Grade 8

CREST International Spell Bee (CSB)

Sample Paper
Pattern and Marking Scheme
Section Name Section Details Number of
Questions
Spell-o-Spell Test your spelling skills 6
Word Connection Find antonyms, synonyms, masculine, feminine and 8
other alternative words
Word Makeup Identify the right suffix, prefix and compound words 10
Mingle-Mangle Form meaningful words from jumbled letters 3
Picture Speak Answer image-based questions 3
Word Cookie Catch single letter spelling errors 10
Word Melody Write correct words based on phonetics 4
Word Ensemble Check your knowledge of idioms, proverbs, etc 8
Mathlish Identify incorrect words while having fun with Maths 8
Rapid Fire (Audio Round) Hear and write the spelling of words quickly 20
Grand Total 80

Each question carries 1 mark.

The total duration of the exam is 60 minutes. Including Rapid Fire of 5 min.

Syllabus
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 Spell Bee - Summer (Each Question is 1 Mark)
Section name for questions 1-6: Spell-o-Spell

1. Choose the meaning of the correctly spelt word:

1. memento
2. obsiquies
3. episle
4. phenomenen

a. a letter
b. funeral ceremonies
c. a remarkable person or thing
d. an object kept as a reminder of a person or event

2. Choose the meaning of the correctly spelt word:

1. delibrate
2. cautieous
3. orater
4. vanquish

a. done on purpose rather than by accident

b. being careful about what you say or do
c. a public speaker
d. defeat thoroughly

3. Choose the meaning of the correctly spelt word:

1. ulterieor
2. catastroph
3. captivity
4. hagard

a. a sudden event that causes many people to suffer

b. the state of being kept as a prisoner
c. existing beyond what is obvious or admitted
d. looking very tired because of illness, worry or lack of sleep

4. Choose the meaning of the incorrectly spelt word:

1. criterion
2. apposition
3. minstrel
4. existance

a. a musician or singer in the Middle Ages

b. a standard or principle by which something is judged
c. the fact or state of living or having objective reality.
d. the positioning of things side by side

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 5. Choose the meaning of the incorrectly spelt word:
1. ceremony
2. collegue
3. enterprise
4. nutritious

a. efficient as food
b. a project or undertaking
c. a person with whom one works in a profession
d. a formal religious or public occasion

6. Choose the meaning of the incorrectly spelt word:

1. exellence
2. trinket
3. sacred
4. acquire

a. the quality of being extremely good

b. a small ornament that is of little value.
c. regarded with great respect and reverence
d. learn or develop a skill, habit, or quality

Section name for questions 7-14: Word Connection

7. Choose the antonym of the word in bold:

Few people will admit to being racially prejudiced.

a. underestimate b. hindrance
c. predispose d. unbiased

8. Choose the antonym of the word in bold:

His speeches in the chamber were always eloquent and powerful.

a. forceful b. irrelevant
c. relevant d. inarticulate

9. Choose the antonym of the word in bold:

His behaviour has exalted the power and prestige of his office.

a. upgraded b. degraded
c. prominent d. dignified

10. Choose the antonym of the word in bold:

Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence.

a. castigate b. deprecate
c. commend d. comment

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 11. Choose the synonym of the word:
He used to swindle people out of their land.

a. deceit b. assist
c. benefit d. help

12. Choose the synonym of the word in bold:

Some of the younger pop bands try to imitate their musical heroes from the past.

a. oppose b. defame
c. truthful d. copy

13. Choose the synonym of the word in bold:

I despise anyone who is cruel to animals.

a. accuse b. hate
c. appeal d. abuse

14. Choose the synonym of the word in bold:

His capacity for learning languages astonished me.

