Marking Guidance for All Bee Levels

Task 1 (20 points in total)

• 1 point for each word identified

• 1 point for each word with spelling fully corrected
• no partial points for partially correct spelling

Task 2 (10 points in total)

• 2 marks will be allocated for each word spelt correctly

• no partial points for partially correct spelling

Task 3 (10 points in total)

• 2 marks will be allocated for each word spelt correctly

• no partial points for partially correct spelling

All tasks: plural forms and capital letters are required where necessary to obtain a mark.

Bee 1 Preliminary Round

Q no. Task 1 Task 2 Task 3
1 beach towels bike
2 child ruler blue
3 sunny queen father
4 friend pupil street
5 castle hockey smile
6 shells - -
7 swimming - -
8 picnic - -
9 juice - -
10 ride - -

Bee 2 Preliminary Round

Q no. Task 1 Task 2 Task 3
1 language jellyfish hungry
2 geography headache honey
3 Wednesday crocodile lemonade
4 afraid cupboard pancakes
5 another keyboard Everyone
6 example - -
7 brother - -
8 autumn - -
9 September - -
10 exciting - -
 Bee 3 Preliminary Round
Q no. Task 1 Task 2 Task 3
1 approve suitcase essay
2 engineer moustache decide
3 enormous exercise author
4 damaged entrance finish
5 decision quarter Perhaps
6 besides - -
7 science - -
8 improve - -
9 anything - -
10 average - -

Bee 4 Preliminary Round

Q no. Task 1 Task 2 Task 3
1 terrible snowboard activity
2 trouble robbery ambulance
3 respect playground accident
4 however passenger Luckily
5 excellent salmon injured
6 request - -
7 reward - -
8 various - -
9 likely - -
10 future - -

Bee 5 Preliminary Round

Q no. Task 1 Task 2 Task 3
1 comedian orchestra leisure
2 audience laundry thriller
3 charming pyjamas secondary
4 quality previous nightmares
5 generous penguin perfectly
6 society - -
7 mention - -
8 involved - -
9 cruelty - -
10 obvious - -
 Bee 6 Preliminary Round
Q no. Task 1 Task 2 Task 3
1 population translation tendency
2 pollution solitude nuisance
3 resources roundabout incredible
4 permanent subtle extremely
5 humanity sequence overlook
6 reconsider - -
7 judgement - -
8 minimise - -
9 purchase - -
10 recovery - -

Bee 7 Preliminary Round

Q no. Task 1 Task 2 Task 3
1 represent parachute technical
2 substitute parliament unwilling
3 terrifying recession assured
4 remarkable spacious influence
5 apostrophes obsolete unsuitable
6 semicolons - -
7 obsession - -
8 confidence - -
9 reputation - -
10 triumph - -

Bee 8 Preliminary Round

Q no. Task 1 Task 2 Task 3
1 Headquarters embarrassment unfashionable
2 intelligence tournament reliant
3 curriculum refreshments responsibility
4 documentary advertisement intellectual
5 marvellous recommendation immediate
6 approximately - -
7 distinguished - -
8 understandable - -
9 inconvenience - -
10 memorable - -
 Bee 9 Preliminary Round
Q no. Task 1 Task 2 Task 3
1 sewers serenity assignment
2 telecommunications rebellious bilingual
3 components subsequent awareness
4 commodities privilege diversity
5 enhance interference obligatory
6 necessary - -
7 institutions - -
8 recreational - -
9 enforcement - -
10 emergency - -

Bee 10 Preliminary Round

Q no. Task 1 Task 2 Task 3
1 southernmost internship complimentary
2 archipelago irreversible decaffeinated
3 reserve pretentious scrumptious
4 occupation superfluous biodegradable
5 barren whereabouts disembark
6 precipitation - -
7 nuclear - -
8 relatively - -
9 vessels - -
10 chartered - -