CREST International Spell Bee - Winter Class 8 Sample Paper

Challenge your child's language mastery with the CREST International Spell Bee (Winter) Class 8 Sample Paper. This sample paper is ideal for students looking to sharpen their spelling skills, expand academic vocabulary, and gain an edge in competitive spelling Olympiads.

What's Inside the Class 8 Spell Bee Winter Sample Paper?

• Advanced-level spelling and vocabulary exercises based on Class 8 standards
• Questions involving homophones, foreign words, and contextual word usage
• Practice aligned with the actual Spell Bee Olympiad format

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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, accomplice, acquaint, acquaintance, adept, adolescent, advantageous, affliction, affluent, ageist, agitation, aglow, agoraphobia, albatross, aloofness, ambiguous, amid, ancestry, announce, anthropology, antipathy, antiquated, apathetic, apoplexy, appropriation, arachnophobia, arbitrate, archaic, artifice, aspire, assassination, astounding, astute, audacious, avarice, Backlash, behemoth, belligerent, bemuse, benign, beryllium, bête noire, betrayal, bewitched, bibliography, bicentennial, billionaire, biography, blanch, boomerang, bougainvillea, brutal, bulldoze, bustle, Calligraphy, callous, canny, captivating, caricature, cassowary, catalogue, catharsis, caucus, chastise, chemotherapy, choirboy, circumscribe, circumvent, claustrophobia, coherent, coiffure, collage, collision, colossal, combustion, commemorate, commend, commensurate, complementary, complimentary, composed, composure, comrade, conceited, concentric, conceptually, concierge, concurring, confederation, confound, conjecture, connoisseur, conscientious, conscription, conservative, conserve, console, constellation, constituent, constrain, construe, consul, contemporary, contender, contravene, contrive, controversy, conundrum, conventional, convergent, convincing, convoluted, convulsion, corroborate, cowardice, cranky, croquette, crucifixion, culmination, culpable, Dainty, dawdle, dazzling, debonair, debutant, decommission, defray, dejection, delectable, demagogue, dementia, demolish, derby, dermis, descendant, deserving, detective, detrimental, devastate, devotion, dexterous, dialect, didactic, dilapidated, diminutive, disarm, discerning, disciple, discordant, disgruntled, disinherit, dissipate, distant, distinguish, divergent, divert, docile, doctrine, doomed, downsize, dreary, 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, exterminate, Facet, facetious, famished, felicity, fidelity, flavonoids, fluctuate, forgiving, fracas, fraudulent, frivolous, fructose, fulminate, futuristic, Gabardine, garrulous, gauche, georgette, geranium, ghastly, gingerly, glamorous, gratuity, grenadier, Hallucination, heist, hermitage, hiss, histrionic, homoeopathy, hydrophobia, hypochondria, hypothalamus, hysterical, Illogical, imagery, imitation, immaculate, impeccable, imperious, impertinent, implacable, impromptu, inchoate, indict, indignation, indispensable, inedible, ingenious, insomnia, intentional, interlocutor, intermittent, intonation, intransigent, invalidate, invigorating, irrevocable, isolation, Janitor, jeopardise, jinx, Knapsack, Lacklustre, landlubber, lanky, lavish, legalistic, leguminous, leukaemia, linchpin, linguist, liquorice, loathsome, lucrative, ludicrous, lumber, lustrous, Malicious, malodorous, maniac, manoeuvre, marsupial, mea culpa, megalomania, megawatt, menacing, mentee, merchandise, metalloid, meteoroid, millennium, misquote, moderation, monumental, muesli, Nasturtium, nebulous, negligence, negligent, neophyte, nimble, nonchalant, nostalgic, nougat, novice, numismatist, Obituary, occurrence, odour, oesophagus, offshoot, originate, ornithologist, ostentatious, outrageous, Padre, paradigm, parlance, parole, patronise, pedlar, penultimate, perseverance, persuasive, phenomenon, philanthropist, philatelist, philistine, philologist, philosopher, phosphoric, physiognomy, plagiarised, plume, poise, populace, porpoise, portcullis, portfolio, portmanteau, posterity, posthumously, pouffe, poultice, practical, precipitate, precursor, predicament, preponderance, preposterous, probability, proficient, prognosis, promptness, propaganda, prosecution, protocol, pulverised, Quibble, Ravenous, ravine, rebuff, recede, recuperate, recurrent, rehabilitation, reinstate, rejuvenate, relent, remoteness, renegade, renounce, renovate, repercussion, reprehensible, reprieve, repugnant, repulsive, requisition, resilient, respectable, resplendent, resuscitation, retribution, revelation, reverberate, revere, revulsion, rhetoric, rhombus, rival, Sabotage, sacrilege, salubrious, sanctimonious, sanguine, sauntering, scabbard, scholarly, scullery, segregation, senile, sensible, serendipity, sherpa, shirk, shuck, shudder, shun, silhouette, simulate, simulator, simulcast, skedaddle, skilful, skulduggery, sleuthing, slingback, sloganeering, sluggish, smithereens, smokestack, snivelling, snorkelling, soapsuds, sobriquet, somersault, sophisticated, soppy, sparse, spendthrift, spontaneous, spurious, spurn, squadron, stagger, stalemate, stalwart, steak, stenographer, stoic, strand, strident, stupendous, subjective, subjugate, submissive, subterfuge, sumptuous, supernatural, surmount, surreptitious, surveillance, susceptible, sycophantic, symmetrical, symphony, syndrome, Tandem, technophile, technophobe, teetotaller, telepathy, temperament, tenacious, tetrahedron, therapeutic, thesaurus, thesis, thingamajig, thistledown, thrift, thumping, tiddlywinks, timidity, tormentor, towering, treachery, tremendous, trepidation, trespassers, trigonometry, tryst, turbulence, turbulent, turgid, turncoat, tussle, tutee, tutelage, Ubiquitous, undertake, unerringly, unobtrusive, unpretentious, unrelenting, untoward, uprising, urbane, usher, Valiant, valuation, vampire, vanish, vanquish, vengeance, verbiage, verbosity, verily, vestibule, vibrant, virulent, voilà, voluminous, voracity, Wanderlust, warble, watchful, waver, weariness, wiles, willowy, wiry, witticism, woo, woodlouse, 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

