CREST International Spell Bee - Winter Class 6 Previous Year Papers

Is your child getting ready for the Class 6 Spell Bee Winter Olympiad? Practising previous year papers is a smart strategy to strengthen spelling, vocabulary, and grammar skills at a higher level.

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• Includes topics like Spell Spies, Jumble Tumble and Word Tally etc.
• Improves word comprehension, advanced spelling accuracy, and grammar application.
• Prepares students for the exam format while building speed and confidence.

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Spell Bee Words for Class 6

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.

Abnormal, abundance, accede, accessory, accidentally, accompanist, accompany, accord, accumulate, accumulation, accusation, acumen, adequate, administration, admiration, adulterated, adverse, adversity, advertisement, affable, affluence, affordable, aggression, agile, algebra, allocate, allocation, alluring, allusion ally, aloe, alternative, amass, ample, amplify, amulet, animosity, apparatus, apparently, appearance, appease, applause, apprise, approval, approximately, aptitude, archaeologist, ardent, ark, asparagus, aspiration, assistance, assumption, asylum, atrocity, audacity, auspicious, authentic, availability, Bait, balmy, banal, baneful, banquet, bass, befitting, behave, belated, belittle, bellicose, bestow, betray, bicker, bickering, bigot biodegradable, biodiversity, biological, biotechnology, biting, bittersweet, bizarre, blatant, bleak, blooper, blowing, bonanza, brain, brainstorm, breach, breakthrough, breed, broccoli, bulletin, Cache, calamity, capability, capstone, capricious, capsize, capstone caption, carnivore, casualty, category, cede, celebrity, cellar, cemetery, centenary, cereal, characteristic, charm, chide, chronological, civilization, clarity, cliché, coalition, coincidence, collusion, columnist, commentator, commercial, compatible, competitive, comprehensible, comprise, concise, conclave, concrete, confront, confrontation, congruent, coniferous, consciousness, consensus, conspiracy, constitutional, contagious, continuous, contraction, contradictory, contrary coriander, cormorant, cosmopolitan, councillor, counsellor, courtesy, covert, craving, credibility, credulous, crippled, crochet, crucial, crumble, cuisine, culprit, curator, Dauntless, dearth, debacle, deceitful, decipher, decline, defecation, defiant, deficiency, definite, dehydration, deliberate, delicious delusion, demean demise, deplete, deplore, deprecate, dermatology, desirable, deteriorate, determination, devious, devoid, diagnosis, differentiate, dignify, disastrous, discourteous, discreet, discretion, discrimination, disorganised, disparage, dispassionate disperse, disregard, distinction, distort, documentary, dormant, drain, dubious, Earthbound, ecstasy, elaborate, elicit, elimination, ellipse, embrace emeritus, emission, enchant, endemic, endless, enhance, enliven, ensure, enthralled enthusiasm, epicentre, epidemic, epilogue, epithet, erratic, eucalyptus, evasive, evidence, evident, evil, excellence, exodus, exonerate, exotic, expedition, expenditure, expertise, extol, extort, Facile, fallible, fatigue, fawning, feasible, feebleness, fenugreek, fickle, fictitious, fiddle, finale, firmness, fitful, flabbergasted, flare, flatter, flaunt, flippant, flourish, flout, fluorescent, foremost, forerunner, foretold forever, forgive, forthcoming, fortune, freak, frugal, frustrated, frustration, Gallop, gambit, garish, gaunt, genial, genuine, geologist, globalization, glutton, glycerine, gorgeous, governance, gracious, grasp, gregarious, grimace, grime, gruesome, grumble, guerrilla Haggle, Halo handicap, harmonious, hatchback, haywire, heart-throb, heptagon, herbivore, hexagon, hindrance, homogenous, homonym, horrendous, humane, humanitarian, humorous, hunch, hypocrite, hypotenuse, Iceberg, ignorant, illicit, illusory, illustrate, imagination, immaturity, immense, immigrant, immortal, immunisation, impairment impulsive, inadequate, inapplicable incentive, indifferent, indignant, inertia, inevitable, infallible, influential, inhalation, inhospitable, inhumane inhumanity, injurious, innovation, inordinate, insolvent, installation, instinctive, institution, integral, intellectual, interaction, interference, interpretation, interruption, intoxicated, intruder, irresolute, irritable, Jailbird, jolly jostle, joyous, jubilant, jumble, jurisdiction, juvenile, Kernel, Knell, Lassitude, laudatory, legendary, leniency, liberal, liberation, life-threatening limitation, linger, literary, loyalty, lumberyard, lure, Magnitude, maintenance, malfunction, malnourish, mandate, mandatory, manifesto, manipulate, manipulation, martial, marvellous, massacre, maxim, mediocre, memoir, menial, mentor, meticulous, metropolitan, mettle, microorganisms millionaire, mind- boggling, mind-blowing, mindset, mind numbing, miscellaneous, miscreant, miserable, mitigate, mollify, momentum, mortgage, mouth watering, mundane, murky, murmur, myriad, mysterious, Nail biting, naive, nasty, navigation, necessarily, negotiation, nepotism, nomadic, notorious, noxious, nurture, nutcracker, nuthatch, Obesity, obnoxious, occupant, octagon, omnivore, opaque, opponent, opportunity, optician, optimistic, opulence, ordeal, orientation, outskirts, overlook, Paltry, pandemic, pandemonium, papyrus, parallel, paralysed, paramount, pardon, participation, patent, pavilion, pedigree, pentagon, penury, periodical, permanence, perpendicular, persistent, personnel, pertaining, pessimistic, petite, physician, pioneer, pioneering, pompous, possession, practitioner, praise, prejudice, preliminary, preparatory, prescription, prestigious, presumption, priority, privilege, probiotic, progressive, prolific, prolong propagate, propagation, prudent, psychiatric, Qualification, query, quotation, Reassurance, recreation, recruitment, reform, refurbish refurnish, regretful, reinforce, religion, religious, reluctance, remarkable, repulse, repulsion, requirement, resistance, resolution, resolve, retrieve, retrograde, revolutionary, robust, rubble, Safari, sanatorium, satisfactory, scanty, scatter, scrawny, secular, seizure, sentinel, sesame, severely, shear, sheer, shuffle, similarity, singularity, slavery, slouch, smirk, sorrowful, sponsorship, spotlight, spurt, squat, steward, stubble, substantial, successor, succinct, suffocation, superficial, supplement, surreal, sympathetic, Taciturn, tear-jerker, technical, technique, tender, tentative, testimony, thoughtful, thunderclap, tortuous, tournament transcribe, transient, transitory, translucent, twinge typically, Ultimately, ultrasonic, ultrasound, unearthed, unfairly, unflappable, unforeseen, ungainly, unkempt, unnecessary, unparalleled, unquenchable, unreasonable unremarkable, unsalable, unsightly, uprightness, uptight, urination, Valet, vicious, victim, virtuous, vulnerable, Wallow, warrant, watering, weaken, wilful, witness, wrath, wretched, wunderkind, Zealous

