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CREST Spell Bee (CSB)

Syllabus for CSB is available at https://www.crestolympiads.com/csb-syllabus

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Pattern and Marking Scheme
Section Name Section Details Number of
Questions
Spell-o-Spell Test your spelling skills 6
Word Connection Find antonyms, synonyms, masculine, feminine and 12
other alternative words
Word Makeup Identify the right suffix, prefix and compound words 9
Mingle-Mangle Form meaningful words from jumbled letters 3
PictureSpeak Answer image-based questions 3
Word Cookie Catch single letter spelling errors 7
Rapid Fire (Audio Round) Hear and write the spelling of words quickly 20
Grand total 60

Each question carries 1 mark (Total duration: 60 min. including Rapid Fire of 5 min.)

Spell-o-Spell

1. From the given alternatives, choose the word with correct spelling:

(a) divastate (b) frastrate

(c) congratulate (d) irritete

Spell-o-Spell
2. From the given alternatives, choose the word with correct spelling:

(a) airplane (b) helicapter

(c) refrigerater (d) desktap

Spell-o-Spell
3. From the given alternatives, choose the word with correct spelling:

(a) magecian (b) electritian

(c) vegitarian (d) politician

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Spell-o-Spell
4. From the given alternatives, choose the word with incorrect spelling:

(a) journey (b) shephard

(c) squeeze (d) magnificent

Spell-o-Spell
5. From the given alternatives, choose the word with incorrect spelling:

(a) whisper (b) weight

(c) stappler (d) captivity

Spell-o-Spell

6. From the given alternatives, choose the word with incorrect spelling:

(a) crescent (b) seperete

(c) thirsty (d) enormous

Word Connection

7. Choose the correct antonym of the given word:

triumph

(a) success (b) rejoice

(c) pride (d) failure

Word Connection

8. Choose the correct antonym of the given word:

pretty

(a) ugly (b) joyous

(c) beautiful (d) cheerful

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Word Connection
9. Choose the correct antonym of the given word:
giant

(a) huge (b) large

(c) thick (d) small

Word Connection
10. Choose the correct synonym of the given word:
enormous

(a) ordinary (b) important

(c) massive (d) admire

Word Connection
11. Choose the correct synonym of the given word:
blunder

(a) mistake (b) success

(c) rude (d) accurate

Word Connection

12. Choose the correct synonym of the given word:

quarrel

(a) approve (b) fight

(c) praise (d) quiet

Word Connection

13. Select the masculine of the given word:

mistress

(a) sir (b) mister

(c) master (d) lord

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Word Connection
14. Select the masculine of the given word:
widow

(a) widowess (b) groom

(c) bride (d) widower

Word Connection

15. Select the masculine form of the given word:

goose

(a) gander (b) geese

(c) gooser (d) geser

Word Connection

16. Select the feminine form of the given word:

rabbit

(a) rabbitess (b) robbin

(c) buck (d) doe

Word Connection

17. Form the meaningful word from the given jumbled letters:
landlord

(a) landess (b) landlady

(c) landwoman (d) landward

Word Connection
18. Select the feminine form of the given word:
nephew

(a) nephice (b) sister

(c) niece (d) cousin

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Word Makeup
19. From the given alternatives, choose the suffix to form a meaningful word:
adapt

(a) ible (b) uble

(c) eble (d) able

Word Makeup
20. From the given alternatives, choose the suffix to form a meaningful word:
honor

(a) ary (b) ery

(c) ury (d) ory

Word Makeup

21. From the given alternatives, choose the suffix to form a meaningful word:
kind

(a) ess (b) id

(c) ness (d) full

Word Makeup
22. From the given alternatives, choose the prefix to form a meaningful word:
motivate

(a) im (b) dis

(c) not (d) de

Word Makeup
23. From the given alternatives, choose the prefix to form a meaningful word:
Interpret

(a) miss (b) mis

(c) dis (d) un

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Word Makeup
24. From the given alternatives, choose the prefix to form a meaningful word:

determine

(a) pre (b) non

(c) miss (d) dis

Word Makeup
25. From the given alternatives, choose the correct compound word:

(a) blackmale (b) blackmail

(c) blackmele (d) blakmale

Word Makeup

26. From the given alternatives, choose the correct compound word:

(a) grashopper (b) grasshoppar

(c) grasshopper (d) grasshoper

Word Makeup

27. From the given alternatives, choose the correct compound word:

(a) bookshealf (b) bookshelve

(c) bookself (d) bookshelf

Mingle-Mangle
28. Form the meaningful word from the given jumbled letters:
txecpe

(a) eccept (b) expect

(c) exceep (d) excede

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Mingle-Mangle

29. Form the meaningful word from the given jumbled letters:
sarbemars
(a) embacrass (b) embraced
(c) embarrass (d) embaress

Mingle-Mangle

30. Form the meaningful word from the given jumbled letters:
eziitrcic

(a) crestcize (b) criticize

(c) cazastre (d) criticizie

PictureSpeak

31. Select the correct spelling for the given image:

(a) hippopotamus (b) hipopotemas

(c) hippopotemas (d) hippopotemus

PictureSpeak

32. Select the correct spelling for the given image:

(a) pigion (b) pigean

(c) pigeon (d) pegian

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PictureSpeak

33. Select the correct spelling for the given image:

(a) astranaut (b) astronaut

(c) astronot (d) astronuat

Word Cookie

34. Insert the missing letters in the given word:

def_n_te

(a) e,i (b) a,e

(c) i,a (d) i,i

Word Cookie

35. Insert the missing letters in the given word:

d_se_se

(a) i,a (b) e,i

(c) i,e (d) e,c

Word Cookie

36. Find the extra letter in the given word from the alternatives:
disecipline

(a) e (b) i
(c) c (d) s

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Word Cookie

37. Find the extra letter in the given word from the alternatives:
dissappear

(a) e (b) s
(c) p (d) a

Word Cookie

38. Find the misspelt word in the given sentence:

Polar bear is an animal that lives in the extreme cold rigeon

(a) extreme (b) polar

(c) bear (d) rigeon

Word Cookie

39. Find the misspelt word in the given sentence:

Mother looked at her froaning face and giggled.

(a) mother (b) looked

(c) froaning (d) giggled

Word Cookie

40. Find the misspelt word in the given sentence:

The city is beautifully situated on the platue.

(a) city (b) situated

(c) beautifully (d) platue

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Rapid Fire Section (Audio Round) 5 min.

Please listen to the audio and write the correct spelling (you need a headphone to attempt this
round):

41. feather

42. mighty

43. surrender

44. thirsty

45. escape

46. fight

47. laugh

48. magazine

49. ambition

50. wriggle

51. solution

52. design

53. enormous

54. delicious

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55. treasure

56. biscuit

57. blunder

58. artificial

59. positive

60. broadcast

Answers

1. (c), 2. (a), 3. (d), 4. (b), 5. (c), 6. (b), 7. (d), 8. (a), 9. (d), 10. (c), 11. (a), 12. (b),
13. (c), 14. (d), 15. (a), 16. (d), 17. (b), 18. (c), 19. (d), 20. (a), 21. (c), 22. (d), 23. (b),
24. (a), 25. (b), 26. (c), 27. (d), 28. (b), 29. (c), 30. (b), 31. (a), 32. (c), 33. (b), 34. (d),
35. (a), 36. (a), 37. (b), 38. (d), 39. (c), 40. (d)

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