CREST International Spell Bee - Winter Class 6 Sample Paper

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Spell Bee Words for Class 6

There are a variety of questions based on the following word list and about 70%-80% of questions will come from this list. Different format of questions are available here. The words are alphabetically arranged.

Abnormal, abundance, accede, accessory, accidentally, accompanist, accompany, accord, accumulate, accumulation, accusation, acumen, adequate, administration, admiration, adulterated, adverse, adversity, advertisement, affable, affluence, affordable, aggression, agile, algebra, allocate, allocation, alluring, allusion ally, aloe, alternative, amass, ample, amplify, amulet, animosity, apparatus, apparently, appearance, appease, applause, apprise, approval, approximately, aptitude, archaeologist, ardent, ark, asparagus, aspiration, assistance, assumption, asylum, atrocity, audacity, auspicious, authentic, availability, Bait, balmy, banal, baneful, banquet, bass, befitting, behave, belated, belittle, bellicose, bestow, betray, bicker, bickering, bigot biodegradable, biodiversity, biological, biotechnology, biting, bittersweet, bizarre, blatant, bleak, blooper, blowing, bonanza, brain, brainstorm, breach, breakthrough, breed, broccoli, bulletin, Cache, calamity, capability, capstone, capricious, capsize, capstone caption, carnivore, casualty, category, cede, celebrity, cellar, cemetery, centenary, cereal, characteristic, charm, chide, chronological, civilization, clarity, cliché, coalition, coincidence, collusion, columnist, commentator, commercial, compatible, competitive, comprehensible, comprise, concise, conclave, concrete, confront, confrontation, congruent, coniferous, consciousness, consensus, conspiracy, constitutional, contagious, continuous, contraction, contradictory, contrary coriander, cormorant, cosmopolitan, councillor, counsellor, courtesy, covert, craving, credibility, credulous, crippled, crochet, crucial, crumble, cuisine, culprit, curator, Dauntless, dearth, debacle, deceitful, decipher, decline, defecation, defiant, deficiency, definite, dehydration, deliberate, delicious delusion, demean demise, deplete, deplore, deprecate, dermatology, desirable, deteriorate, determination, devious, devoid, diagnosis, differentiate, dignify, disastrous, discourteous, discreet, discretion, discrimination, disorganised, disparage, dispassionate disperse, disregard, distinction, distort, documentary, dormant, drain, dubious, Earthbound, ecstasy, elaborate, elicit, elimination, ellipse, embrace emeritus, emission, enchant, endemic, endless, enhance, enliven, ensure, enthralled enthusiasm, epicentre, epidemic, epilogue, epithet, erratic, eucalyptus, evasive, evidence, evident, evil, excellence, exodus, exonerate, exotic, expedition, expenditure, expertise, extol, extort, Facile, fallible, fatigue, fawning, feasible, feebleness, fenugreek, fickle, fictitious, fiddle, finale, firmness, fitful, flabbergasted, flare, flatter, flaunt, flippant, flourish, flout, fluorescent, foremost, forerunner, foretold forever, forgive, forthcoming, fortune, freak, frugal, frustrated, frustration, Gallop, gambit, garish, gaunt, genial, genuine, geologist, globalization, glutton, glycerine, gorgeous, governance, gracious, grasp, gregarious, grimace, grime, gruesome, grumble, guerrilla Haggle, Halo handicap, harmonious, hatchback, haywire, heart-throb, heptagon, herbivore, hexagon, hindrance, homogenous, homonym, horrendous, humane, humanitarian, humorous, hunch, hypocrite, hypotenuse, Iceberg, ignorant, illicit, illusory, illustrate, imagination, immaturity, immense, immigrant, immortal, immunisation, impairment impulsive, inadequate, inapplicable incentive, indifferent, indignant, inertia, inevitable, infallible, influential, inhalation, inhospitable, inhumane inhumanity, injurious, innovation, inordinate, insolvent, installation, instinctive, institution, integral, intellectual, interaction, interference, interpretation, interruption, intoxicated, intruder, irresolute, irritable, Jailbird, jolly jostle, joyous, jubilant, jumble, jurisdiction, juvenile, Kernel, Knell, Lassitude, laudatory, legendary, leniency, liberal, liberation, life-threatening limitation, linger, literary, loyalty, lumberyard, lure, Magnitude, maintenance, malfunction malnourish mandate, mandatory, manifesto, manipulate, manipulation, martial, marvellous, massacre, maxim, mediocre, memoir, menial, mentor, meticulous, metropolitan, mettle, microorganisms millionaire, mind- boggling, mind-blowing, mindset, mind numbing, miscellaneous, miscreant, miserable, mitigate, mollify, momentum, mortgage, mouth watering, mundane, murky, murmur, myriad, mysterious, Nail biting, naive, nasty, navigation, necessarily, negotiation, nepotism, nomadic, notorious, noxious, nurture, nutcracker, nuthatch, Obesity, obnoxious, occupant, octagon, omnivore, opaque, opponent, opportunity, optician, optimistic, opulence, ordeal, orientation, outskirts, overlook, Paltry, pandemic, pandemonium, papyrus, parallel, paralysed, paramount, pardon, participation, patent, pavilion, pedigree, pentagon, penury, periodical, permanence, perpendicular, persistent, personnel, pertaining, pessimistic, petite, physician, pioneer, pioneering, pompous, possession, practitioner, praise, prejudice, preliminary, preparatory, prescription, prestigious, presumption, priority, privilege, probiotic, progressive, prolific, prolong propagate, propagation, prudent, psychiatric, Qualification, query, quotation, Reassurance, recreation, recruitment, reform, refurbish refurnish, regretful, reinforce, religion, religious, reluctance, remarkable, repulse, repulsion, requirement, resistance, resolution, resolve, retrieve, retrograde, revolutionary, robust, rubble, Safari, sanatorium, satisfactory, scanty, scatter, scrawny, secular, seizure, sentinel, sesame, severely, shear, sheer, shuffle, similarity, singularity, slavery, slouch, smirk, sorrowful, sponsorship, spotlight, spurt, squat, steward, stubble, substantial, successor, succinct, suffocation, superficial, supplement, surreal, sympathetic, Taciturn, tear-jerker, technical, technique, tender, tentative, testimony, thoughtful, thunderclap, tortuous, tournament transcribe, transient, transitory, translucent, twinge typically, Ultimately, ultrasonic, ultrasound, unearthed, unfairly, unflappable, unforeseen, ungainly, unkempt, unnecessary, unparalleled, unquenchable, unreasonable unremarkable, unsalable, unsightly, uprightness, uptight, urination, Valet, vicious, victim, virtuous, vulnerable, Wallow, warrant, watering, weaken, wilful, witness, wrath, wretched, wunderkind, Zealous

