Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:
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English Olympiad Questions for Class 7
1. Choose one suitable word to fill the blank.
Someone who interprets is __________.
a) An interpretist
b) An interpreter
c) An interprecian
d) An interpretor
Answer: An interpreter
2. Find the word that has been wrongly spelt.
a) Control
b) Confusion
c) Conference
d) Committee
Answer: Conference
3. Find the antonym of the word given in capital letters.
AUGMENT
a) Prohibit
b) Decrease
c) Surpass
d) Compensate
Answer: Decrease
4. Choose the odd one out.
a) Disappear
b) Dissolve
c) Dissatisfy
d) Disallow
Answer: Dissolve
5. Fill in the blank with a suitable verb
The hot weather ________ his health.
a) affected
b) has affected
c) effected
d) has effected
Answer: has affected
6. Give one word substitution for the expression given below.
A child who stays away from school without any good reason
a) Vagabond
b) Delinquent
c) Schizophrenic
d) Truant
Answer: Truant
7. Choose the appropriate idiom.
The teacher approved her project after she had _____ it.
a) fine turned
b) fine tuned
c) tinkered with
d) reining
Answer: fine tuned
8. Find one sentence to complete the dialogue.
Pakhi: I hear that you are going to a new school.
Anu: Oh, you heard about it! _____.
a) I should have told you earlier.
b) I’m sure you are happy.
c) I’m happy I did not tell you earlier.
d) Why are you asking?
Answer: I should have told you earlier.
9. Select the most suitable options to fill the blank.
He did _____ food to the beggar, yesterday.
a) has offered
b) had offered
c) offered
d) offer
Answer: offer
10. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition.
He doesn’t know how to look ______ a word in the dictionary.
a) on
b) up
c) to
d) for
Answer: for
11. Select the most suitable options to fill the blank.
She _____ late, as it’s a holiday.
a) will rise
b) is rising
c) will raise
d) rose
Answer: will rise
12. Fill in the blanks with the correct suffix.
The outcome of the court case was disappoint _____ for the family involved
a) ?ed
b) ?ing
c) ?ment
d) ?ingly
Answer: ?ing
13. Select options correctly showing the change of sentences to passive voice.
They are painting the fence.
a) The fence is being painted by them.
b) The fence is painted by them.
c) The fence has been painted by them.
d) The fence will have been painted by them.
Answer: The fence is being painted by them.
14. Fill in the blanks with the correct spelling.
She looked forward to the retirement and a life of _________.
a) liesure
b) leesure
c) leisure
d) leasure
Answer: leisure
15. Select the most suitable options for the blank.
Nisha is ________ driving the car.
a) with care
b) careful
c) careless
d) carefully
Answer: carefully
16. Identify the type of the sentence.
A sentence containing one main clause and at least one subordinate clause is called a:
a) Simple sentence
b) Complex sentence
c) Assertive sentence
d) Compound sentence
Answer: Complex sentence
17. Select the most suitable options for the blank.
Swimming is a _________ activity.
a) healthy
b) healthier
c) healthiest
d) health
Answer: healthy
18. Parents always keep an eye __________ small children when they are playing.
a) on
b) by
c) with
d) of
Answer: on
19. Choose one suitable word for each blank.
Many diamond mines are ___________ in South Africa
a) Situation
b) Situate
c) Situated
d) Situating
Answer: Situated
20. Choose the best word and fill in the blank.
The patient recovered __________ a major surgery quite soon.
a) with
b) from
c) of
d) into
Answer: from
21. Fill in the blank with a suitable verb
The hot weather ________ his health.
a) affected
b) has affected
c) effected
d) has effected
Answer: has affected
22. Select the option with correctly punctuated statement.
a) The boys shoes’ are polished
b) the boy’s shoe’s are polished
c) The boy’s shoes are polished
d) The boys shoes are polished!
Answer: The boy’s shoes are polished
23. Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.
Has anyone _____ meena today, Mrs. Khanna asked
a) See
b) Seen.
c) Saw.
d) Sees.
Answer: Seen.
24. Which one of the following sentencesis grammatically correct?
a) Each employee and every director isinvited
b) Each and every director is invited
c) Each employee and director is invited
d) Each employee and every director are invited
Answer: Each employee and director is invited
25. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
Our plane stopped ______ Mumbai on the way to Abu Dhabi.
a) in
b) at
c) on
d) by
Answer: at
26. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
Half of the equipment _____ destroyed in the flood this year.
a) Are
b) Is
c) Was
d) Were
Answer: Was
27. Choose the correct type of noun (marked as bold) used in the sentence:
Bananas are very good for health.
a) common noun
b) collective
c) proper noun
d) material noun
Answer: proper noun
28. Choose the best word to complete the conversion
Ramu: My dog is missing. I’m so sad!
