrast, contribute, convenience, conversion, conviction, coral, cordial, correlative, crave, crescent, cringe, cruiser, crunch, crux, cuisine, culinary, cumin, curtail, Dagger, dazed, decorative, defensive, delirious, delivery, departure, depot, descent, designer, desperate, destination, destruction, device, devise, devotee, devotional, diabetes, diffident, diligent, dingy, discard, discriminatory, dismal, disorder, disparate, dispatch, disposal, dissident, domesticated, donation, drastic, dreaded, dribble, dromedary, drowsy, drudge, Eagerness, earnestly, edible, electrolyte, electromagnetic, elegance, elegy, elementary, elevate, elevation, elicit, embarrassed, emigrant, empower, encounter, endanger, endangered, enhance, enriching, enthusiastic, entrust, envelope, episode, estimate, eternal, ethical, ethics, eulogy, evaluate, exalted, exasperated, excessive, exclamation, exclusive, excretory, exhaustion, exile, exorbitant, expectation, experienced, experimental, explicit, exposure, extension, extinction, extract, extravagance, extreme, extrovert, Facade, facilitate, falcon, fallacy, fanfare, fascinate, fatal, faultless, faulty, favourable, fennel, fierce, flair, flammable, floundering, flutter, focussed, foliage, foretell, foreword, foster, fragility, fragment, fraternity, fringe, fruitful, furnace, furore, Gabble, gait, gambol, garnish, generation, grapple, gullible, Haggard, hallmark, hamper, harmony, hasten, hectic, herald, hew, hibernation, hinge, hoarse, hone, horizontal, hostile, huddle, hurdle, hypothesis, Identical, identification, idyllic, iguana, illegible, imaginary, imbibe, immediate, immunity, impair, impartial, impasse, impede, impractical, inaugurate, indefinable, inept, inequality, inertia, infer, infirmary, informative, infringe, infuriate, inhabit, insignificant, insincere, insinuate, inspire, integrity, intensity, intercept, interfere, intrude, invariable, invent, invention, inverted, investigation, invincible, irrelevant, Jab, jovial, joyful, joyless, judicious, Kindle, kinetic, knotty, Laconic, lament, landmark, languid, latte, laudable, lavender, leach, legion, leisurely, lethargic, liberty, limerick, listless, longevity, lucid, lunar, lustre, luxurious, Magnanimous, magnify, manor, marinate, martyr, mascot, memorable, menace, mercy, mesh, metamorphosis, meteor, microbes, mirthless, misfire, monarch, monotonous, moped, morality, morose, mortar, motionless, mustered, mutter, mystify, mythical, Nail clipper, nail-biting, nasal, nourishing, novelty, nuisance, Obedience, obliterate, oblivion, observation, obsolete, obstruct, occupation, onus, opera, opine, opossum, opposition, oppressive, orangutan, ordinary, oregano, orthodox, oscillate, outburst, overdue, overturn, Pacify, palpable, pamper, pamphlet, pangolin, panicky, panorama, paragraph, parody, particular, pedestal, pelt, pelvic, pendulum, perceptible, perfume, peril, perishable, permanent, perpetual, pestle, pillion, placid, platypus, pledge, pliers, possessed, potential, poverty, practice, pragmatic, predatory, predecessor, preface, presence, preservative, presume, probably, proceed, prophecy, prophet, protest, protractor, provident, prowess, punctuation, Quantum, quarrelsome, Rainforests, raven, reciprocal, recycle, reef, referee, refined, reign, rein, reindeer, reliable, relieved, relinquish, rendition, repellent, repose, resort, respiratory, responsibility, restore, restrain, résumé, resurgent, retain, revamp, revealing, rhea, rigorous, rustle, Saffron, sarcastic, saunter, saute, scalpel, scavenger, scent, sceptic, scorn, scribble, scruffy, scythe, seasoning, sensor, sentimental, serious, serpentine, servile, sewing, shimmered, shocking, shortage, significant, situation, snuggle, solace, solemn, spanner, sparkling, spate, specialist, spirit, sprawling, squalid, stationary, stationery, sternly, stingy, stomp, strife, struggle, superlative, survey, swivel, synthesiser, Tangible, tarnish, tasteless, temper, tempting, tenable, tentacle, tenure, thoroughly, thoughtless, threadbare, threshold, thrilled, thrive, tiresome, tolerate, tonne, topography, toucan, traditional, transition, transpire, treasury, trombone, tsunami, turmoil, tuxedo, twinge, Ultra, unconfined, undergrowth, unleash, unravel, unremarkable, unsteady, unusual, unwind, uproar, utilise, Vase, vegetation, vertical, vicarious, violet, vocalise, Wary, windpipes, wither, withhold, withstand, woodwind, worthy, wreath, wrench

Section 2

It's a Get, Set, Spell! section wherein students would be required to listen to audio and write the spellings of the word asked. 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	From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
	a) concession		b) counterefeit
	c) flammable		d) immediate

Q.2	Choose the correct word for the blank in the given sentence: The prisoner __________ from his jail cell, chiseling his way out of the building and hopping over the fence.
	a) hasten		b) concealed
	c) rushed		d) escaped

Q.3	Match the words with their antonyms: 1. industrious A.   extravagant 2. cautious B.   lethargic 3. thrifty C.   reckless
	a) 1-B, 2-C, 3-A		b) 1-C, 2-B, 3-A
	c) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C		d) 1-C, 2-A, 3-B

Q.4	Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
	a) cautious : careless		b) amature : professional
	c) cheap : expensive		d) ancient : modern

Q.5	Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of a bird?
	a) nenelf		b) elbmuf
	c) olfnca		d) duhrel

Q.6	Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word: lime_ _ _ _
	a) sson		b) cous
	c) rick		d) tion

Q.7	Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order: i, i, i
	a) _dent_f_cation		b) _mm_d_ate
	c) _n_qual_ty		d) _nform_t_ve

Q.8	Correct the incorrectly spelt word in the given sentence and choose the option with its meaning: Tired of the dictatorship that ruled over them, the people took up arms and began a revoluition to replace the government with a democracy.
	a) government by a dictator		b) a system of government in which the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives
	c) the group of people who are responsible for controlling a country or a state		d) an attempt, by a large number of people, to change the government of a country

Q.9	What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters? sunualu
	a) very common and mundane		b) similar to something else
	c) achieved by hard work		d) different from what is usual or normal

Q.10	Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
	a) flammable		b) horizantal
	c) grapple		d) garnish

Your Score: 0/10

Additional Preparation Resource

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Note: Don’t forget to download the CREST International Spell Bee (Winter) competition past year paper pdf for class 5.