Grade 2

CREST International Spell Bee (CSB)

Sample Paper
Pattern and Marking Scheme
Section Name Section Details Number of
Questions
Spell-o-Spell Test your spelling skills 8
Word Connection Find antonyms, synonyms, masculine, feminine and 8
other alternative words
Mingle-Mangle Form meaningful words from jumbled letters 4
Picture Speak Answer image-based questions 4
Word Cookie Catch single letter spelling errors 12
Word Chain Link words based on a certain sequence 4
Grand Total 40

Each question carries 1 mark.

The total duration of the exam is 60 minutes.

Syllabus
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 Spell Bee - Summer (Each Question is 1 Mark)
Section name for questions 1-8: Spell-o-Spell

1. Choose the correctly spelt word:

a. frieten b. frigten
c. frighten d. fryten

2. Choose the correctly spelt word:

a. soldeir b. soldier
c. soljer d. soldair

3. Choose the correctly spelt word:

a. sqweek b. squeek
c. squaek d. squeak

4. Choose the correctly spelt word:

a. starve b. sterve
c. staurve d. sturve

5. Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a. subtraction b. surprise
c. devide d. smile

6. Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a. strange b. quiet
c. sprain d. gaint

7. Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a. stout b. speek
c. shout d. grain

8. Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a. grasshopper b. monster
c. thunder d. caterpiller

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Section name for questions 9-16: Word Connection

9. Choose the antonym of the word:

stale

a. fresh b. weak
c. harsh d. old

10. Choose the antonym of the word:

fortunate

a. favourable b. bright
c. unlucky d. hopeful

11. Choose the synonym of the word:

gentle

a. rude b. pleasant
c. strong d. sharp

12. Choose the synonym of the word:

wonder

a. astonish b. lucky
c. confuse d. horror

13. Select the masculine form of the word:

hen

a. chicken b. goose
c. rooster d. fowl

14. Select the masculine form of the word:

duck

a. drake b. duke
c. duckling d. doe

15. Select the feminine form of the word:

emperor

a. queen b. emperess
c. monarch d. empress

16. Select the feminine form of the word:

bull

a. buffalo b. cow
c. bullock d. calf

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Section name for questions 17-20: Mingle-Mangle

17. Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ylftterbu

a. betturfly b. batterfly
c. buttertfly d. butterfly

18. Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

twaeres

a. sweater b. swaeter
c. sweter d. swetar

19. Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gwthie

a. whight b. weighte
c. weight d. wieght

20. Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pdrrigoe

a. porirdeg b. porridge
c. porirdge d. porrigde

Section name for questions 21-24: Picture Speak

21. Select the correct spelling for the image:

a. sqirrel b. sqiurrel
c. squirril d. squirrel

22. Select the correct spelling for the image:

a. leopard b. leapord
c. lepord d. leapard

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 23. Select the correct spelling for the image:

a. velture b. valchure
c. vulcher d. vulture

24. Select the correct spelling for the image:

a. telivition b. telivison
c. television d. television

Section name for questions 25-36: Word Cookie

25. Insert the correct letter to form a word:

daught_r

a. e b. u
c. a d. h

26. Insert the correct letter to form a word:

torto_se

a. o b. a
c. e d. i

27. Insert the correct letter to form a word:

cott_ge

a. e b. a
c. u d. i

28. Insert the correct letter to form a word:

h_mmingbird

a. i b. a
c. u d. e

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 29. Find the extra letter in the word:
pomoegranate

a. o b. e
c. a d. g

30. Find the extra letter in the word:

jackket

a. a b. c
c. e d. k

31. Find the extra letter in the word:

penguine

a. i b. u
c. e d. g

32. Find the extra letter in the word:

nepheiw

a. e b. i
c. h d. p

33. Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Hippopotamus is a large semi-acquatic mammal.

a. hippopotamus b. acquatic
c. mammal d. large

34. Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

An idle brane is a devil's workshop.

a. workshop b. idle
c. brane d. devil's

35. Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Girafe is the tallest living terrestrial animal.

a. tallest b. girafe
c. animal d. terrestrial

36. Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The king had a buetiful and brave daughter.

a. brave b. daughter
c. king d. buetiful

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Section name for questions 37-40: Word Chain

37. Complete the word sequence:

babysitting, nursery, school, ______________

a. home b. college
c. park d. playground

38. Complete the word sequence:

village, city, state, ______________

a. town b. capital
c. country d. world

39. Complete the word sequence:

seed, soil, plant, ______________

a. tree b. fruit
c. flower d. shrub

40. Complete the word sequence:

root, stem, leaf, ______________

a. fruit b. flower
c. plant d. tree

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

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