CREST International Spell Bee - Winter Class 8 Previous Year Paper

Preparing for the Class 8 Spell Bee Winter Olympiad? Previous year papers are a great way to strengthen spelling accuracy, vocabulary, and overall English proficiency.

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Spell Bee Words for Class 8

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.

Abbreviation, aberration, abhor, ablution, abominable, aboriginal, abrasive, abstract, abyss, accentuated, accession, acquaint, acquaintance, adept, adolescent, advantageous, affliction, affluent, ageist, agitation, aglow, agoraphobia, albatross, aloofness, ambiguous, amid, analogy, ancestry, announce, anthropology, antipathy, antiquated, apathetic, apoplexy, appropriation, arachnophobia, arbitrate, archaic, archive, artifice, aspire, astounding, astute, atrophy, audacious, avarice, Backlash, behemoth, belligerent, bemuse, benign, beryllium, bewitched, bibliography, bicentennial, billionaire, biography, blanch, boomerang, bougainvillea, bulldoze, buoyant, bustle, Calligraphy, callous, calumny, canny, canvass, captivating, caricature, cassowary, catalogue, catharsis, caucus, chassis, chastise, chemotherapy, choirboy, chronic, circumscribe, circumvent, claustrophobia, coherent, coiffure, collage, collision, colossal, combustion, commemorate, commend, commensurate, complementary, complimentary, composed, composure, comrade, conceited, concentric, conceptually, concierge, concurring, condemn, confederation, confound, conjecture, connive, connoisseur, conscientious, conscription, conservative, conserve, console, constellation, constituent, constrain, construe, consul, contemporary, contender, contravene, contrive, controversy, conundrum, conventional, convergent, convincing, convoluted, convulsion, corroborate, corrugated, cowardice, cranky, croquette, culmination, Dainty, dawdle, dazzling, debonair, debutant, decommission, defray, dejection, delectable, demagogue, dementia, demolish, derby, dermis, descendant, deserving, detective, detrimental, devastate, deviate, devotion, dexterous, dialect, diameter, didactic, dilapidated, diminutive, disarm, discerning, disciple, discordant, disgruntled, disinherit, dissipate, distant, distinguish, diurnal, divergent, divert, docile, doctrine, doomed, downsize, draught, dreary, ductile, duplicate, durable, Earmuffs, eccentric, economical, egregious, eligibility, eloquence, emancipate, emollient, enamel, enchanted, endearing, enduring, energise, enervate, enervating, enlightened, ensemble, enticing, entomologist, enunciate, envisage, ephemeral, equilibrium, estuary, eventful, excruciating, exhilarating, expatriate, expository, Facet, facetious, factoid, famished, felicity, fervent, fidelity, flavonoids, flounce, fluctuate, foresight, forgiving, forsake, fracas, frivolous, fructose, fulminate, futuristic, Gabardine, garrulous, gauche, georgette, geranium, ghastly, gingerly, glamorous, gratuity, grenadier, Hallucination, heinous, hermitage, hiss, histrionic, homoeopathy, hydrophobia, hypochondria, hypothalamus, hysterical, Idiom, Illogical, imagery, imitation, immaculate, impeccable, imperious, impertinent, impetus, implacable, impromptu, inchoate, indignation, indispensable, inedible, ingenious, insomnia, intentional, interlocutor, intermittent, intonation, intransigent, invalidate, invigorating, irrevocable, isolation, Janitor, jeopardise, jinx, Knapsack, Lacklustre, landlubber, lanky, lavish, legacy, legalistic, leguminous, leukaemia, linchpin, linguist, liquorice, lowbrow, lucrative, ludicrous, lumber, lustrous, Malicious, malodorous, manoeuvre, marsupial, mea culpa, megalomania, megawatt, menacing, mentee, merchandise, metalloid, meteoroid, mileage, millennium, misquote, moderation, monumental, muesli, multitude, municipal, Nasturtium, nebulous, negligence, negligent, nemesis, neophyte, nimble, nonchalant, nostalgic, nougat, novice, numismatist, Obituary, obscure, occurrence, odour, oesophagus, offbeat, offshoot, onerous, orchestrate, originate, ornithologist, ostentatious, outrageous, Padre, palindrome, paradigm, parched, parlance, patronise, pedlar, penultimate, perennial, perimeter, perplex, perseverance, perspicacious, persuasive, pertain, phenomenon, philanthropist, philatelist, philologist, philosopher, phosphoric, physiognomy, plagiarised, plume, plummet, poise, populace, porpoise, portcullis, portfolio, portmanteau, posterity, posthumously, postscript, pouffe, poultice, practical, precipitate, precursor, predicament, preponderance, preposterous, pretext, probability, proficient, progeny, prognosis, promptness, propaganda, prosper, protocol, pulverised, Quibble, quintessential, Ravenous, ravine, rebuff, recede, reconcile, reconnaissance, recuperate, recurrent, rehabilitation, reinstate, rejuvenate, relent, reminiscence, remoteness, rendezvous, renounce, renovate, repercussion, reprehensible, reprieve, repugnant, repulsive, requisition, residue, resilient, respectable, resplendent, resuscitation, revelation, reverberate, revere, reverie, revulsion, rhetoric, rhombus, rival, Sabotage, sacrilege, salubrious, sanctimonious, sanguine, sapphire, sauntering, scabbard, scholarly, scullery, segregation, sensible, serendipity, sherpa, shirk, shuck, shudder, shun, silhouette, simulate, simulator, simulcast, skedaddle, skilful, sleuthing, slingback, sloganeering, sluggish, smithereens, smokestack, snorkelling, soapsuds, sobriquet, solicit, somersault, sophisticated, soppy, sparse, spectre, spendthrift, spontaneous, spurious, spurn, squadron, stagger, stalemate, stalwart, steak, stellar, stenographer, stoic, strand, strident, stunted, stupendous, subjective, submissive, subterfuge, succumb, sumptuous, supernatural, surmount, surreptitious, surveillance, susceptible, sycophantic, symmetrical, symphony, symptom, syndrome, Tandem, technophile, technophobe, telepathy, temperament, tenacious, tessellated, tetrahedron, therapeutic, thermostat, thesaurus, thesis, thingamajig, thistledown, thoroughfare, thrift, thumping, tiddlywinks, tightrope, timidity, towering, tremendous, trepidation, trespassers, trigonometry, turbulence, turbulent, turgid, tussle, tutee, tutelage, Ubiquitous, undertake, unequivocal, unerringly, unguent, unobtrusive, unpretentious, unrelenting, untoward, upbraid, uprising, urbane, usher, Valiant, valuation, vampire, vanish, vanquish, verbiage, verbosity, verily, vestibule, vestige, veteran, vibrant, virtuoso, virulent, voilà, voluminous, voracity, Wanderlust, warble, watchful, waver, weariness, wiles, willowy, winsome, wiry, witless, witticism, woo, woodlouse, wrangle, wreak, wriggle, writhe, Xenophobia, Zealot, zeppelin

