CREST International Spell Bee-Winter (CSBW) Class 6 Sample Paper

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SAMPLE PAPER

CREST Spell Bee Winter (CSBW)

Syllabus for CSBW is available at https://www.crestolympiads.com/csbw-syllabus
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Pattern and Marking Scheme
Section Name Section Details Number of
Questions
Word Champ Checks the spellings and word usage 8
Spell Spies Based on similar sounding words/ Based on silent 6
letters.
Sound Check Pronunciation check 3
Spellacadabra A word with two blanks will be given. 8
Jumble Tumble Jumbled letters/ l p e a p- 12345 5
Pictospell Images will be given in the options 3
Word Tally Any letter or double letters could be specified 6
Spell-probe Based on spellings and meanings 4
Word Fusion Based on prefix, suffix and compound words 5
Word Twins 2 sentences are given with 1 blank in each sentence 3
Crossword Based on synonyms, antonyms and meaning of words 4
Get Set Spell Listen to the audio and write the spelling 10
Grand total 65

Each question carries 1 mark (Total duration: 60 min. including Get, Set, Spell! of 5 min.)

Word Champ

1. Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
conti____________

(a) nously (b) nuity
(c) nantel (d) gious

Word Champ

2. Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
opp_______

(a) onents (b) urtunity
(c) ossing (d) erator

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Word Champ
3. In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. boundless 2. boundary 3. bounce 4. boulder

(a) 3214 (b) 1234
(c) 4321 (d) 2341

Word Champ

4. In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. completely 2. complementary 3. completion 4. complementation

(a) 2413` (b) 4231
(c) 1324 (d) 3142

Word Champ
5. Choose the correct word for the blank:
The ambulances raced to the accident site with sirens __________.

(a) crooning (b) squealing
(c) screeching (d) wailing

Word Champ

6. Choose the correct word for the blank:
The pigs love to _________ in the mud.

(a) wallop (b) wallow
(c) hallow (d) frollick

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Word Champ
7. Choose the true statement/s:
1. A nuthatch is a bird.
2. A hatchback is a turtle.
3. Peanuts are also called groundnuts.

(a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3 (d) Only 3

Word Champ

8. Choose the word that will fit in one of the blanks:
According to the dictionary, the octopus is a soft-bodied, eight-__________ creature
living __________at the ________ of the sea.

(a) limbed (b) arms
(c) depth (d) most

Spell Spies

9. Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

(a) quire (b) choer
(c) coir (d) choir

Spell Spies

10. Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

(a) prey (b) piers
(c) pare (d) peirce

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Spell Spies
11. Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
The company is committed to eliminnating the usage of single-use plastic at every level
from sourcing to store.

(a) only committed
(b) only eliminnating
(c) usage and sourcing
(d) eliminnating and usage

Spell Spies

12. Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
The article sugessted some simple excercises you can do if you don't get your daily
dose of physical activity and spend the greater part of the day hunched over your
laptop.

(a) dose and hunched
(b) sugessted and excercises
(c) physical and dose
(d) only sugessted

Spell Spies

13. Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

(a) eradicate : destroy (b) compulsory : voluntary
(c) eucaelyptus : medicine (d) executioner : criminal

Spell Spies
14. Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

(a) illegitimate : lawful (b) descent : ascent
(c) allowed : forbidden (d) delicious : aweful

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Sound Check

15. Which of the following words rhymes with threat?

(a) breath (b) weight
(c) sweat (d) peat

Sound Check

16. Which of the options rhymes with the word that you fill in the blank?
Her smile changed into a _________when she heard of the prank we had played.

(a) grown (b) throne
(c) noun (d) gone

Sound Check

17. In which word do you have the sound made by 'ou' in ghoul?

(a) cloud (b) food
(c) role (d) bowl

Spellacadabra
18. Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
acces_____

(a) ory (b) sorry
(c) sary (d) arry

Spellacadabra

19. Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
opti________

(a) mum (b) cle
(c) mestic (d) cien

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Spellacadabra
20. Choose the option in which both the blanks can be filled with the same letter to form a
meaningful word:

(a) cel__br__ty (b) pr__or__ty
(c) glyc__r__ne (d) bull__t__n

Spellacadabra

21. Choose the option in which both the blanks can be filled with the same letter to form a
meaningful word:

(a) p__nt__gon (b) prep__r__tory
(c) civ__liz__tion (d) corm__r__nt

Spellacadabra

22. Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:
e, i, e

(a) d__c__ph__r (b) c__nt__n__ry
(c) d__f__c__tion (d) s__s__m__

Spellacadabra

23. Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:
a, o, i

(a) all__c__t__on (b) chron__l__g__cal
(c) di__gn__s__s (d) t__nt__t__ve

Spellacadabra

24. From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

(a) humourous (b) archaeologist
(c) fluorescent (d) physician

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Spellacadabra

25. From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
(a) expenditure (b) domineering
(c) practitioner (d) millionnaire

Jumble Tumble

26. Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form a word related to the airport?