Rohan:________________________.
a) I’m afraid to hear that
b) Too bad
c) I’m sorry to hear that
d) Crying shame
Answer: I’m sorry to hear that
29. A pronoun that stands for a person or a thing is called a _____ pronoun.
a) reflective pronoun
b) possessive pronoun
c) personal pronoun
d) none of these
Answer: personal pronoun
30. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
Interrogative pronoun in sentence ‘Bike whose colour is black, has locked’ is
a) Is
b) Has
c) Whose
d) The
Answer: Whose
31. Tick the correct option, that the underlined word is used in which form?
Don't talk so loud
a) adverb
b) adjective
c) pronoun
d) none of these
Answer: adverb
32. Give the synonym of the words given in capital letters:
TANGIBLE
a) Tactile
b) Weird
c) Unreal
d) Eerie
Answer: Tactile
33. Fill in the blank with appropriate conjunction.
We were very tired _____ we continued our work.
a) While
b) Whereas
c) As
d) Nevertheless
Answer: Nevertheless
34. Choose the most suitable adjective: There are no more ______ towels in the cupboard
a) white
b) my
c) empty
d) full
Answer: white
35. Give the antonym of the words written in capital letters:
VELOCITY
a) Slowness
b) Swiftness
c) Fleetness
d) Speediness
Answer: Slowness
36. Choose the best word to fill the blank: Being a direct relative of the deceased, her claim to the estate was ________.
a) optional
b) vicious
c) prominent
d) legitimate
Answer: legitimate
37. Fill in the blanks with correct pronoun. have no liking for such a man as _____.
a) Him
b) He
c) His
d) All of these
Answer: He
38. Choose the best word to complete the conversion
Jack: Did you hear about this? Daisy is in the hospital.
Rosy: ___________________________________
a) Let’s go visiting
b) Let’s go visiting her.
c) Let’s go visit her
d) Let’s go worry her
Answer: c
39. Give the antonyms of the words given in capital letters below:
COMMEND
a) Censure
b) Condemn
c) Defy
d) Defame
Answer: Censure
40. Change the direct sentence into indirect one.
The manager said, "John is working sincerely."
a) The manager said that John has worked sincerely.
b) The manager said that John was working sincerely.
c) The manager said that John has been working sincerely.
d) The manager said that John is working sincerely.
Answer: The manager said that John was working sincerely.
41. Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions:
A dog's bark is worse ____ its bite.
a) as
b) than
c) for
d) and
Answer: than
42. In which sentence is the word ‘to’ correctly used?
a) This watermelon is to heavy.
b) Hold it with to hands.
c) It’s very slippery to.
d) Well, hand it to me.
Answer: Well, hand it to me.
43. Fill with the correct pronoun:
They enjoyed _____ in the summer vacation.
a) themselves
b) herself
c) himself
d) none of these
Answer: themselves
44. Find one sentence to complete the dialogue.
Manoj: I hear that you are going to a new school.
Raj: Oh, you heard about it! ________________.
a) I should have told you earlier.
b) I’m sure you are happy.
c) I’m happy I did not tell you earlier.
d) Why are you asking?
Answer: I should have told you earlier.
45. Select the most suitable options to fill the blank.
He did___________food to the beggar, yesterday.
a) has offered
b) had offered
c) offered
d) offer
Answer: offer
46. Convert the given sentence into a simple one.
He is not only a poet, but he is also a philosopher.
a) Not only he a poet, but also a philosopher.
b) He is not only a poet, but also a philosopher.
c) He is both a poet and also a philosopher.
d) He is a poet and a philosopher
Answer: He is a poet and a philosopher
47. Choose the correct type of noun (marked as bold) used in the sentence:
The phone is ringing.
a) common noun
b) collective
c) proper noun
d) abstract noun
Answer: common noun
48. Choose the correct option for the given situation:
Harsha : “Ouch! That’s my foot you stepped on!”
Varun : “________________ you were behind me.”
a) Fortunately, I didn’t notice that
b) I’m very sorry! I didn’t notice that
c) What a pity, I didn’t notice that
d) Unfortunately, I noticed that
Answer: I’m very sorry! I didn’t notice that
49. Choose the best word/phrase to complete the sentence.
The new engineer has _____ qualifications but only a few months’ experience.
a) a plentiful
b) plenty
c) plenty of
d) a lot than
Answer: plenty of
50. Choose the pair of words which have a similar relationship to that between the given pair of words: coif: hair:: ______: musical
a) shower
b) close
c) praise
d) score
Answer: score
The optimal time to begin working on the CREST English Olympiad sample papers for class 7 is two months before the exam. Students must have completed their syllabus and gone through the review process by this time. All they need now is some more practice on English Olympiad questions. Students can refer to CREST English Olympiad previous years’ question papers for that.
Having a good grip on each and every topic under the English syllabus is very important. With the practice of sample papers, candidates can get a deeper understanding of the types of questions and ways to answer them. Make use of these test papers to score excellent marks in the examination and secure the top ranks.