Sample Questions

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Q.1	Match the words with their meanings: 1. hysterical 2. persistent 3. apprehensive a. worried or frightened that something unpleasant may happen b. in a state of extreme excitement, and crying, laughing, etc. without any control c. determined to do something despite difficulties
	a) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b		b) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
	c) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b		d) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a

Q.2	How many meaningful words can you make by adding an 'a' to the following (without changing the order of the letters)? infltable, susceptble, temperment, secretry, circumstnces, independnt
	a) 2		b) 3
	c) 4		d) 5

Q.3	Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word: 123456789 CTECNRCIE
	a) 4362955187		b) 268491357
	c) 341952687		d) 594378216

Q.4	In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order? 1. hostage 2. horrify 3. horsemanship 4. hospitable
	a) 1423		b) 3214
	c) 2341		d) 4123

Q.5	Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word: 1234567 ldmaeim
	a) 2615374		b) 7431652
	c) 2653417		d) 5316274

Q.6	Which word will not rhyme with the others when the blanks are filled with ‘ai’ or ‘ei’?
	a) fr__ __ght		b) w__ __ght
	c) pl__ __ t		d) str__ __t

Q.7	Find out the number of misspelt words in the sentence: The sign said that the property was under surveillance and that tresspassers would be prosecuted.
	a) 0		b) 1
	c) 2		d) 3

Q.8	Choose the option in which both the blanks can be filled with the same letter:
	a) a__rdv__rk		b) m__r s__pial
	c) insectiv_r_s		d) w__rth__g

Q.9	Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of a thing you find in the laboratory?
	a) drocneres		b) gretane
	c) latueps		d) rsginrey

Q.10	Choose the right combination to make a meaningful word: 1. ed 2. renew 3. able 4. measure 5. al 6. human 7. ity
	a) 4 and 7		b) 2 and 5
	c) 6 and 3		d) 6 and 1

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