(a) geabga (b) vrailear
(c) potsarp (d) stosmuc

Jumble Tumble

27. Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
123456
kiebcr

(a) 425136 (b) 562431
(c) 163425 (d) 453251

Jumble Tumble

28. Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
1234567
rcrouat

(a) 7374261 (b) 2516743
(c) 7352416 (d) 2531657

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Jumble Tumble

29. What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
Uneham

(a) to annoy or upset somebody by continuously asking them questions or for
something
(b) dishonest language or behaviour that is intended to trick people
(c) boring and always the same
(d) being kind towards people and animals by making sure that they do not suffer more
than is necessary

Jumble Tumble

30. What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
rgyorce

(a) covered in a lot of grease or oil
(b) a digital audio file that can be taken from the internet and played on a computer or a
device that you can carry with you
(c) a shop that sells food and other things used in the home
(d) liking to be with other people

Pictospell

31. Choose the correct word for the given image:

(a) asparagus
(b) broccoli
(c) aloe
(d) parsley

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Pictospell

32. Choose the correct option for the given image:

(a) heptagon (b) nonagon
(c) octagon (d) decagon

Pictospell

33. Choose the option which is an antonym of what the image conveys:

(a) enraged (b) perturbed
(c) smug (d) demure

Word Tally

34. Find out the number of misspelt words in the given set of words and multiply the
answer by 2:
carnivore, celibrities, distintion, contribution, injurious, alterration

(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) 8

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Word Tally

35. Find out the number of correctly spelt words in the given set of words and multiply the
answer by 2:
disorganaization, centenary, prescription, decietful, exibhition, coriander

(a) 10 (b) 4
(c) 8 (d) 6

Word Tally

36. How many meaningful words can you make by adding an 'i' to the following (without
changing the order of the letters)?
immunzation, recration, parlysed, santorium, retreving, glycrine

(a) 5 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4

Word Tally

37. How many meaningful words can you make by adding 'u' and 'e' to the following
(without changing the order of the letters)?
seclr, stwrd, genin, ppyrs, nrtre, msum

(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 4

Word Tally

38. Find out the number of misspelt words in the sentence:
Consult a dieticain if you want more information on how you can provide your family
with wholesum nutrition.

(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) 2 (d) 3

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Word Tally

39. Find out the number of misspelt words in the sentence:
The natural fragrances of the insences soothe your senses and benefit you with their
remidial properties.

(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 0

Spell-probe

40. Choose the meaning of the word that will be formed by adding ‘e’ and ‘u' to one of the
following:
1. h__rbiv__re
2. pi__ne__er
3. s__iz__re
4. prej__d__ce

(a) an unreasonable dislike of or preference for a person, group, custom, etc.,
especially when it is based on their race, religion, sex, etc.
(b) any animal that eats only plants
(c) the use of legal authority to take something from somebody
(d) a person who is the first to study and develop a particular area of knowledge,
culture, etc. that other people then continue to develop

Spell-probe

41. Choose the meaning of the word that will be formed by adding ‘u’ and ‘e' to one of the
following:
1. s__perf__cial
2. ill__str__tion
3. occ__p__ncy
4. fen__gre__k

(a) the act of living in or using a building, room, piece of land, etc.
(b) appearing to be true, real or important until you look at it more carefully
(c) a drawing or picture in a book, magazine, for decoration or to explain something
(d) a plant with hard yellow-brown seeds that are used in South Asian cooking as
a spice

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Spell-probe

42. Correct the misspelt word in the given sentence and choose the option with its
meaning:
The comedian who was deeply inspired by Charlie Chaplin said that he used to execute
every scene uniquely and that his movies were relavent even in this age.

(a) an entertainer on stage or television whose act is designed to make an audience
laugh
(b) to do or perform something in a planned way
(c) made someone have a particular strong feeling or reaction
(d) closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered

Spell-probe

43. Correct the misspelt word in the given sentence and choose the option with its
meaning:
Widely used in perfumes and air freshners, sandalwood and its oil are prized in the field
of alternative medicine too.