Section 2

It's a Get, Set, Spell! section wherein students would be required to listen to audio and write the spellings of the word asked. The accent used in the audio files is Indian.
This section will be based on the above-given word list.

Upto 20%-30% of the questions may have words outside of the above list. For any improvements or suggestions, do write to us at info@crestolympiads.com.

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.

Sample Paper Marking Scheme

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Q.1	Correct the misspelt word in the given sentence and choose the option with its meaning: Widely used in perfumes and air freshners, sandalwood and its oil are prized in the field of alternative medicine too.
	a) considered valuable and important		b) different from the usual
	c) sweet-smelling wood of a tree that is found in South Asia and Australia		d) substances to eliminate unpleasant odours

Q.2	What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters? rgyorce
	a) covered in a lot of grease or oil		b) a digital audio file that can be taken from the internet and played on a computer or a device that you can carry with you
	c) a shop that sells food and other things used in the home		d) liking to be with other people

Q.3	Choose the word that will fit in one of the blanks: According to the dictionary, the octopus is a soft-bodied, eight-__________ creature living __________at the ________ of the sea.
	a) limbed		b) arms
	c) depth		d) most

Q.4	How many meaningful words can you make by adding an 'i' to the following (without changing the order of the letters)? immunsation, recration, parlysed, santorium, retreving, glycrine
	a) 5		b) 2
	c) 3		d) 4

Q.5	How many meaningful words can you make by adding 'u' and 'e' to the following (without changing the order of the letters)? seclr, stwrd, genin, ppyrs, nrtre, msum
	a) 1		b) 3
	c) 2		d) 4

Q.6	Choose the meaning of the word that will be formed by adding ‘u’ and ‘e' to one of the following: 1. s__perf__cial 2. ill__str__tion 3. occ__p__ncy 4. fen__gre__k
	a) the act of living in or using a building, room, piece of land, etc.		b) ​appearing to be true, real or important until you look at it more carefully
	c) a drawing or picture in a book, magazine, for decoration or to explain something		d) a plant with hard yellow-brown seeds that are used in South Asian cooking as a spice

Q.7	Choose the meaning of the word that will be formed by adding ‘e’ and ‘u' to one of the following: 1. h__rbiv__re 2. pi__ne__er 3. s__iz__re 4. prej__d__ce
	a) an unreasonable dislike of or preference for a person, group, custom, etc., especially when it is based on their race, religion, sex, etc.		b) ​any animal that eats only plants
	c) the use of legal authority to take something from somebody		d) a person who is the first to study and develop a particular area of knowledge, culture, etc. that other people then continue to develop

Q.8	Match the words with their antonyms: 1. prudent 2. ardent 3. frantic a. unemotional b. careless c. calm
	a) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c		b) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
	c) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b		d) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a

Q.9	Find out the number of correctly spelt words in the given set of words and multiply the answer by 2: disorganaisation, centenary, prescription, decietful, exibhition, coriander
	a) 10		b) 4
	c) 8		d) 6

Q.10	Find out the number of misspelt words in the sentence: The natural fragrances of the insences soothe your senses and benefit you with their remidial properties.
	a) 1		b) 2
	c) 3		d) 0

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