Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:
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English Olympiad Questions for Class 5
1. Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.
Wait! I ____ play with you.
a) am
b) have
c) will
d) the
Answer: will
2. Fill in the blank with the correct idiom:
When he could not score well in the examination, he had ___________.
a) to bear the palm
b) to eat humble pie
c) to beat around the bush
d) to make both ends meet
Answer: to eat humble pie
3. My mother teaches in _____ university.
a) an
b) a
c) the
d) me
Answer: a
4. Choose the correct meaning of the quoted phrase:
A gang of goons 'bashed up' the shop owner and looted all jewellery.
a) surprised
b) amazed
c) celebrated
d) beaten up
Answer: beaten up
5. Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.
This term, the school curriculum will mainly ________ on education, and not so much on sports.
a) emphasize
b) promote
c) pressure
d) importance
Answer: emphasize
6. Sammy _____ well.
a) sings
b) sing
c) sung
Answer: sings
7. Mark the word most similar in meaning with the underlinedword:
Nothing was going to ruin this magnificent day.
a) heartbreaking
b) horrible
c) poor
d) great
Answer: great
8. choose the words which mean same as the underlined word
Please do not walk on the lawn.
a) grass
b) road
c) path
d) quite
Answer: grass
9. Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:
Anita asked Rohan ________ .
a) why did I used her glasses
b) why had I used her glasses
c) why I used her glasses
d) that why did I use her glasses
Answer: why I used her glasses
10. choose the words which are opposite of the underlined word)
The painting is beautiful.
a) ugly
b) attractive
c) pretty
d) careless
Answer: ugly
11. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
My brother is very busy. Still he comes to meet me ________ .
a) every now and then
b) sometimes
c) then and there
d) everyday
Answer: every now and then
12. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
I _____ wake up at 7 o’clock.
a) ever
b) always
c) everyday
d) today
Answer: always
13. Choose the most suitable word to fill in the blank:
He was __________ of playing in the ICC Men's World cup.
a) hopeful
b) hoping
c) hopeless
d) hoped
Answer: hopeful
14. I steer the wheel.
I pick and drop passengers.
I am helped by Mr Conductor.
I’m a ______.
a) captain
b) bus driver
c) pilot
d) doctor
Answer: bus driver
15. Fill in the blanks:
He ______ smiled ______ looked at me.
a) neither, nor
b) either, or
c) both, or
d) both a and b
Answer: neither, nor
16. Choose the best option to complete each conversation.
Reena : How’s your mother now?
Myra : She’s better, _______ .
a) thanks
b) welcome
c) sorry
Answer: thanks
17. I don’t know many words in Spanish therefore, I need to __________ my vocabulary.
a) accelerate
b) step up
c) enlarge
d) enhance
Answer: enhance
18. Choose the word which means same as the given word
Enormous
a) Surprise
b) Courage
c) Large
d) Extra
Answer: Large
19. Pick the odd one out:
a) Fleet : Ships
b) Gaggle : Geese
c) Pack : Cards
d) Waddle : Monkeys
Answer: Waddle : Monkeys
20. Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.
_____ sun rises in the east.
a) An
b) A
c) The
d) in
Answer: The
21. Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks:
The bouquet that belongs to meena is ________ bouquet. The bouquet is ________ .
a) its, its
b) her, hers
c) your, yours
d) his, his
Answer: her, hers
22. My cat likes to _________ milk.
a) drank
b) drink
c) drinking
d) like
Answer: drink
23. Choose the pair of words which is similar in meaning.
I desire to go to the beach and wish to swim in the ocean.
a) beach-ocean
b) beach-desire
c) beach-swim
d) desire-wish
Answer: desire-wish
24. We all play ___________ in the morning.
a) early
b) earlier
c) earliest
Answer: early
25. Fill in the blank with suitable preposition:
I received an invitation _______ dinner.
a) With
b) From
c) For
d) At
Answer: For
26. Complete the word using the letters from the given options.
I can’t wait to ___wrap my birthday presents.
