CREST English Olympiad Class 8 Sample Paper

The Class 8 English Olympiad Sample Paper is designed to help students refine their language skills, practise complex grammar and comprehension, and get a clear idea of the Olympiad exam format.

What's Inside the Class 8 English Olympiad Sample Paper?

• Challenging MCQs covering grammar, vocabulary, and reading skills
• Divided into English Language and Achiever's Section
• Comes with an answer key for self-check and guided learning

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies and Spellings, Collocations, Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, Proverbs, Homonyms and Homophones, One Word, Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Articles, Prepositions, Prepositional Phrases, Participle Phrases, Conjunctions, Determiners, Jumbled Words, Punctuations, Tenses, Voices and Narrations, Question Tags, Words (Related to Leisure, Household Items/Issues, Social Causes, Outdoor Locations, Activities, etc.), Information Retrieval from Texts (News Reports, Blurb, Dictionaries, Instruction Manual Format, Messages, Editorials, Essays, etc.), Spoken and Written Expressions (Requesting, Giving Information, Expressing Surprise, Pronunciation, etc.)

Achievers Section: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section 1

Please note that the dictionary which will be used for reference is Oxford Learner's Dictionary. This will be w.r.t. spellings & meanings. In case, if the word is not found in this dictionary, then it is assumed that this word does not exist.

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Q.1	Choose the option with the same meaning as the idiom: My boss told me 'to have a free hand'.
	a) to tie the hands		b) to keep one hand free
	c) to do things with just one hand		d) to be able to do things your way

Q.2	Read the sentence and complete it with a question tag: He lives in Frankfurt, ______?
	a) doesn't he		b) does he
	c) will he		d) did he

Q.3	Fill in the blanks with the correct set of options: The dean had a _____ voice, _____ tone and a _____ face.
	a) young, low-pitched, broader		b) husky, sulky, pale
	c) gregarious, bulky, mundane		d) cheery, milky, balder

Q.4	Find the correct option: Unless you stop smoking and drinking, ___________.
	a) you'll serious health problems		b) you'll have serious health problems
	c) you'll enjoy serious health problems		d) you'll overcome serious health problems

Q.5	Choose the most appropriate option: In order to ______ discussion about the new business, the manager asked all his employees to contribute their thought process on making it successful.
	a) advocate		b) hasten
	c) aggravate		d) facilitate

Q.6	Fill in the blanks with suitable articles: With his new promotion _____, Max went to London. He went to do his ______ higher studies but unfortunately he failed ______ in his exams.
	a) no article, no article, no article		b) a, an, the
	c) an, no article, the		d) the, the, a

Q.7	Replace the words in quotes with the correct option: There aren’t many parking spaces near the post office. There are a lot of cars in front of the post 'office, the' drivers are waiting for parking places and honking their horns.
	a) office, so the		b) office, but the
	c) office. The		d) no change required

Q.8	Select the appropriate conjunction to complete the sentence: _____ children get older, they get smarter and bolder.
	a) In case		b) Because of
	c) However		d) As

Q.9	Read the given sentence and choose the antonym for the word given in quotes: You have to 'meld' the stamps.
	a) tear		b) merge
	c) purchase		d) split

Q.10	Find the correctly spelt word:
	a) vetarinary		b) veteninary
	c) vetinary		d) veterinary

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