CREST English Olympiad Class 10 Sample Paper

Q.1

Choose the correct meaning of the idiom given in quotes in the sentence:

He is a 'queer fish'. I have failed to understand him.

Q.2

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

A : These vocabulary classes! They are taking their toll on me.
B : Well! It's simple. All you have to do with a word is ______ in a dictionary.

Q.3

Find the proper order for the four sentences and mark accordingly:

1 : One of the greatest curses in the world is the belief in the necessity of poverty.
P : There need not be a single poor person on the planet.
Q : But there was no poverty, no want, no lack, in the Creator's plan for man.
R : Most people have a strong conviction that some must necessarily be poor, that they were made to be poor.
S : The Earth is full of resources which we have scarcely yet touched.
6 : We have been poor in the very midst of abundance, simply because of our own blighting, limiting thoughts.

Q.4

Join the parts to make a meaningful sentence:

1.to think she had let it go 2. he was troubled by it 3. on this long without realising 4.it was embarrasing

Q.5

Read the passage and answer the question:

Iron is only one chemical element. Steel, on the other hand, is a mixture of at least two elements-iron and carbon. Steel may have as much as 1.5 percent carbon in it. But the steel we use most often has only 0.2 percent carbon in it. Besides carbon, steel may have small amounts of other metals that have been put into the 'melt' on purpose.
Metals like manganese, found in some forms of iron, can improve the quality of steel. But there are also some elements found in steel which do not belong. An element such as sulfur can ruin steel. Steel makers try their best to get rid of it.
Without the use of steel, the face of the world today would look a lot like the way it did in the middle of the 1800s. We would not have tall skyscrapers, huge steamships, cars, planes and large machines to make life easier.

The manganese found in iron is_________.

Q.6

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:

The police pushed the people back to make ________ for the Prime Minister's car to pass.

Q.7

Choose a synonym for the word in quotes:

She 'upbraided' the little girl who got frightened.

Q.8

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank:

Alex _____________ put up the bookshelves. It was too difficult for me to do on my own.

Q.9

Choose the correct meaning of the idiom given in quotes in the sentence:

Kelly was left 'high and dry' by her friends when she lost all her money.

Q.10

Complete the sentence using the most appropriate option:

I don't know ________________________.