CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) Class 8 Sample Paper

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CREST Spell Bee (CSB)

Syllabus for CSB is available at https://www.crestolympiads.com/csb-syllabus
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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
PictureSpeak 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 (Total duration: 60 min. including Rapid Fire of 5 min.)

Spell-o-Spell

1. From the given alternatives, choose the correct spelling:
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

Spell-o-Spell

2. Find out the meaning of the correctly spelt word from the given alternatives:
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

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Spell-o-Spell

3. Find out the meaning of the correctly spelt word from the given alternatives:
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

Spell-o-Spell
4. Find out the meaning of the incorrectly spelt word from the given alternatives:
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

Spell-o-Spell

5. Find out the meaning of the incorrectly spelt word from the given alternatives:
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

Spell-o-Spell

6. Find out the meaning of the incorrectly spelt word from the given alternatives:

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

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Word Connection

7. Find out the correct antonym of the word given in bold in the sentence:
A judge must be free from prejudice.

(a) underestimate (b) hindrance
(c) predispose (d) impartiality

Word Connection
8. Find out the correct antonym of the word given in bold in the sentence:
His speeches in the chamber were always eloquent and powerful.

(a) forceful (b) irrelevant
(c) relevant (d) inarticulate

Word Connection
9. Find out the correct antonym of the word given in bold in the sentence:
His behavior has exalted the power and prestige of his office.

(a) upgraded (b) degraded
(c) prominent (d) dignified

Word Connection

10. Find out the correct antonym of the word given in bold in the sentence:
Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence.

(a) castigate (b) deprecate
(c) commend (d) comment

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Word Connection

11. Find out the correct synonym of the word given in bold in the sentence:
He used to swindle people out of their land.

(a) deceit (b) assist
(c) benefit (d) help

Word Connection

12. Find out the correct synonym of the word given in bold in the sentence:
Some of the younger pop bands try to imitate their musical heroes from the past.

(a) oppose (b) defame
(c) truthful (d) copy

Word Connection

13. Find out the correct synonym of the word given in bold in the sentence:
I despise anyone who is cruel to animals.

(a) accuse (b) hate
(c) appeal (d) abuse

Word Connection

14. Find out the correct synonym of the word given in bold in the sentence:
His capacity for learning languages astonished me.

(a) frightened (b) expected
(c) amazed (d) emulated

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Word Makeup

15. Choose the word from which a meaningful word cannot be formed using the given
suffix.
ible

(a) adapt (b) suggest
(c) access (d) response

Word Makeup

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

(a) gallant (b) circuit
(c) nurse (d) confine

Word Makeup

17. Choose the word from which a meaningful word cannot be formed using the given
suffix.
ious

(a) envy (b) court
(c) glory (d) study

Word Makeup

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

(a) partial (b) fest
(c) different (d) animate

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Word Makeup

19. Choose the word from which a meaningful word cannot be formed using the given
prefix.
pre

(a) face (b) cease
(c) diction (d) caution

Word Makeup

20. Choose the word from which a meaningful word cannot be formed using the given
prefix.
im

(a) partiality (b) pervious
(c) cite (d) passe

Word Makeup

21. From the given alternatives, choose the correct compound word:

(a) airborne (b) awstruck
(c) awsome (d) no-how

Word Makeup

22. From the given alternatives, choose the correct compound word:

(a) fundriser (b) high-tec
(c) weakend (d) weekday

Word Makeup

23. From the given alternatives, choose the incorrect compound word:

(a) waistcoat (b) waistbasket
(c) straightforward (d) roller coaster

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Word Makeup

24. From the given alternatives, choose the incorrect compound word:

(a) quarelsome (b) ponytail
(c) overexposure (d) notwithstanding

Mingle-Mangle
25. Identify the word with jumbled letters in the given sentence:
To be trusted is a greater tnemmoiclp than to be loved.

(a) complacent (b) complicated
(c) compliment (d) complement

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

(a) factional (b) frictional
(c) fictitious (d) fictional

Mingle-Mangle
27. Identify the word with jumbled letters in the given sentence:

Don't demlde with the electrical wiring.