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 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	Choose the correct word for the given image:
	a) heptagon		b) nonagon
	c) octagon		d) decagon

Q.2	Match the words with their antonyms: 1. immune 2. flourish 3. adverse a. wither b. vulnerable c. favourable
	a) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c		b) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
	c) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c		d) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a

Q.3	Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word: acces_____
	a) ory		b) sory
	c) sary		d) arry

Q.4	Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
	a) eradicate : destroy		b) compulsory : voluntary
	c) eucaelyptus : medicine		d) executioner : criminal

Q.5	Identify the sentence/s with the correct use of the word in bold: 1. The merchants always horde grains and sell them later at high prices. 2. A hoard of people had gathered to watch the film stars shooting outside the palace.
	a) only 1		b) only 2
	c) both		d) neither

Q.6	How many meaningful words can you make by adding an 'i' to the following (without changing the order of the letters)? immunsation, recration, parlysed, santorium, retreving, glycrine
	a) 5		b) 2
	c) 3		d) 4

Q.7	Find out the number of misspelt words in the sentence: The natural fragrances of the insences soothe your senses and benefit you with their remidial properties.
	a) 1		b) 2
	c) 3		d) 0

Q.8	Choose the correct prefix and suffix to make a meaningful word: ___doubted____ 1. ance 2. re 3. un 4. able 5. dis 6. ly 7. mis 8. ness
	a) 3 and 6		b) 2 and 1
	c) 5 and 8		d) 7 and 4

Q.9	Choose the correct word for the given image:
	a) asparagus		b) broccoli
	c) aloe		d) parsley

Q.10	Choose the correct word for the blank: The pigs love to _________ in the mud.
	a) wallop		b) wallow
	c) hallow		d) frollick

Your Score: 0/10

Additional Preparation Resource

1. CREST International Spell Bee (Winter) competition Worksheets Package for class 6 - 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 6.