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.10

Q.1	From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
	a) unerringly		b) skedaddle
	c) thistledown		d) prepondderance

Q.2	Choose the right combination to make a meaningful word: 1. de 2. pre 3. en 4. mentia 5. famous 6. went
	a) 3 and 5		b) 1 and 4
	c) 2 and 6		d) 1 and 5

Q.3	What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters? bcrosue
	a) large in amount, or impressive, and usually costing a lot of money		b) ​difficult to understand
	c) obeying the law too strictly		d) ​a person who knows several foreign languages well

Q.4	Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
	a) scullary		b) intransigent
	c) hypotenuse		d) geranium

Q.5	Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form a verb?
	a) ygrelc		b) eurtson
	c) eicdh		d) acemnu

Q.6	Which of the following words rhymes with the given word? odour
	a) spectre		b) padre
	c) carfare		d) revere

Q.7	Choose the meaning of the word that will be formed by adding ‘u’ and ‘a' to one of the following? 1. pr_cip_tate 2. r_c_ndite 3. rep_gn_nt 4. s_cril_ge
	a) not known about or understood by many people		b) to suddenly force somebody/something into a particular state or condition
	c) an act of treating a holy thing or place without respect		d) ​making you feel strong dislike

Q.8	Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
	a) diurnal		b) legallistic
	c) corrugate		d) beryllium

Q.9	Match the words with their antonyms: 1. righteous a. lenient 2. rancour b. friendliness 3. stern c. unjust
	a) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c		b) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
	c) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b		d) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b

Q.10	Match the words with their synonyms: 1. mendacity a. falsehood 2. ominous b. baffle 3. perplex c. threatening
	a) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b		b) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
	c) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b		d) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a

Your Score: 0/10

Additional Preparation Resource

1. CREST International Spell Bee (Winter) competition Worksheets Package for class 8 - 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 8.