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, abominable, 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, bewitched, bibliography, billionaire, biography, blanch, boomerang, bougainvillea, bulldoze, buoyant, bustle, Calligraphy, calumny, canny, canvass, captivating, caricature, cassowary, catalogue, catharsis, caucus, chassis, chastise, 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, 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, decommission, defray, dejection, delectable, demagogue, demolish, descendant, deserving, detective, detrimental, devastate, deviate, devotion, 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, flounce, fluctuate, foresight, forgiving, forsake, fracas, frivolous, fructose, fulminate, futuristic, Gabardine, garrulous, gauche, geranium, ghastly, gingerly, glamorous, gratuity, Hallucination, heinous, hermitage, hiss, histrionic, hydrophobia, hypochondria, 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, lanky, lavish, legacy, legalistic, leguminous, linguist, liquorice, lowbrow, lucrative, ludicrous, lumber, lustrous, Malicious, malodorous, manoeuvre, marsupial, megalomania, megawatt, menacing, mentee, merchandise, 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, physiognomy, plagiarised, plume, plummet, poise, populace, porpoise, portcullis, portfolio, portmanteau, posterity, postscript, 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, scholarly, scullery, segregation, sensible, serendipity, shirk, shudder, shun, silhouette, simulate, simulator, simulcast, skilful, sleuthing, slingback, sluggish, smithereens, snorkelling, soapsuds, sobriquet, solicit, somersault, sophisticated, soppy, sparse, spectre, spendthrift, spontaneous, spurious, spurn, squadron, stagger, stalemate, stalwart, steak, stellar, stoic, strand, strident, stunted, stupendous, subjective, submissive, subterfuge, succumb, sumptuous, supernatural, surmount, surreptitious, surveillance, susceptible, sycophantic, symmetrical, symphony, symptom, syndrome, Tandem, technophobe, telepathy, temperament, tenacious, tessellated, tetrahedron, therapeutic, thermostat, thesaurus, thesis, thoroughfare, thrift, thumping, tiddlywinks, tightrope, timidity, towering, tremendous, trepidation, trespassers, trigonometry, turbulence, turbulent, turgid, tussle, tutelage, Ubiquitous, undertake, unequivocal, unerringly, unguent, unobtrusive, unpretentious, unrelenting, untoward, upbraid, uprising, urbane, usher, Valiant, valuation, vanish, vanquish, verbiage, verbosity, verily, vestibule, vestige, veteran, vibrant, virtuoso, virulent, voluminous, voracity, Wanderlust, warble, watchful, waver, weariness, wiles, willowy, winsome, wiry, witless, witticism, woo, woodlouse, wrangle, wreak, wriggle, writhe, Xenophobia, Zealot

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	Choose the correct word for the given image:
	a) asparagine		b) aborigine
	c) aubergine		d) sauvagine

Q.2	Choose the meaning of the word that will be formed by adding ‘e’ and ‘i' to one of the following: 1. te__tot__ller 2. t__chnoph__be 3. t__chnoph__le 4. t__l__pathy
	a) a person who does not drink alcohol		b) ​the direct communication of thoughts or feelings from one person to another without using speech, writing, or any other normal method
	c) a person who is enthusiastic about new technology		d) ​a person who is afraid of, dislikes or avoids new technology

Q.3	Choose the correct option: This comes from French and it means 'a private conversation'.
	a) verboten		b) tête-à-tête
	c) unheimlich		d) vis-à-vis

Q.4	Find out the number of misspelt words in the sentence: Alternative medicine which is used to describe medical treatments that are used instead of traditional therapies is also reffered to as complimentary medicine.
	a) 0		b) 1
	c) 2		d) 3

Q.5	From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
	a) diabetologist		b) amnaesia
	c) diagnosis		d) anaemic

Q.6	Find out the number of correctly spelt words in the given set of words and multiply the answer by 2: emolient, pretentious, clostrophobia, incridulous, numismatist, fraudulent
	a) 10		b) 8
	c) 6		d) 4

Q.7	Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
	a) rejuvenate : revitalise		b) ravenous : starving
	c) commotion : pandemonium		d) disorganised : choatic

Q.8	Choose the option in which both the blanks can be filled with the same letter:
	a) suc__es__or		b) rev__l__tion
	c) p__lver__sed		d) per__ua__ive

Q.9	In which word is ‘qu’ pronounced differently?
	a) quay		b) question
	c) quarter		d) quarry

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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