(a) considered valuable and important
(b) different from the usual
(c) sweet-smelling wood of a tree that is found in South Asia and Australia
(d) substances to eliminate unpleasant odours

Word Fusion

44. Choose the right combination to make a meaningful word:
1. hind
2. front
3. for
4. site
5. limb

(a) 1 and 5 (b) 3 and 2
(c) 1 and 4 (d) 3 and 4

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Word Fusion

45. Choose the right combination to make a meaningful word:
1. mis
2. mid
3. micro
4. match
5. weak
6. lead

(a) 3 and 5 (b) 1 and 5
(c) 2 and 6 (d) 1 and 4

Word Fusion

46. Choose the correct prefix and suffix to make a meaningful word:
____like _____

1. re
2. able
3. ness
4. mis
5. dis
6. ly
7. un

(a) 4 and 3 (b) 7 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 5 and 6

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Word Fusion

47. Choose the correct prefix and suffix to make a meaningful word:
___doubted____

1. ance
2. re
3. un
4. able
5. dis
6. ly
7. mis
8. ness

(a) 3 and 6 (b) 2 and 1
(c) 5 and 8 (d) 7 and 4

Word Fusion
48. Choose the right combination to form a meaningful word for the blank:
The act of performing practical jokes is called ________-_________.

1. pulling
2. back
3. arm
4. twisting
5. slapping
6. leg

(a) 3 and 4 (b) 2 and 5
(c) 6 and 1 (d) 2 and 4

Word Twins
49. Identify the sentence/s with the correct use of the word in bold:
1. Has the instructor called them for practice in the evening?
2. Do they think they will improve after some more practise?

(a) only 1 (b) only 2
(c) both (d) neither

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Word Twins

50. Identify the sentence/s with the correct use of the word in bold:
1. The merchants always horde grains and sell them later at high prices.
2. A hoard of people had gathered to watch the film stars shooting outside the palace.

(a) only 1 (b) only 2
(c) both (d) neither

Word Twins

51. Choose the correct option for the blanks:
1. It was strange walking around the _____ house after the movers had packed up all
the things.
2. We should be grateful for all that we have because some people don’t even earn
enough to buy the _____ necessities of life.

(a) bare/bear (b) bear/bare
(c) bare/bare (d) bear/bear

Crossword

52. Match the words with their meanings:
1. opaque
2. ellipse
3. obese

a. a regular oval shape, like a circle that has been pressed on two sides
b. very fat, in a way that is not healthy
c. not transparent

(a) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a (b) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
(c) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a (d) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b

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Crossword
53. Match the words with their meanings:
1. deficiency
2. defecation
3. defection

a. the act of leaving a political party, country, etc. to join another that is considered to be
an enemy
b. the state of not having, or not having enough of, something that is essential
c. the act of getting rid of solid waste from your body through your bowels

(a) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a (b) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
(c) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c (d) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a

Crossword

54. Match the words with their synonyms:
1. immune
2. flourish
3. adverse

a. wither
b. vulnerable
c. favourable

(a) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c (b) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
(c) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c (d) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a

Crossword
55. Match the words with their antonyms:
1. prudent
2. ardent
3. frantic

a. unemotional
b. careless
c. calm

(a) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c (b) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
(c) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b (d) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a

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Get, Set, Spell! (Audio Round) 5 min.

Please listen to the audio and write the correct spelling (you need a headphone to attempt this
round):

56. Word to spell from the given sentence - first-word
Repetition-is-the-mother-of-success

57. Word to spell from the given sentence - 3rd-word
We-must-reinforce-the-troops-at-the-border.

58. Word to spell from the given sentence - 2nd-last-word
I-have-arranged-these-stories-in-chronological-order.

59. Word to spell from the given sentence - 3rd-word
They-often-encourage-the-students-with-prizes.

60. Word to spell from the given sentence - 3rd-word
Everyone-should-contribute-to-the-development-of-the-nation.

61. Word to spell from the given sentence - 3rd-last-word
He-was-determined-to-retrieve-his-honor.

62. Word to spell from the given sentence - last-word
His-love-for-plantation-is-genuine.

63. Word to spell from the given sentence - 2nd-last-word
The-bus-was-pouring-out-thick-black-exhaust-fumes.

64. Word to spell from the given sentence - 4th-word
The-jury-was-unanimous-in-its-verdict.

65. Word to spell from the given sentence - 3rd-word
Our-first-priority-is-to-improve-standards.

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Answers

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

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