a. frightened b. expected
c. amazed d. emulated

Section name for questions 15-24: Word Makeup

15. Choose the word from which a meaningful word can be formed using the suffix below:
ible

a. adapt b. suggest
c. access d. response

16. Choose the word from which a meaningful word cannot be formed using the suffix below:
ry

a. gallant b. circuit
c. nurse d. confine

17. Choose the word from the given options which won't form a meaningful word using the suffix
below:
ious

a. envy b. court
c. glory d. study

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 18. Choose the word from which a meaningful word cannot be formed using the prefix below:
in

a. partial b. fest
c. different d. animate

19. Choose the word from the given options which won't form a meaningful word using the prefix
below:
pre

a. face b. cease
c. dict d. caution

20. Choose the word from which a meaningful word can be formed using the prefix below:
im

a. partiality b. pervious
c. cite d. passe

21. Choose the correct compound word:

a. airborne b. awstruck
c. awsome d. no-how

22. Choose the correct compound word:

a. fundriser b. high-tec
c. weakend d. weekday

23. Choose the incorrect compound word:

a. waistcoat b. waistbasket
c. straightforward d. roller coaster

24. Choose the incorrect compound word:

a. quarelsome b. ponytail
c. overexposure d. notewithstanding

Section name for questions 25-27: Mingle-Mangle

25. Identify the word with jumbled letters in the sentence:

To be trusted is a greater tnemmoiclp than to be loved.

a. complacent b. complicated
c. compliment d. complement

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 26. Identify the word with jumbled letters in the sentence:
The names of the shops are entirely lanoitcif.

a. factional b. frictional
c. fictitious d. fictional

27. Identify the word with jumbled letters in the sentence:

Don't demlde with the electrical wiring.

a. middle b. meddle
c. medal d. dilemma

Section name for questions 28-30: Picture Speak

28. Select the correct spelling for the image:

a. veternarian b. veterinerian
c. veterinarian d. veterinerien

29. Select the correct spelling for the image:

a. chameleon b. chamelion
c. cameleon d. chamileon

30. Select the correct spelling for the image:

a. journelist b. journalist
c. jornalist d. journlist

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Section name for questions 31-40: Word Cookie

31. Insert the correct letters to form a word:

inconv_n__nce

a. i, i, e b. i, e, i
c. e, i, e d. e, e, i

32. Insert the correct letters to form a word:

co_loqui_l

a. o, e b. l, e
c. o, a d. l, a

33. Insert the correct letters to form a word:

over_he_m

a. v, a b. v, l
c. w, l d. w, a

34. Find the extra letter in the word:

tablespoonfull

a. e b. o
c. s d. l

35. Find the extra letter in the word:

auxilliary

a. x b. i
c. l d. a

36. Find the extra letter in the word:

accommplish

a. m b. c
c. h d. s

37. Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Jackie sees the comedy in her millionare husband's thrifty habits.

a. comedy b. millionare
c. husband d. thrifty

38. Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twenteith.

a. perseverance b. nineteen
c. succeeding d. twenteith

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 39. Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Soldiers flaundering knee-deep in mud pushed the guns and wagons themselves.

a. soldiers b. flaundering
c. wagons d. knee-deep

40. Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

He seemed quite sanguine about his chances of sucess.

a. quite b. sanguine
c. chances d. sucess

Section name for questions 41-48: Word Ensemble

41. A set of idioms has been given below. Fill in the blank with the suitable idiom:
1. a hot potato
2. at the drop of a hat
3. be glad to see the back of
4. beating around the bush
5. blessing in disguise
6. burn the midnight oil

Quit __________________ and tell me what you really want.

a. 2 b. 3
c. 4 d. 5

42. A set of idioms has been given below. Fill in the blank with the suitable idiom:
1. a hot potato
2. at the drop of a hat
3. be glad to see the back of
4. beating around the bush
5. blessing in disguise
6. burn the midnight oil

That girl is so emotional; she'll start crying ______________.

a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 4

43. A set of idioms has been given below. Fill in the blank with the suitable idiom:
1. a hot potato
2. at the drop of a hat
3. be glad to see the back of
4. beating around the bush
5. blessing in disguise
6. burn the midnight oil

