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.

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• 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, accession, acidic, acquaint, acquaintance, adept, adolescent, advantageous, affliction, affluent, ageist, agitation, aglow, agoraphobia, albatross, ambiguous, amid, analogy, ancestral, ancestry, announce, anthropology, antioxidant, antipathy, antiquated, apathetic, appropriation, arachnophobia, arbitrate, archaic, archive, artifice, aspire, astute, atrophy, audacious, avarice, Backlash, behemoth, belligerent, bemuse, benign, bibliography, bibliophile, bicentenary, billionaire, biography, blanch, boomerang, bougainvillea, bulldoze, buoyant, bustle, Calligraphy, calumny, canny, cantankerous, canvass, captivating, caricature, cassowary, catalogue, catharsis, chaff, chassis, chastise, chiffon, choirboy, chronic, circumscribe, circumvent, claustrophobia, coalesce, coherent, coiffure, collage, collision, colossal, combustion, commemorate, commend, commensurate, complementary, complimentary, composure, comrade, conceited, concentric, concierge, condemn, confederation, confound, conjecture, connive, connoisseur, conquest, conscientious, conservative, conserve, console, constellation, constituent, constrain, construe, consul, contemplate, contemporary, contender, contraption, contravene, contrive, controversy, conundrum, conventional, convergent, convincing, convoluted, corduroy, cornerstone, corroborate, corrosion, corrugated, cowardice, cranky, croquette, culmination, cuticle, Dainty, dawdle, debonair, decommission, defray, deft, dejection, delectable, demagogue, demolish, descendant, detective, detrimental, devastate, deviate, devotion, dexterity, dialect, diameter, dichotomy, didactic, dilapidated, diminutive, disarm, disciple, discordant, disgruntled, disinherit, dissipate, distant, distinguish, diurnal, divergent, divert, docile, doctrine, downsize, draught, dreary, ductile, duplicate, durable, dwindle, Earmuffs, eccentric, economical, egregious, electron, eligibility, eloquence, emancipate, emollient, enamel, encore, endearing, enervate, ensemble, entomologist, enunciate, envisage, ephemeral, equatorial, equilibrium, erroneous, estuary, eventful, excruciating, expatriate, expository, extricate, Facet, facetious, famished, felicity, fervent, fidelity, flounce, fluctuate, foresee, foresight, forsake, foundry, fracas, frivolous, fructose, fruitarian, fulminate, futuristic, Garrulous, gauche, geranium, ghastly, gingerly, glamorous, gondolier, gossamer, gratuity, guise, Hallucination, hermitage, hiatus, hieroglyph, histrionic, hydrophobia, hypochondria, hysterical, Idiom, Illogical, imagery, imitation, immaculate, impeccable, imperious, impertinent, impetus, implacable, impromptu, incognito, incongruous, indefatigable, indignation, indispensable, indomitable, inedible, ingenious, inherent, innate, innocuous, insomnia, intentional, interlocutor, intermittent, intonation, intransigent, introvert, invalidate, irrevocable, isolation, Jettison, jinx, juxtapose, Knapsack, kudos, Lackadaisical, Lacklustre, lacquer, lanky, lather, lavish, legacy, legalistic, legible, leguminous, levity, linguist, liquorice, lowbrow, lucrative, ludicrous, lustrous, Magnesium, malodorous, manoeuvre, mariner, marsupial, megalomania, megawatt, mellifluous, memorabilia, merchandise, metabolism, meter, mileage, millennium, misconstrue, misnomer, misquote, moderation, modicum, monumental, mountaineer, muesli, multitude, municipal, Nasturtium, nebulous, negligence, negligent, nemesis, neophyte, nimble, nonchalant, nostalgic, nougat, novice, numismatist, Oblivious, obscure, occurrence, odour, oesophagus, offbeat, offshoot, onerous, orchestrate, originate, ornithologist, ostentatious, outrageous, overture, Padre, palindrome, paradigm, paragon, paraphernalia, parched, parlance, pedlar, penchant, penultimate, perceive, perennial, perimeter, perplex, perseverance, perspicacious, persuasive, pertain, phenomenon, philanthropist, philatelist, philologist, philosopher, phlegmatic, physiognomy, physiotherapy, platelet, plebiscite, plume, plummet, poise, polyglot, populace, porpoise, portcullis, portfolio, portmanteau, posterity, postscript, postulate, poultice, practical, preamble, precipitate, precursor, predicament, preponderance, preposterous, pretext, probability, proficient, progeny, prognosis, propaganda, prosper, protagonist, protein, protocol, pseudonym, publicity, Quagmire, quandary, Quibble, quintessential, Ratify, Ravenous, ravine, rebuff, recede, recollection, reconcile, reconnaissance, recuperate, recurrent, refute, rehabilitation, reinstate, rejuvenate, relent, reminisce, reminiscence, rendezvous, renounce, renovate, repercussion, repertoire, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, requisition, rescind, residue, resilient, respectable, resplendent, restaurateur, resuscitation, retort, revelation, reverberate, revere, reverie, revulsion, rhetoric, rhombus, rival, rivalry, rudimentary, Sacrilege, salubrious, sanctimonious, sanguine, sapphire, scholarly, scullery, scurry, segregation, semaphore, sensible, serendipity, shirk, shudder, shun, silhouette, simulate, simulator, simulcast, skilful, sleeplessness, sleuthing, sluggish, smattering, smithereens, soapsuds, sobriquet, sojourn, solicit, somersault, sophisticated, soppy, sparse, spectre, spendthrift, sphinx, spontaneous, sprightly, spurious, spurn, squadron, squalor, stagger, stalemate, stalwart, stellar, stoic, strand, strident, stunted, stupendous, subjective, submissive, subterfuge, succumb, suffice, sumptuous, supernatural, supernova, surmise, surmount, surreptitious, surveillance, susceptible, sycophantic, symmetrical, symphony, symptom, syndrome, Tacit, Tandem, tantamount, technophobe, telepathy, temperament, tempestuous, tenacious, tenet, terse, tessellated, tetrahedron, therapeutic, thermostat, thesaurus, thesis, thoroughfare, thrift, thwart, tightrope, timidity, tirade, towering, trajectory, treatise, tremendous, trepidation, trigonometry, troubadour, tumult, turbulence, turbulent, turgid, turnstile, tussle, tutelage, Ubiquitous, undertake, unequivocal, unguent, unobtrusive, unpretentious, unrelenting, untoward, upbraid, uprising, urbane, usher, Valiant, valuation, vanish, vanquish, veneer, verbiage, verbosity, verily, vernacular, vertebra, vestibule, vestige, veteran, vibrant, vignette, virtuoso, virulent, voluminous, voracious, voracity, Wanderlust, warble, watchful, waver, wiles, willowy, winsome, wiry, witless, witticism, woo, woodlouse, wrangle, wreak, wriggle, writhe, Xenophobia, Zealot, 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: 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 antonyms: 1. exhilarating a. therapeutic 2. detrimental b. tedious 3. untoward    c. appropriate
	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-a, 3-c