a) in
b) im
c) un
d) ir
Answer: un
27. _________________ I was painting in my book, I lost my pen.
a) While
b) When
c) As
d) During
Answer: When
28. Identify the kind of Tense for the given sentence:
The first match of the tournament had been won by India
a) Simple past
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
Answer: Past perfect
29. Match the words in each line with the option that can be used with all of them.
listen to, talk to, think about, look up
a) the radio
b) a friend
c) the weather
d) a book
Answer: a friend
30. Fill in the blank with correct oprion.
Priya only thinks of _____.
a) herself
b) each other
c) yourself
d) itself
Answer: herself
31. Fill in the blank with the correct form of verb:
Your friend _____ too much.
a) talk
b) talks
c) talking
d) is talk
Answer: talks
32. Select options, showing correctly the parts of speech of the underlined words, in the following sentence.
The bravery of the soldier saved many lives.
a) noun
b) pronoun
c) adverb
d) adjective
Answer: noun
33. Rearrange the words to form meaningful sentence.
every / she goes to / month / the parlor
a b c d
a) b d a c
b) d a c b
c) a c d b
d) d a b c
Answer: b d a c
34. Which one of the following is not a common noun?
a) Dentist
b) Architect
c) Brilliance
d) Newspaper
Answer: Brilliance
35. Choose options with correctly punctuated statements.
After which option would you put a comma ?
Could you pass me the salt please ?
a) could
b) me
c) pass
d) salt
Answer: salt
36. Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition:
Don't waste your time and energy in being jealous _____ your rival's success.
a) to
b) of
c) with
d) from
Answer: of
37. Choose the best reply to complete each conversation
Sunny: What would you like to be, my friend
Rahul: If ____I choose anything
I think I’d want to be an actress.
a) could
b) can
c) would
d) should
Answer: could
38. Choose options showing the correct form of indirect speech of the following.
4. “The train leaves in five minutes,” said the man.
a) The man said that the train leaves in five minutes.
b) The man said that the train left in five minutes
c) The man said that the train left in five minutes.
d) The man said that the train would leave in five minutes.
Answer: The man said that the train would leave in five minutes.
39. Select the correct article to fill in the blanks:
Mr. Sharma has a son and a daughter. ______ son is ______ engineer.
a) A, the
b) A, an
c) The, a
d) The, an
Answer: The, an
40. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
________________ I was painting in my book, I lost my pen.
a) While
b) When
c) As
d) During
Answer: When
41. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I don’t know many words in Spanish therefore, I need to ________ my vocabulary.
a )accelerate
b) step up
c) enlarge
d) enhance
Answer: enhance
42. Which of the following is/are personal pronoun(s)?
a) I
b) We
c) You
d) All of these
Answer: All of these
43. Choose the best word/phrase to complete each sentence.
Dogs can always ______________ the person because of their power of smell.
a) identified
b) identity
c) identifiable
d) identify
Answer: identify
44. Fill in the blank with the correct form of verb:
Your friend _____ too much.
a) talk
b) talks
c) talking
d) is talk
Answer: talks
45. Choose the correct option to complete each dialogue.
Anil: Hey, you know Sachin Tendulkar is coming to our school to meet our team.
Omar: Really! You mean _________ Sachin Tendulkar? I’ll get his autograph.
a) a
b) one
c) what
d) the
Answer: the
46. Choose the past participle form (V3) of the verb given in capital letters below.
BITE
a) Bitten
b) Bit
c) Bite
d) Bited
Answer: Bitten
47. Fill in the appropriate conjunction:
The police could not find the dead boy ___ even the missing cash.
a) and
b) to
c) or
d) also
Answer: or
48. Fill in the blank with approprate preposition:
I will meet you ______ 2 p.m.
a) on
b) in
c) upon
d) at
Answer: at
49. Geeta arrived in Delhi two days ________.
a) already
b)since
c) yet
d) ago
Answer: ago
50. Choose the appropriate form of the verb: The culprits will be rusticated if they _____ Ram again.
a) play
b) harassed
c) harass
d) harassing
Answer: play
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