I had to ____________________ to get the project completed on time.

a. 3 b. 4
c. 5 d. 6

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 44. A set of idioms has been given below. Fill in the blank with the suitable idiom:
1. a hot potato
2. at the drop of a hat
3. be glad to see the back of
4. beating around the bush
5. blessing in disguise
6. burn the midnight oil

The guest was so irritating that the hosts were ______________ him.

a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 4

45. Complete the proverb:

The grass is always greener ___________________.

a. in the field b. on the other side of the fence

c. if you look closely d. in the back of the yard

46. Complete the proverb:

You can’t have your cake ___________________.

a. if it is not yours b. if it belongs to someone else.

c. and eat it too d. while looking at it

47. Complete the proverb:

Don’t cross the bridge __________________.

a. until you come to it b. if you don't know the way

c. until you are ready for it d. if don't need to

48. Complete the proverb:

The early bird ________________.

a. catches the worm b. flies far

c. gets the food d. sleeps early

Section name for questions 49-56: Mathlish

49. Find the number of misspelt words:

commendable, delapidate, guardian, sherif, masacre, adroit

a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 4

50. Find the number of misspelt words:

antethesis ,druge, firmment, frieght, shephard, primature, allitration

a. 4 b. 5
c. 6 d. 7

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 51. Find the number of misspelt words:
mirth, descendent, plenteous, libertine, voyage, invigorate, tyrant

a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 4

52. Find the number of misspelt words:

melancoly, ludicros, pompos, avaricious, accord, redound, temperance

a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 4

53. Find the number of correctly spelt words:

elegible, emeliorate, accommodation, consecrate, ascribe, comptible, tenecious

a. 4 b. 3
c. 2 d. 5

54. Find the number of correctly spelt words:

scoff, antheism, covetous, superstission, misereble, derilict, rander

a. 6 b. 1
c. 5 d. 2

55. Find the number of correctly spelt words:

pique, acclaim, resemblance, confind, abstimous, diffident

a. 6 b. 5
c. 4 d. 3

56. Find the number of correctly spelt words:

anamour, liesure, hier, sorcer, crouch, distructive

a. 6 b. 4
c. 2 d. 1

Section name for questions 57-60: Word Melody

57. Choose the correct way to represent the given word using phonetic symbols:
consistent

a. /kənˈsɪst(ə)nt/ b. /əˈsɪst(ə)nt/
c. /pəˈsɪst(ə)nt/ d. ɛɡˈzɪst(ə)nt/

58. Choose the correct way to represent the given word using phonetic symbols:
crammer

a. /ˈɡlamə/ b. /ˈklamə/
c. /ˈɡramə/ d. /ˈkræmə/

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 59. Choose the correct way to represent the given word using phonetic symbols:
vanish

a. /ˈbanɪʃ/ b. /ˈvanɪʃ/
c. /ˈvaŋkwɪʃ/ d. /ˈblɛmɪʃ/

60. Choose the correct way to represent the given word using phonetic symbols:
analysis

a. /əˈnalɪsɪs/ b. /ˈan(ə)lʌɪz/
c. /əˈprʌɪz/ d. əbˈsʌɪz/

Section name for questions 61-80: Rapid Fire

There are 20 additional questions of audio round in the online paper.

Answer Key
1. d 2. d 3. b 4. c 5. c 6. a 7. d
8. d 9. b 10. c 11. a 12. d 13. b 14. c
15. a 16. d 17. b 18. a 19. b 20. c 21. a
22. d 23. b 24. a 25. c 26. d 27. b 28. c
29. a 30. b 31. c 32. d 33. c 34. d 35. c
36. a 37. b 38. d 39. b 40. d 41. c 42. b
43. d 44. c 45. b 46. c 47. a 48. a 49. c
50. d 51. a 52. c 53. b 54. d 55. c 56. d
57. a 58. d 59. b 60. a

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