Q.2	Choose the correct prefix and suffix to make a meaningful word: ___perm___ 1. eable 2. enance 3. im 4. un 5. able 6. dis 7. issable
	a) 4 and 7		b) 3 and 1
	c) 6 and 2		d) 6 and 5

Q.3	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.4	In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order? 1. jetty 2. jargon 3. jeopardy 4. jaundice
	a) 1342		b) 4213
	c) 2431		d) 4123

Q.5	What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters? cactseit
	a) feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement		b) badly brought up or showing bad upbringing
	c) definitely true and that cannot be denied or disproved		d) something that cannot be explained or cannot be understood

Q.6	Match the words with their synonyms: 1. devastated   a. showy 2. frantic         b. desperate 3. ostentatious c. heartbroken
	a) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b		b) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
	c) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c		d) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a

Q.7	From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
	a) expeatriate		b) unforeseen
	c) ludicrous		d) indispensable

Q.8	Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word: re____erate
	a) coup		b) ckup
	c) cuep		d) cup

Q.9	Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order: u, i, a
	a) ill__m__n__tion		b) abbr__v__ __tion
	c) r__s__l__tion		d) s__p__rst__tion

Q.10	In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order? 1. hostel 2. horizon 3. horsemanship 4. hospitable
	a) 1423		b) 3214
	c) 2341		d) 4123

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