(a) middle (b) meddle
(c) medal (d) dilemma

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PictureSpeak

28. Select the correct spelling for the given image:

(a) veternarian (b) veterinerian
(c) veterinarian (d) veterinerien

PictureSpeak

29. Select the correct spelling for the given image:

(a) chameleon (b) chamelion
(c) cameleon (d) chamileon

PictureSpeak

30. Select the correct spelling for the given image:

(a) journelist (b) journalist
(c) jornalist (d) journlist

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Word Cookie
31. Insert the missing letters in the given word:
inconv_n__nce

(a) i,i,e (b) i,e,i
(c) e,i,e, (d) e,e,i

Word Cookie
32. Insert the missing letters in the given word:
co_loqui_l

(a) o,e (b) l,e
(c) o,a (d) l,a

Word Cookie

33. Insert the missing letters in the given word:
over_he_m

(a) v,a (b) v,l
(c) w,l (d) w,a

Word Cookie
34. Find the extra letter in the given word:
tablespoonfull

(a) e (b) o
(c) s (d) l

Word Cookie
35. Find the extra letter in the given word:
auxilliary

(a) x (b) i
(c) l (d) a

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Word Cookie
36. Find the extra letter in the given word:
accommplish

(a) m (b) c
(c) h (d) s

Word Cookie
37. Find the misspelt word in the given sentence:
Jackie sees the comedy in her millionare husband's thrifty habits.

(a) comedy (b) millionare
(c) husband (d) thrifty

Word Cookie
38. Find the misspelt word in the given sentence:
Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twenteith.

(a) perseverance (b) nineteen
(c) succeeding (d) twenteith

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

(a) soldiers (b) flaundering
(c) wagons (d) knee-deep

Word Cookie
40. Find the misspelt word in the given sentence:
He seemed quite sanguine about his chances of sucess.

(a) quite (b) sanguine
(c) chances (d) sucess

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Word Ensemble
41. A set of idioms has been given below. Pick the suitable idiom for the blank given in the
questions.

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

Word Ensemble
42. A set of idioms has been given below. Pick the suitable idiom for the blank given in the
questions.

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

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Word Ensemble
43. A set of idioms has been given below. Pick the suitable idiom for the blank given in the
questions.

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

Word Ensemble
44. A set of idioms has been given below. Pick the suitable idiom for the blank given in the
questions.

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

Word Ensemble
45. Complete the given 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

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Word Ensemble

46. Complete the given 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

Word Ensemble
47. Complete the given 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

Word Ensemble
48. Complete the given proverb:
The early bird ________________.

(a) catches the worm (b) flies far
(c) gets the food (d) sleeps early

Mathlish

49. Find the number of misspelt words in the given set of words:

commendable, delapidate, guardian, sherif, masacre, adroit

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

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Mathlish

50. Find the number of misspelt words in the given set of w ords:

antethesis ,druge, firmment, frieght, shephard, primature, allituration

(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 7

Mathlish

51. Find the number of misspelt words in the given set of words:

merth, plenteous, libertine, voyage, invigorate, tyrant

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

Mathlish

52. Find the number of misspelt words in the given set of words:

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

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

Mathlish
53. Find the number of correctly spelt words in the given set of words:

elegible, emeliorate, accommodation, consecrate, ascribe, comptible, tenacious

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

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Mathlish
54. Find the number of correctly spelt words in the given set of words:
scoff, antheism, covetous, superstission, misereble, derilict, rander

(a) 6 (b) 1
(c) 5 (d) 2

Mathlish

55. Find the number of correctly spelt words in the given set of words:

pique, acclaim, resemblance, confind, abstimous, diffident

(a) 6 (b) 5
(c) 4 (d) 3

Mathlish
56. Find the number of correctly spelt words in the given set of words:

anamour, liesure, hier, sorcer, crouch, distructive

(a) 6 (b) 4
(c) 2 (d) 1

Word Melody
57. Find the correct phonetic of the given word:

consistent

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

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Word Melody
58. Find the correct phonetic of the given word:

crammer

(a) /ˈɡlamə/ (b) /ˈklamə/
(c) /ˈɡramə/ (d) /ˈkræmə/

Word Melody
59. Find the correct phonetic of the given word:

vanish

(a) /ˈbanɪʃ/ (b) /ˈvanɪʃ/
(c) /ˈvaŋkwɪʃ/ (d) /ˈblɛmɪʃ/

Word Melody
60. Find the correct phonetic of the given word:
analysis
(a) /əˈnalɪsɪs/ (b) /ˈan(ə)lʌɪz/
(c) /əˈprʌɪz/ (d) əbˈsʌɪz/

Rapid Fire Section (Audio Round) 5 min.

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

61. zealous

62. audacious

63. evidence

64. apologize

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65. succumb

66. abstain

67. derogate

68. deviate

69. endeavour

70. resilient

71. refrain

72. expostulate

73. intrigue

74. remonstrate

75. sympathize

76. trifle

77. clamour

78. stipulate

79. despair

80. acquiesce

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Answers
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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